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stock found infected with contagious pleuro-pneurnonia. On Au- 

 gust 18, 1879, regular examinations were commenced on that bor- 

 der, and the results obtained have shown the necessity of the meas- 

 ures taken. 



Four months' inspections have discovered sixteen lots of diseased 

 cattle containing 217 head, forty of which were found infected with 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and, with the rest, sent back to Phila- 

 delphia. 



These are only the positive results obtained ; the farmers have 

 been greatly benefited by receiving a much better grade of cattle 

 than heretofore, as the dealers buy only healthy stock, knowing by 

 experience that it would be useless to attempt to pass any other kind. 



How the Work is being done. — Finding a strong feeling of an- 

 tipathy existing among the people against the introduction of radical 

 measures, and with a view of obviating that feeling, the inspectors 

 were instructed to exercise discretion and extend courtesy toward 

 those with whom they came in contact while in the discharge of 

 their duties, and to report all interference on the part of the people 

 to this office, where the case would receive due consideration. 



This course, I am happy to say, has been productive of excellent 

 results, as far as removing all feeling of opposition and inducing 

 cattle-owners to look upon the inspectors as a source of protection. 



The Method of making Inspections. — In order to facilitate the 

 work, a detective, who is thoroughly acquainted with the city, pre- 

 cedes the inspectors, locating the stables, number of cattle, etc., 

 which he reports to this office. The inspectors are then provided 

 with lists of the same, with printed forms of quarantine notices, and 

 instructed to proceed to the places, make a careful examination, and 

 if any diseased animals are found, to mark them by clipping the 

 hair from the right gluteal region, forming the letters P. P., with 

 a cross-cut through the skin between with a sharp scalpel, while 

 those standing contiguous to, or having been in contact with them, 

 being thereby rendered liable to develop the malady, are simply 

 marked with the letters and isolated to await further developments. 



The stable is then quarantined by placing a printed notice on 

 the building, and at the close of the day's labor the inspectors return 

 to the office where, upon printed forms, a report of the number, lo- 

 cation, and condition of each herd is made, which is placed upon file 

 for further reference. As soon as compatible we then proceed to the 

 infected herd, make a careful reinspection, and determine what 

 should be done under the circumstances. The owner being first con- 

 sulted by stating to him the case with its probable results, and if it is 

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