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Records should be complete in order to avoid the neces- 

 , sity of sending another representative to the premises later 

 to appraise the property destroyed. In order that there 

 may be uniformity in adjusting claims of this kind the 

 inspector in charge of the disinfecting crew should avoid 

 as far as possible setting any price on the property de- 

 stroyed. 



Payment for Property Destroyed. — In settling for 

 property destroyed the inspector in charge of a station 

 should inform himself regarding the price of hay, straw, 

 lumber, etc., in the section where such property was de- 

 stroyed, and in settling claims allow prices accordingly, 

 making fair allowance for waste in replacing lumber and 

 for hardware, etc. 



Cleaning and Scrubbing Buildings, etc. — All ma- 

 nure, loose litter, and trash should be removed from 

 the interior of buildings and burned. Barns and other 

 buildings should be swept down thoroughly and all over- 

 head beams or other projections should be thoroughly 

 cleaned. In case there are stalls, mangers, feed boxes, 

 wooden floors, etc., which are decayed or in such condi- 

 tion that they can not be thoroughly disinfected, they 

 may be torn out and burned after being measured as here- 

 tofore described. Before destroying such property the 

 condition of the lumber, the time of exposure, and the 

 opportunity for infection should be taken into considera- 

 tion, and it should be carefully borne in mind that if the 

 virus of foot-and-mouth disease can be reached by disin- 

 fectants it can be killed with less expense than it will cost 

 to tear out and replace. 



Disinfection can be more successfully and easily accom 

 plished when the buildings have first been thoroughly 

 cleaned. Manure should be cleaned out of cracks, posts 

 stanchions, etc., and any contamination by saliva should 



