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Under date of November 6, 1914, the movement of all live 

 stock upon any highway or by cum.mon carrier within this State 

 was prohibited for a period of ten days. The cleaning and dis- 

 infecting of all cars, stock yards, pens, etc., used in the transport- 

 ing and herding of live stock was provided for by order of Novem- 

 ber 9, 1914. 



On November 12, 1914, the disease was reported on Long Island 

 and quarantine orders were at once issued for the counties of 

 Kings and Queens and arrangements made for controlling the 

 disease in that section. 



The Federal Government had, upon the first indication of 

 trouble, forwarded men to assist State representatives, and 

 throughout the outbreak worked in perfect harmony and coopera- 

 tion with this Department. The development of new cases was 

 very promptly checked in most localities where they appeared, and 

 we were fortunate in limiting the spread to adjoining farms, un- 

 less there had been some source of communication to distant 

 points. 



On November 29, 1914, the disease was found in the town of 

 Groton, near Cortland, the source of the infection supposedly 

 being through exposed animals shipped to the district or by means 

 of infected cars. This outbreak spread to herds in Tompkins, 

 Cortland, Broome, and Tioga counties, all of which areas were 

 promptly put under quarantine. Efforts for eradication were in 

 the meantime progressing in all districts affected, and animals 

 were being destroyed as- promptly as possible. 



It was believed that the disease had been entirely eliminated 

 and on or about the first of January, 1915, the State was, so far as 

 known, free from any infection. However, on January 26, 1915, 

 Dr. A. C. Grace of Little Falls reported a suspicious herd which 

 was found to be affected with foot-and-mouth disease. Only one 

 infected herd was found in that locality, the outbreak undoubtedly 

 being due to railroad infection. No further cases developed in the 

 vicinity. 



This outbreak was followed by an additional case in Montgomery 

 county and later by cases in the vicinity of Albany and also near 

 Troy. Rensselaer county, and by three cases in Westchester county, 

 all of which were relatively slight in extent. The outbreak in 



