268 Report on Steppe 3Inrrain or Rinderpest. 



as then nearly the whole crop would ])e in store. This regula- 

 tion, we Ijelieve, has been enforced, because it not untrequently 

 happens that, in accordance with custom, the whole ot the hay 

 of a farm is placed on strong floors above the cattle-sheds, and 

 not put into ricks as in England. 



WURTEMBUllG AND THE SURROUNDING GER:NrAN STATES. 



We learned from Professor Hering of the Veterinary School 

 at Stuttgardt, that, like Bavaria and other kingdoms and states, 

 Wurtemburg had experienced no outbreak of the rinderpest since 

 1815, and tliat its existence at that time was also due to tlie 

 movements of the Austrian army. The regulations of tlie sani- 

 tary police are almost identical with those in force in Bavaria, 

 both witli regard to the rinderpest and also pleuro-pneumonia. 



Cattle are reared in large numbers in this kingdom, and are fed 

 for the market principally by the sugar manufacturers, distillers, 

 and brewers. When fat, they are exported for the supply of the 

 French towns, and Paris in particular. With the exception of 

 Swiss cattle, which are imptnted for the improvement of the 

 native breeds, very few animals are sent into Wurtemburg from 

 any other country. 



PiHENiSH Prussia, 



It could hardly have been expected that this province would l^e 

 found otherwise than perfectly free from the cattle pest. Indeed, in 

 our inquiries of veterinary surgeons, it was somewhat singular that 

 we did not meet with one who had even seen a case of the disease. 



Our investigations into the extent of the cattle-pest may be 

 said to have been here brought to a close, and to have shown, 

 that even should a revival of the trade in cattle, which has been 

 spoken of in the former part of this report, take place to England 

 through Holland, bv means of tlie Rhine, there would be no risk 

 incurred of introducing this disease thereby, unless circumstances 

 should unfortunately arise, by which it became as rife as it was 

 in the years 1813, 1814, and 1815, 



As the limits which are ordinarily assigned to reports of this 

 description mav have possibly been exceeded, we feel that it would 

 not be right to make any observations in addition which are not 

 of a practical character, and therefore we content ourselves by 

 appending a summary of the facts which have been ascertained 

 by us in the fulfilment of our mission. 



Conclusions, 



1, That all the countries of Northern and Western Europe 

 from which cattle are exported to England are perfectly free 



