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western cat tlr came here per week, and were driven direct to t&6 BlaUghter-hoOBeS and 



killed for beef. I visited the slaughter-house ni' Conrad Kster, ( Joodman street, who 



kills 30 to 30 cattle per week, and states thai he finds none of them with any Inn- 



affection. All the lungs of rattle killed and the cattle on the place \\ere perfectly 

 healthy. No feeding staples exiM in connect ion with the lar^e lingeries, as the re- 

 fuse Drains are used by t he dairymen and tanners around the city. 



Dr. Stoddard.of the' hoard of health, staled that no disease aiming caltle had heen 

 brought to the notice ot'the hoard, and that the cattle kept in and around thin city 

 were ver\ healt liy. The milk supply comes principally from farmers in t he count r \ . 



Dr. 1'.. Mink, practicing veterinarian, stated that lie had considerable cattle prac- 

 t ice. hut has never known of any lun.y; plague amonu t he cat t le <f t hissection. Some 

 caves of splenic apople\\ in cat t le came under his not ice a fe\\ \earsago. Aside from 

 that no contagions disease exists among the eat tie. here. Dr. Drink water, veterinary 

 surgeon, stated that he did not kno\\ of any Inni; plague amon<; cat t le here. The 

 man \\ ho renders the dead animals for the city said that the number of cows lie got 

 was very small about one per month. 



I next examii ed the cows of da ir\ men who sell milk in the city. Orin Todd, Hijj 

 K'idgr road, about four miles from the city, has Iticows, which were perfectly healthy, 

 He feeds his cows upon brewers' Drains, corn meal, and hay, and has plenty of past nn- 

 during the summer. Has never lost any cows from a contagions disease. He keeps 

 his cows as long as they yield a good supply of milk, and buys fresh ones from farm- 

 ers in the sorronnding country. Clark Douglas, president of the Milkmen's Associa- 

 tion of Rochester, had a herd of 2* cows, which I examined and found free from disease. 

 Mr. Douglas stated that he lias not lost any cows from a contagions disease, and that 

 he knows of none in the country around. He is in almost daily communication with 

 the milkmen of the association, and any disease among their cows he would be likely 

 to hear about and be consulted as to the best means of getting rid of it. He is now 

 feeding, iii addition to hay and corn-stalks, "Buffalo feed," i. e., the refuse of the 

 cornstarch factories of Buffalo, and considers it an excellent food for his cows. Form- 

 erly he fed brewers' grains with excellent results and saw no bad effects from it, hav- 

 ing one cow to Avhich he had given this feed nine years without injuring her health 

 in the least. 



C. J. Schaeffer, Waring Road, has 21 cows, which were healthy. Mr. Schaeffer 

 stated that he was often called upon by his neighbors to doctor their cows when sick, 

 and that the principal affection among them was parturient apoplexy, coming on 

 about the time of calving. He feeds brewers' grains in addition to hay and corn - 

 fodder and other crops which he raises upon the farm. 



Examined six cows belonging to William Von Est, Waring Road, and found them 

 healthy. George Pease, Lyell Road, has 17 cows, which were healthy; Mr. Rosen- 

 back 11 cows, and Patrick Lynch 11, also free from lung plague. These dairymen 

 feed upon brewers' grains, wheat bran, and hay, and also have fenced pastures 

 upon the farms to turn their cattle. They raise calves from their best cows and sell 

 the poor ones for beef, replacing them by fresh cows bought in the neighborhood. 



SALAMANCA. 



At Salamanca, N. Y., are stock yards which are used almost exclusively as a feeding- 

 place for stock that is shipped by rail to the markets of Jersey City and New York 



The Superintendent, R. J. McKay, states that from 40 to 50 car-loads come here per 

 week, and remain from three to thirty hours, being allowed hay and water. At cer- 

 tain seasons of the year fresh cows and their calves are shipped by this route into 

 Putnam and Duchess counties, New York. The greater proportion of the stock, how- 

 ever, are fat steers which are on their way to eastern markets. No sales take place 

 at these yards. The neighboring herds do not come up to the yards, as there is a 

 stream on one side and the railroad passes along the other side. Occasionally in the 



pass through here from the east are thoroughbred animals. The previous week a car- 

 load of thoroughbred calves came through from Vermont, via Albany, en route to 

 Kansas. No disease exists among the cattle here, or has ever existed so far as could 

 be learned. The cattle in the yards at the time of my visit wqre perfectly healthy. 



PITTSBURGH. 



I reached Pittsburgh, Pa., September 19, and called at the office of the board of 

 health. The health officer referred me for information upon the diseases among cattle 

 to the meat inspector, Thos. W. Lindsay, who is also milk inspector for the board. 



