﻿Report 
  of 
  M. 
  Quigley. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Chas. 
  a. 
  Wieting, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  respectfiillj 
  beg 
  leave 
  to 
  submit 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  my 
  

   work 
  from 
  January 
  1, 
  1899, 
  to 
  this 
  date: 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  third, 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  Mecklenburg, 
  Schuyler 
  county, 
  

   where 
  I 
  had 
  been 
  informed 
  that 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  sheep, 
  owned 
  by 
  D. 
  E. 
  

   Goldsmith, 
  was 
  infected 
  with 
  scab. 
  I 
  examined 
  them 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  

   few 
  lambs 
  which 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  slightly 
  affected. 
  I 
  recommended 
  

   that 
  all 
  should 
  be 
  dipped, 
  then 
  drove 
  to 
  Tramansburg 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  

   a 
  carload 
  of 
  sheep, 
  which 
  Doctor 
  Kelly 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  suffering 
  

   from 
  scab, 
  and 
  owned 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  named 
  Edward 
  Murphy, 
  and 
  had 
  

   been 
  collected 
  from 
  various 
  farms 
  in 
  that 
  locality. 
  They 
  were 
  

   dipped 
  in 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  tobacco 
  and 
  sulphur 
  in 
  my 
  presence. 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  thirteenth, 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  North 
  Heotor 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  flock 
  

   of 
  sheep 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  quarantined 
  there 
  for 
  scab. 
  I 
  

   found 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  dipped 
  twice, 
  as 
  directed 
  from 
  the 
  department 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  first, 
  according 
  to 
  your 
  instructions, 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  Buffalo 
  

   to 
  interview 
  Doctor 
  Zink, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  government 
  inspector, 
  

   to 
  learn 
  how 
  many 
  sheep 
  passed 
  through 
  this 
  market, 
  and 
  to 
  in- 
  

   quire 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  some 
  means 
  whereby 
  all 
  sheep 
  affected 
  witk 
  

   scab, 
  or 
  those 
  coming 
  from 
  an 
  infected 
  district, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  into 
  

   this 
  State 
  for 
  feeding 
  or 
  breeding, 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  dipped. 
  I 
  found 
  

   that 
  the 
  receipts 
  and 
  shipments 
  of 
  sheep 
  from 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  Stock 
  

   Yards 
  in 
  1897 
  and 
  1898 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Receipts. 
  Shipments. 
  

  

  189T 
  1,778,330 
  1,490,280 
  

  

  1898 
  1,582,610 
  1,429,260 
  

  

  Erom 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  seen 
  that 
  Buffalo 
  is 
  doing 
  

   an 
  enormous 
  business 
  as 
  a 
  distributing 
  center. 
  After 
  submitting 
  

  

  