﻿ReportofW. 
  H.Kelly. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  C. 
  A. 
  WiETiNG, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  : 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1899. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  fewer 
  

   outbreaks 
  of 
  swine 
  and 
  more 
  of 
  cattle 
  disease 
  reported 
  this 
  year 
  

   than 
  formerly. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  nine 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  have 
  

   been 
  investigated, 
  namely, 
  swine 
  plague, 
  actinomycosis, 
  rabies, 
  

   verminous 
  bronchitis, 
  black 
  quarter, 
  spinal 
  meningitis, 
  indigestion, 
  

   poison 
  and 
  tuberculosis. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  made 
  several 
  barn, 
  inspec- 
  

   tions, 
  examined 
  several 
  hundred 
  bob-veal 
  calves, 
  and 
  answered 
  

   letters, 
  referred 
  to 
  me 
  at 
  your 
  office, 
  pertaining 
  to 
  veterinary 
  

   matters. 
  

  

  CATTLE 
  DISEASES. 
  

  

  September 
  30, 
  1899, 
  a 
  carload 
  of 
  quarantined 
  cattle 
  was 
  unloaded 
  

   at 
  West 
  Albany, 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry. 
  On 
  September 
  twenty-sixth, 
  

   car 
  15139 
  W. 
  S. 
  left 
  East 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  with 
  quarantined 
  cattle, 
  con- 
  

   signed 
  to 
  B. 
  Sheehan, 
  Albany. 
  The 
  car 
  w^as 
  properly 
  marked, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry 
  regulations. 
  It 
  

   reached 
  West 
  Albany, 
  September 
  twenty-ninth. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  trouble 
  we 
  had 
  with 
  the 
  unloading 
  of 
  southern 
  cattle 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  year, 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  and 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Railroad 
  

   agent, 
  at 
  West 
  Albany, 
  would 
  not 
  allow 
  these 
  cattle 
  to 
  be 
  unloaded 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  platform 
  as 
  other 
  cattle. 
  He 
  had 
  built 
  a 
  temporary 
  

   platform 
  for 
  their 
  unloading. 
  After 
  being 
  unloaded 
  they 
  were 
  

   driven 
  over 
  the 
  public 
  streets 
  of 
  Albany, 
  also 
  public 
  highways, 
  to 
  

   the 
  slaughter-house, 
  w^hich 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  ^^olation 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Animal 
  Industry 
  regulations, 
  w^hich 
  states 
  that 
  " 
  quarantined 
  cat- 
  

   tle 
  must 
  be 
  unloaded 
  in 
  yards 
  set 
  apart 
  for 
  southern 
  cattle, 
  or 
  

  

  