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to leave the counties or territory in Pennsylvania for exhibition purposes that is 

 under State Quarantine. Cloven footed animals may be brought into Pennsylvania 

 for exliibition purposes only upon official permit from the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board. 



"Application for such permits must be made at least two weeks in advance. No 

 permits will be issued for stock which originates or has been exhibited in any 

 except Federal free territory." 



The twelfth Order of General Quarantine became effective June 7, 

 1915. It released all territory except small portions of Allegheny, 

 Erie, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and Warren counties. This was the 

 last Order of General Quarantine adopted on account of this out- 

 break of foot-and-mouth disease, and was revoked by Circular No. 

 35, which became effective July 28, and released from State Quaran- 

 tine all territory in the State and removed the restrictions that had 

 been placed against the movement of livestock, etc., within the State 

 except from premises under special quarantine. 



The first case of foot-and-mouth disease was found in Pennsyl- 

 vania on October 29, 1914. The last case of the disease found on a 

 farm in Pennsylvania was April 25, 1915, a lapse of 178 days or 5 

 months and 27 daj^s from the date the first case was discovered to the 

 date of discovery of last case. The first general quarantine established 

 by the Board was on November 5, 1914. The last general quarantine 

 was revoked July 28, 1915, making a period of 265 days, or 8 months 

 and 23 days during which time there was a general quarantine on 

 some portion of the State. 



On the day this quarantine was revoked, the disease was discovered 

 in Steuben county, New York. No infection had previously been 

 found in that county. This infection was carried to a creamery 

 within three miles of the Pennsylvania line and to which some Penn- 

 .sylvania farmers were selling milk and returning skimmed milk for 

 food for calves and swine. No infection was picked up in this way 

 due to the foresight and good management of the man in charge of 

 the creamery as he had taken the precaution to pasteurize the milk 

 and sterilize the cans. Tlie annual meeting of the United States 

 Livestock Sanitary Association, held at Chicago in December, 1915, 

 passed a resolution commending him for his good work. 



On August 8, 1915, a second outbreak occurred in the State of 

 Illinois from hog cholera serum that had been made in October of 

 the previous year. Infection from this outbreak was carried to six 

 counties in the State of Illinois and one county in each of the States 

 of Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota. This outbreak made it neces- 

 sary for Pennsylvania to adopt new regulations for handling live- 

 stock from Chicago and the northern part of Illinois. 



Amendment 1 to Circular No. 35 became effective September 16, 

 1915, and excluded shipments of livestock from all portions of the 

 State of Illinois that was under Federal quarantine. 



Up to the end of the year 1915, certain restrictions were placed 

 on shipments from northern Illinois. It was decided to retain the 

 embargo placed against shipments from Federal closed, exposed and 

 modified territory in other states, which was adopted November 

 10, 1914. It was decided to allow no such shipments to enter, the 

 State for any purpose except from Federal free territory. It is be- 

 lieved that, if the precaution had not been taken, another infection 

 would have occurred in the State which migh have been as embar- 

 rassing as the one in the previous year. 



