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registered stock. Throngh a calf shipped to Hint fixrm from Illinois plciivo-pnpinionia 

 did break out ou the fiinii, and several l)cad of tiicir cattle died. _ The rest of tlio dia- 

 Ciised auimals were killed. Tliere has been no disease ou that larm for months, and 

 the cattle there are all in a healthy condition. But none of the cattle shipped to 

 Texas were ever on the farm where the disease prevailed. The cattle here wei'e taken 

 from farms several miles distant from the diseased herd. The cattle that reached 

 Austin are evidently in a healthy condition, tlion-^h they looked bad just after reach- 

 iu<? here from ten days' confinement in cars. These cattle have been held topjether 

 for some weeks, and veterinary authority jjoes to show that by this time some of these 

 would have been sick had any of them been exposed to disease. The misapprehen- 

 sion at Washington arises in the fact that Frisbie & Lake had diseased cattle on one 

 of their farms, and this leads to the 0])inion that the cattle shipped to Texas,^ which 

 were never Avith diseased stock, were liable to disease. Iilr. Frisbie is satisfied the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry will set the matter all right. Early in December ho ap- 

 plied to this Department lor an inspector to examine these very cattle Avhich he was 

 then holdint: for shipment to Texas, and the following telegram was received. 



Then follows the telegram of October 8, referred to aljovc, witli tlic 

 date changed from October, 1884, to Jamiary, 1S85, together with the 

 certificates of Dr. Hagyard and Dr. Woodrotfe. 



January 28, the morning after the interview between the Chief of the 

 Bureau and Mr. Frisbie, in the presence of the representative of the 

 Statesman, that paper came out with an editorial headed "Nothing 

 wrong with those Jerseys from Kentucky," and after mentioning the 

 presence of this herd ou the ftirm of Captain Love, it goes ou to state: 



Shortly after their arrival in Austin, however, a report reached here from Wash- 

 ington that the cattle Avero affected with plcnro-pneumonia. The report Avas calcu- 

 lated to do great injury to Messrs. Frisbie & Lake, Avho Avero astonished at the 

 charge, knowing that their cattle were not and had not at any time been so afiected. 

 In proof of their denial the gentlemen have the following CA-idence : 



Gov. J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, in reply to a letter from Commissioner Lor- 

 ing, states: " This clamor about disease in the cattle shipped to Texas is utterly nn- 

 called for and detrimental to the interests of Jlessrs. Frisbie & Lake." Governor Knott 

 also eulogizes Dr. Hagyard, who inspected the herd, as an eminent veterinarian. 



After Mr. Loring received the letter from Governor Knott, the following telegram 

 to the attorney of Messrs. Frisbie & Lake, was received : 



Washikgton, Januarij 20, 1885. 

 C. W. West, Cynthiana, Ey. : 



Have heard from Governor Knott. Declines to act. Thinks the clamor Avhich has 

 been raised over this transaction has not only been uncalled for, but unjust iind det- 

 rimental to the interests of Frisbio &. Lake, Regret that I cannot pay expenses 

 of quarantine under these circumstances. 



GEO. B. LORING, 

 Commi8sio7ier of Agriculture. 



The following letter is from Dr. WoodroiTe, who is still in the employ of the Gov- 

 ernment : * 



Lexington, Ky., January 19, 1885. 

 Frisbie & Lake, Cynthiana, Ky.: 



Gkntlemen : I would advise you to flatly deny the statements that have been made 

 by the Chief of the Bureau regarding the cattle that were shipped to Austin, 'lex. 

 They have no earthly grounds for calling them infected, and the affidavits of liioso 

 men is sufficient evidence that they were never exposed. It is simply a libel on your 

 cattle and will greatly affect their sale. You can use Dr. Ilagyard's and my name 

 freely in the matter. 



When Dr. Salmon arrives, I should certainly demand the result of his examination 

 of your stock in Avritiug. 



If you feel disposed to offer a thousand dollars reward for the discovery of a case 

 of plouro-pueumonia in the herd th^t went to Austin do so, and I will giA^e you bank- 

 er's references for me for half the amount. 

 Yours, very truly, 



IT. A. WOODROFFE, M: B. C. V. S., 

 Veterinary Inspector Bureau of Animal Industry. 



* As a matter of fact, Dr. Woodroffe was not in the employ of this Department at 

 that time, his services having been dispensed with January 15. 



