436 EEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTUEE. 



pram from the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry advising the em- 

 ploymeut of Dr. ITajryard, and supposed that owing to liis (Dr. AVooo. 

 roliivs) absence in Ohio, Dr. Ilagyard had been temporarily emjiloyed b.y 

 the Department to make this examination. As a consequence his own 

 insjfection was less thorough than it woukl have been, and he gave a 

 certificate of heatth wliich he probably would not have given had he 

 understood that Dr. Hagyard was recommended to IMessrs. Frisbie »S; 

 Lake for an entirely different purpose. 



As this telegram was afterwards used by Messrs. Frisbic & Lake 

 in their advertisements and newspaper articles, and, b}' ouiitting or in 

 some cases changing the date, was made to produce the same impres- 

 sion upon the readers that it had produced upon the mind of Dr. AVood- 

 roffe, it is well to give an cxi)lanation of the circumstances under which 

 it was sent. 



When the Chief of this Bureau visited Cjmthiana, in September, 1884, 

 a number of sick animals were found among the herd of unregistered 

 cattle, and Mr. Frisbie was then advised to lave every animal in this 

 herd carefully examined and the healtli>' ones removed from contact 

 with any that presented the least signs oi' iliscase. At that time nego- 

 tiations were in progress with the stockmen of the Stare who were try- 

 ing to raise enough money to purchase and slaughter all the cattle be- 

 longing to Messrs. Frisbie & Lake, and the last-nanied gentlemen did 

 not consider it to their interest to have such a separation made. It 

 soon became evident, however, that a sufficient amount of money could 

 not be raised to purchase the cattle, and then the owners seem to have 

 concluded that their best plan was to separate the si(!k from the well 

 ones, according to the advice mentioned above. For this i)urpose the 

 following telegram was sent : 



Cyntiuaxa, Ky., Sejiiemher 27, 188A. 

 Dr. D. E. Salmon, CMcago, III. : 



We desire to isolate all the alTected cattle in our four licrds. "VVhcn can you come 

 and inspect them ? Answer. 



FKISBIE & LAKE. 



There are two points in this telegram to which attention is jjarticu- 

 larly directed. In the lirst place the object of the inspection as stated 

 in this telegram was to enable them to isolate the affected cattle. It 

 was not to have cattle inspected for the purpose of shipping them to 

 Texas or to any other locality, and at that time I had never received 

 any intimation that they expected or desired to make any shipments. 

 In the second place, they admit in this telegram having at that time four 

 infected herds. One of these I understand to be the herd of unregis- 

 tered cattle on the farm of Mr. Lake, of which A. T. Fitzwater was 

 tenant. 



At the time this telegram was received it was impossible for the Chief 

 of the Bureau to return and make the desired inspection, and all of tbc 

 inspectors in the employ of the Bureau were engaged in important worlv 

 from which they could not be spared ; the following reply was, there- 

 fore, sent to Messrs. Frisbie & Lake's telegram : 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C, Ocloher 8, 188'1. 

 Frisbie & Lake, CyniMana, Ky. : 



Find I have no one that can ho spared now to examine your herd. Advise employ- 

 ment of Dr. Hagyard. 



D. E. SALMON, 

 Chi^ofihe Bureau of Animal Industry. 



