470 EEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGEfCULTURE. 



restigation bo made to determine the nature of the affection. Dr. H. 

 W. Eowland \7as ordered to make an investigation at this place. On 

 the 18th of July he reported that the auimaLs were affected Avith pleuro- 

 pneumonia, but that he had not been able to makeaj;os^ mortem ex- 

 amination in order to verify his diagnosis. This herd was afterwards 

 examined by Dr. Eose and thd j^ost mortem examination showed tlie dis- 

 ease to be contagious pleuro-j^neumonia. He reported that C^iiarles 

 Ilardesty, a cattle dealer, of Summit Point, W. Va., had brouglit cat- 

 tle there from Chicago and from Baltimore, and that a number of ani-. 

 inals in the vicinity of Summit Point showed symptoms of lung disease, 

 and had a cough which resembled that heard in cases of pleuropucn- 

 monia. The attack, however, was in all cases very mild, and tlic ani- 

 mals seem to have entirely recovered from it. Several inspections have 

 since been made of the cattle at Summit Point, W. Ya., and of those 

 at Middletown, Va., which were infected by cattle from Summit Point, 

 but no further cases of the disease have occurred, and it is believed 

 that the contagion in that vicinity has entirely died out from natural 

 causes. 



Inspections made at Arlington, Va., in January, 1S85, discovered 1 

 herd affected with plenro-pneumonia at that place, and a partial inspec- 

 tion of the herds in the vicinity of Alexandria and Mount Vernon re- 

 vealed 6 herds which either contained affected animals or in whicli the 

 disease had recently existed. There are no laws in this State which 

 enable the local authorities to co-operate with this Bureau to prevent 

 the movement of dis(:ased or exposed animals within the State, 



DELAWARE. 



In the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry (p. 

 448) reference was made to an outbreak of contagious pleuro-pneumonia 

 in Delaware. The State law bearing upon this subject was printed in 

 full, together with the correspondence between the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture and the governor of Delaware, arranging the prelimina- 

 ries of a plan of co-operation. Dr. Ward B. Eowland was appointed 

 State veterinarian by the governor, and Drs. William B. Miller and C. 

 K. Dyer, inspectors of this Bureau, were detailed to assist in making an 

 inspection of the suspected herds. Our inspectors remained in the State 

 about ten days and found 3 herds in which pleuro-pneumonia existed, 

 and in these herds there were 42 affected animals. All these herds 

 were placed in quarantine by the State veterinarian and held until ]\ray 

 18, wben tlic apjiropriation was exhausted and the animals released. A t 

 that time 13 iufcctcd herds were in quarantine. The following letti-r, 

 which explains itself, was addressed by me to Dr. Eowland In June: 



Dbpartmext of Aoiucui;ri'i:K, 

 BuKKAT (ii- Animal Industry, 



H'asliiif/Uni, D. C, June2b, ISbo. 

 SiK : I liavo been infornjcil by the rtniisyl vauia authoin ics tbat tbey are apprehen- 

 sive of the sbipmeiit of cattle of infected herda from Delaware to Pennsylvania. In 

 reference to this subject I would like to inquire if the law of Delaware is such that 

 you could be appointed an inspectorof the Bureau of Animal Industry and at the same 

 time hold your position as veterinarian of Delaware. lu that case would the gov- 

 ernor be willing to have you act in both capacities, and would he sustain you in hold- 

 ing suspected herds in quarantine under tlid State law until the meeting of the next 

 Congress, when it is hoped nicamiies will bo adojjted for the suppression of the dis- 

 ease T Would you accept an appoinlinent from this Department at a salary of $5 a 

 day and actual necessary exjienses for the days on which yon are employed at Depart- 

 ment work, and devote & aalfi cleat port of the time to this work to keep us well in- 



