20 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



of the cattle that were in this district at the time the malady pre- 

 vailed were slaughtered, and in this way a further extension of the 

 quarantine was prevented. 



From January 1 to December 31, 1887, inclusive, 7,411 herds and 

 premises were inspected in Cook County, 111., containing 24,059 head 

 of cattle. Post-mortem examinations were made on 7,267 animals, 

 which were either slaughtered or had died from disease, and among 

 these 350 were found affected with pleuro-pneumonia. The total 

 number of cattle slaughtered in Illinois during this time, for which 

 compensation was made by the Department, was 1,042. Of these, 172 

 were diseased, and the owners received for them $3,179.53, an average 

 of $18. 42 for each animal, and 870 were exposed and the owners were 

 paid for them $14,153.21, an average of $16.27. The average com- 

 pensation for the exposed animals is less than for the diseased, for 

 the reason that the value of the carcass was paid by the butcher to 

 the owner, and this amount was deducted from the appraisement, 

 and the owner was paid the difference as compensation from this De- 

 partment. 



There were disinfected in Cook County during the year 677 stables. 

 Some of these were very large, and the work required the constant 

 labor of the disinfecting corps of eight men. The method of disin- 

 fecting was to first thoroughly clean the buildings, removing all litter, 

 manure, loose earth, and rotten wood, and then to cover with a mixt- 

 ure of chloride of lime and whitewash. This was applied by means 

 of a powerful force-pump, worked by the members of the disinfecting 

 corps. 



The total expenses in Illinois on account of this outbreak, from 

 about September 1, 1886, to December 31, 1887, were $73,991.96. Of 

 this sum, $17,332.74 was paid as compensation for slaughtered cattle. 

 Miscellaneous expenses, including disinfecting material and appa- 

 ratus, tags, and ringers for inserting the same, record books, office 

 rent, etc. , amount to $3,952. 52. Traveling expenses of inspectors and 

 other employe's, a part of which was for investigating reported out- 

 breaks of disease in the country for a considerable distance around 

 Chicago, amounted to $3,598.99. The remainder was paid for the 

 services of the inspectors, deputy sheriffs, disinfecting corps, and for 

 clerical assistance in the office, amounting to $49, 107. 71. The amount 

 paid for cattle was to all other expenses as 1 to 3.3. 



The large proportional expenses for salaries is due to the fact that 

 from October 1, 1886, to April 20, 1887, no cattle were paid for by the 

 Department, but a large force was kept in the field investigating as 

 to the prevalence of pleuro-pneumonia about Chicago, the size of the i 

 district that was infected, in guarding infected stables, and in serv- 

 ing quarantine notices for the State authorities. As the State appro- 

 priation was acknowledged on all sides to be too small to cope with 

 the emergency, the Department of Agriculture assumed all of the ex- 

 pense which it could in order that the State funds might be used for 

 the slaughter of cattle. 



Between 2,000 and 3,000 head of cattle in the distillery stables and 

 on the Harvey farm were quarantined by the State authorities at a 

 nominal cost, and the animals were slaughtered by the State before 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry was given authority to expend money 

 for this purpose. Neither this quarantine, therefore, nor the com- 

 pensation for the animals appear in this report, and yet the quaran- 

 tine was maintained for sixty days by guards paid by the Bureau at 

 an expense of about $100 a day. Of course, cattle when in large 



