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complislied in Brooklyn by the New. York Veterinary Sanitary Staff, and 

 the abolition of such common-pasturage was a principal cause of the 

 speedy suppression of the disease in the city of New York in 1879. In 

 deference to the supposed interests of many city cow-keepers, who in 

 summer find free food for their cows on open commons, this matter 

 has been badly neglected in all the infected States, with the result of 

 perpetuating the disease for four years with little change, though nomi- 

 nally the State has been engaged in stamping it out. 



POWER TO INSTITUTE AND APPLY MINOR MEASURES. 



Special localities will always require particular measures. Thus, for 

 example, in cities it is often desirable that a family cow, kept alone or in 

 a horse- stable in the city, should accompany the family to the seaside. 

 This can be done safely enough if under permit designating route, mode 

 and time of conveyance, &c., provided she is known to the inspector to 

 have been sound and kept rigidly apart from all other cattle for at least 

 three months before. Again, to maintain the valuable milking qualities 

 of a cow, it is needful to keep her breeding, and to permit of this with 

 safety, the local authorities may, in suitable cases, issue permits, avail- 

 able for one day only, for the movement of such family cows as are re- 

 ferred to above, or of cows from herds that have been known and certified 

 to be free from lung plague for the six months antecedent to be served 

 by bulls in herds similarly situated. In view of these and many more 

 such minute provisions, it is better that the official or officials intrusted 

 with the carrying out of suppressive measures should be empowered to 

 make and apply such rules as the necessities of the city or district de- 

 mand. 



CONGRESS SHOULD PROVIDE MEANS. 



Whether the work of stamping out lung plague should be intrusted 

 to State or National agents, we recommend that money to carry it on 

 should be furnished from the National Treasury. For this purpose we 

 advise the appropriation of $1,500,000 to be disbursed by a Federal offi- 

 cial to be designated by Congress. This should be made available to 

 furnish indemnities for all sick cattle slaughtered, and for a large pro- 

 portion of the incidental expenses for inspection, segregation, control of 

 movement, disinfection, &c., all such work having been approved of as 

 provided for below. 



CREATION OF A VETERINARY SANITARY AUTHORITY. 



If the work of exterminating the lung plague can be undertaken by 

 the Federal Government, a veterinary sanitary organization should be 

 created and intrusted with its execution. If, on the other hand, the work 

 of extermination must be relegated to the respective States, to this vet- 

 erinary sanitary organization should be delegated the duty of advising 

 with the State governments as to the measures requisite to stamp out the 

 disease, and the approval by this organization of the method and exe- 

 cution of the work in the different States should be made a prerequisite 

 to the disbursement of moneys by the Federal official designated above. 



TO INSTITUTE PENALTIES FOR TRANSGRESSION OF ORDERS. 



For transgression of all orders promulgated by the authority which may 

 be designated to stamp out or control this plague, suitable penalties should 



