﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  557 
  

  

  probably 
  of 
  rabies. 
  In 
  the 
  to^vns 
  of 
  Xortli 
  Collins 
  and 
  Brandt 
  

   an 
  outbreak 
  of 
  rabies 
  occurred 
  about 
  July 
  sixteenth. 
  

  

  On 
  September 
  first, 
  a 
  rabid 
  dog 
  appeared 
  in 
  Clarence 
  Center, 
  

   about 
  7 
  A. 
  M.j 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  killed 
  until 
  11 
  a. 
  m. 
  Diu-ing 
  this 
  time 
  

   of 
  about 
  four 
  and 
  one-half 
  hours 
  he 
  traveled 
  over 
  eighteen 
  miles 
  

   and 
  bit 
  twenty-four 
  dogs. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  another 
  dog, 
  near 
  

   Akron, 
  became 
  rabid 
  and 
  traveled 
  about 
  sixteen 
  miles 
  before 
  he 
  

   was 
  killed. 
  During 
  his 
  trip 
  he 
  bit 
  several 
  dogs. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  dogs 
  

   were 
  killed 
  at 
  once, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  were 
  tied 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  owners; 
  

   several 
  of 
  those 
  tied 
  up 
  developed 
  rabies 
  afterward 
  and 
  were 
  

   killed. 
  The 
  following 
  week 
  several 
  other 
  cases 
  were 
  reported 
  in 
  

   various 
  places. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  twelfth, 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  passed 
  an 
  ordinance 
  to 
  

   muzzle 
  all 
  dogs, 
  and 
  the 
  dog-eatchers 
  at 
  once 
  began 
  to 
  seize 
  and 
  

   kill 
  all 
  unmuzzled 
  ones 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  Altogether, 
  the 
  

   situation 
  began 
  to 
  improve 
  about 
  October 
  thirtieth, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  heard 
  of 
  any 
  new 
  cases 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  weeks. 
  

  

  Since 
  August 
  first 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  two 
  deaths 
  from 
  rabies, 
  and 
  

   sixteen 
  people 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute, 
  in 
  Isevf 
  

   York 
  city. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  died 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  cause 
  about 
  twenty 
  

   horses, 
  cows 
  and 
  hogs, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  dogs 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  

   bitten 
  and 
  killed 
  afterward. 
  This 
  outbreak 
  has 
  clearly 
  shown 
  

   that 
  the 
  present 
  agricultural 
  laws 
  are 
  inadequate 
  to 
  cope 
  energeti- 
  

   cally 
  with 
  it, 
  and 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  amended 
  by 
  the 
  coming 
  Legisla- 
  

   ture, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  Department 
  can 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  better 
  position 
  to 
  protect 
  

   the 
  public 
  safety, 
  should 
  similar 
  cases 
  occur 
  again. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  nineteenth, 
  I 
  went 
  from 
  Buffalo 
  to 
  East 
  Otto, 
  Cat- 
  

   taraugus 
  county, 
  and 
  examined 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  cattle 
  owned 
  by 
  Elmei 
  

   E. 
  Harrison 
  of 
  that 
  place, 
  who 
  had 
  reported 
  to 
  this 
  Department 
  

   that 
  his 
  stock 
  was 
  dying 
  from 
  some 
  disea=e. 
  I 
  found 
  none 
  sick 
  on 
  

   my 
  arrival, 
  but 
  two 
  had 
  died 
  three 
  days 
  prior; 
  from 
  symptoms, 
  

   given 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harrison, 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  died 
  from 
  anthrax. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  M. 
  QUIGLEY, 
  

  

  Veterinary 
  Agent. 
  

  

  