468 REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Kearly thrco and one-half months having elapsed since the destruction 

 of the last affected animal, it was now considered safe to witlidraw tlu' 

 insi)ector of the Bureau. The State veterinarian has since kept up a 

 supervision of this district, but no other cases of pleuro-pncuinonia 

 have developed. The disease was, therefore, stamped out, and in ;i 

 very much shorter time than most people considered possible. For tins 

 li:!p|)y result we are very much indebted to the active co operatiou of 

 t!ie railroad companies doiu^- business in that part of the State, and to 

 the vijrorous measures adopted and carried out by the citizens. 



Dr. Trnmbower's report, which contains many facts and details of 

 work not mentioned above, will be i)u Wished in full in the Second An- 

 nual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



onio. 



There have been no animals affected with pleuro-pneumonia in Ohio, 

 according to the most authentic information at our command, since Sc])- 

 tember, 1884. In the herd of Mr. C. E. G. Dye, from which the disease 

 was disseminated throughout the Western States, there have been no 

 cases for more than eighteen months. It is believed that the contagion 

 has been entirely extirpated from this State, and that there will be no 

 new cases of the disease until therje is a fresh importation of the con- 

 tagion. There have been appointed in this State a board of cattle com- 

 missioners and a State veterinarian, who have made frequeut inspec- 

 tions of the infected herds. They have shown a desire to co-operate 

 with the Bureau of Animal Industry, and in case of any fresh outbreak 

 there is no doubt that we would have the assistance of the State au- 

 thorities. 



ILLINOIS. 



The following is a summary of a report made to the Chief of this 

 Bureau by Dr. if, H. Paaren, State veterinarian, under instructions of 

 the live stock commission of Illinois: March 2, 1885, 4 cows and 1 bull 

 were condemned and killed, being all that remained of the Clarke herd 

 at Geneva. Three cows showed unmistakable signs of having been 

 diseased, the lungs adhering to the diaphragm and ribs, and one lung 

 in each cow having encysted portions evidently of very long standing. 

 On the 10th of March the State veteilaarian was called to the farm of 

 F. H. Bowron, located directly across the river from the Clarke farm, 

 near Geneva, and was shown the luugs of 2 cows that had died of a 

 disease that was afterwards suspected to bo contagious pleuro-pneumo- 

 nia. The lungs were not in a good condition for examination, but their 

 appearance was such that the farm was quarantined, there being kept 

 upon it 51 head of dairy cows of native and mixed breeds. On May 2 

 another visit was made to this farm and a cow found in the last stages 

 of pleuro-pneumonia. She was condemned and killed. Post mortem 

 examination revealed extensive adhesions of both lungs, which were 

 torn in removing them from the ribs and dia])hragm. All except the 

 anterior lobes of both luugs was diseased, each lung weighing between 

 25 and 30 pounds. There have been no new cases on this farm nor in 

 Kane County since that time. On the 23d of April the State veteri- 

 narian condemned and killed all the animals on Mr. Bailey's farm, near 

 Peoria, which had been exposed, with the exception of 1 cow; in all, 8 

 head. This included 3 diseased animals. The remaining cow subse- 

 quentlj^ contracted the disease and was killed about two weeks later. 

 These cows included all the animals attacked with pleuro-pneumonia 

 during the year 1885. 



