448 KEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



DepaktjMext op Agkicultuue, 



BuKEAU OP Animal Industuy, 



Washington, D. C, Jul)/ 2S, 1885. 

 Siii: I am in receipt of your favor of tlie 25t]i instant, requesting that this Dopart- 

 Incut should send a conipeteufc veterinarian to co-operate with your board in niaiu- 

 taiuiug the quarantine of cattle affected with pleuro-pneumonia at Cynthiana. 



I have conferred with the Commissioner of Agriculture, and we liave decided to 

 station such a nuiu there the 1st of next month. 



I see no Avay that wc can hjgally compensate Dr. McDowell for liis services. I am 

 sorry that we cannot, for I am satislicd that the work of your board has been of very 

 great value to the country at large as well as to the .State of Kentuclcy. Wo have 

 not yet finally determined on the man for the idace, but will notify you within a day 

 or two. 



Very respectfully, 



D. E. SALMON. 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Dr. J. N. McCouMACK, 



Secretary Slate Board of ITcalih, Bowling Green, Ky. 



July 29, 1885, Dr. William H. Wray was appointed an inspector of 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry, and was directed to report for duty as 

 soon as possible. Ho reached Washington August 3, and after receiv- 

 ing detailed instructions as to his duties and autliority, proceeded at 

 once to Cynthiana. Ho was to investigate the extent of the plague at 

 that time, to learn how many cattle had been exposed, and to take such 

 action as was possible, under the animal industry law, the statutes of 

 Kentucky, and, with the consent of interested parties, to arrest the dis- 

 semiDation of the contagion and extirpate the disease. He was directed 

 to co-operate with the governor, the State board of health, and the cat- 

 tlemen in any legal measures looking to this result. 



Additional and interesting correspondence regarding the condition of 

 affairs at that time is given below : 



SiDEviEw, Montgomery County, Kentucky, 



July 28, 1885. 



Sir: By letter just received from Dr. E. T. Ilagyard, veterinarian, of Lexington, 

 Ky., I am informed that through 11. D. Frisbie (of Frisbio & Lake), he learns that con- 

 tagious pleuro-iineumonia " has appeared in several instances amongst the cattle in 

 Cynthiana and the neighborhood." Can we not have the advantage of a portion of 

 the fund set aside by Congress for isolation of all the cattle of that locality ? I am 

 now satisfied, by a recent letter from Governor Knott, that he will do anything he 

 can to aid the Department in its acts in this respect. A few of us cattlemen have 

 furnished our State board of health the funds for guarding and isolating the Frisbie 

 & Lake herd, but I am satisfied we cannot raise the means privately for isolation of 

 the whole locality. 



Yours, respectfully, 



T. CORWIN ANDERSON. 

 Hon. Norman J. Colman, 



Conunissioncr of Agriculture. 



Lexington, Ky., July 29, 1885. 

 Sir: Your letter received. Since writing you I have had a conference with Dr. 

 McCormack, and we have just comi^leted arrangements with Frisbie & Lake to hold 

 their cattle until January 15, 1886, subject at all times to the control of the State 

 board of health, or to any one acting for them. 



This will give any one whom you may send the right to inspect the cattle at any 

 and all times, and they will have no say in the matter. I have r.aised the necessary 

 funds to carry the san'ie in force, and believe with your assistance we can have the 

 most efficient quarantine in the country. I feel much better satisfied as to the con- 

 dition of affairs, and have just learned that our governor has expressed a desire to 

 assist. 



Your8, truly, 



W. W. ESTILL. 

 Dr. D. E. Salmon, 



Chief of Bureau of Animal Induatry, 



