BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 467 



The following letter, sent in reply to a telegram received from th;? 

 governor of Illinois, gives a condensed summary of the measures in 

 force in Missouri to suppress the disease : 



Department of Aqricultube, 



Bureau of Animal Lndustky, 



WasMugtcyn, D. C, May 5, 1885. 

 Sir : In reply to your telegram of this date, aekiujj for the rogulatious of the De- 

 partment of Agricalture iu regard to the qnarantixio of pleuro-pnoumonia in CalL- 

 way County, jyiiasouri, I beg to state that the railroad companies which have stations 

 in Callaway and adjoining counties have beonnotilied not to receive any afifecbed cat- 

 tle for shipment to other States under th«S penalty prescribed in sections 6 and 7 of the 

 act establishing the Bureau of Aidnial Industry. Notices of the oxiatenco of the dis- 

 ease have aieo been published in the local papers, and the attention of the public 

 called to the penalties for such shipment of cattle. lu addition to this the railroad 

 companies have issued regulations prohibiting the shipmentof cattle from these coun- 

 ties unless accompanied by a clean bill of health from our inspectors. Our inspectors 

 are doing all in their power to locate infected herds and to prevent tlio Blilpment of 

 dangerous animals. 



Very respectfully, 



NOEMAN J. COLMAN, 



Comwimimer. 

 Hon. R. J. Oglesby, 



Qovemor of Illinois, Spiingfield, HI. 



In reply to a request fjom the Kansas sanitary corainiBsion for Dr. 

 Trumbower to act as insjiector for Kansas, in addition to hh dvitlBa for 

 this Department, the co.u mission were informed that Dr. Tiumbower 

 would gladly examine any suspected cattle in the vicinity and give any 

 information or assistance to the commission which might bo in his power 

 and which would not interfere with the work assigned him by this De- 

 partment. Dr. Trumbowor was informed at the same time that ho might 

 assist the Kansas authorities while stationed at Kansas City, bub tiiat 

 the Department could not permit him to accept an appointment which 

 might interfere with the work for which ho was stationed there. 



Dr. Michener was called home by private business about Jtmo 15. 

 As there had been no case of pleuro-pnoumoniii among exposed cattle 

 for nearly two months, and as a State veterinarian had been appointed 

 to look after local interests, it was not considered necessary to keep an 

 inspector constantly stationed at Fulton after that time. In the follow- 

 ing letter Dr. Trumbower was directed to make a final inspection and 

 report results : 



DurAnTMENT OF AORICULTURK, 



BuHEAu OF Animal Industry, 



U'anhington, J). C, July 13, 1885. 

 Sir : On receipt of this you will please go at once to Fnlton and malvo a thorough 

 inspection of all suspected herds in that vicinity and reiiort their condition and the 

 probability of any further cases of disease. You will also note the time when the last 

 affected animal was destroyed in any herds reported upon, and state if, in your judg- 

 ment, there is any further necessity of maintaining the restrictions upon shipments 

 of Missouri cattle. Cannot trade go on as i;sual through Kansas City, Avithout an in- 

 spector being stationed there from this time onward ? 

 Veiy respectfully, 



D. E. SALMON, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Dr. M. R. Trumbower, 



Kansas City, Mo. 



To this letter the following reply was received : 



Fulton, Mo., August 1, 18S5. 

 ' fail to find any further evidence of disease among the cattle hero. The last ;iC 

 fected one was tilled April 18. 



M. E. TRUMBOWER, 



Dr. D. E. Salmon, 



WasUngion, D. C. 



