370 THE MEANS OF PREVENTION. 



necessary to kill in order to prevent the spread of the malady, he is 

 so informed, and the animals are taken out, destroyed, their hides 

 slashed, and the carcasses, if in the city limits, carted away by the 

 offal contractor ; if not, they are buried. 



The remaining animals, though showing no diseased condition, 

 are looked upon with suspicion from having been in contact with 

 the infection, and when in proper condition are sent to the butcher, 

 where they are slaughtered under the supervision of an inspector. 

 In some cases where the animals are in a safe locality, so that 

 there is no danger of the disease spreading, though having passed 

 through a slight attack of the malady, but evidently making a rapid 

 recovery, it is considered prudent to keep them in quarantine until 

 they can be fitted for the butcher, and the flesh utilized for human 

 consumption. 



After the manure, litter, and all material having a tendency to 

 retain infection has been removed from the stable, it is then thor- 

 oughly disinfected, and ninety days afterward, if the owner is de- 

 sirous, the quarantine is removed, and new cattle allowed on the 

 premises. 



Dealers. — One of the worst difficulties we have been called upon 

 to overcome is the dealer, a sharp, shrewd, unscrupulous, unprin- 

 cipled person, who studies to take advantage of the unsophisticated 

 dairyman, and even the Bureau, whenever the opportunity presents. 

 His favorite method is to go to a stable where diseased animals are 

 known to be kept, procure one in the early stages of the malady, 

 take it to a healthy herd, where its presence will soon occasion an 

 outbreak, w T hen he will stand ready to purchase the diseased animals 

 at his own price and put them upon the market to be used for beef. 



Investigation has shown that such a course has been productive 

 of a great deal of trouble, and we have considered it necessary to 

 restrict them in their manner of dealing, in order to arrest the 

 spread of the malady. With that object in view, we have intro- 

 duced a system of granting permits, requiring all those desirous of 

 moving cattle to call at this office, where they are required to give 

 their name, number, or residence, number of cattle and where they 

 wish to take them. If, upon consulting our books, the person does 

 not appear as having cattle that have been previously inspected, an 

 inspector is directed to the place, wdio makes an examination, and 

 if the animals are found free from disease, as well as the place where 

 they are destined to go, a printed form of permit is granted from 

 this office allowing their removal. 



By this means they may be traced at any time, and any effort 



