30 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



The disease was found much, more prevalent and more generally 

 distributed in Kings and Queens Counties, on Long Island, than 

 elsewhere. Here there has been a continual struggle during the 

 whole year to hold it under control. Much progress has been made 

 and the number of infected herds greatly reduced, but there is still 

 a large amount of work before us. 



There has been more disease found during the year than was an- 

 ticipated at the time the preceding report was written. Partly for 

 this reason, and partly on account of the exhaustion of the appro- 

 priation for the year ending June 30, 1888, about six weeks before 

 the end of the year, the results of the year's work have not quite 

 reached our expectations. For nearly two months all active work 

 ceased and the force was reduced to such an extent that only a mere 

 supervision of the movement of cattle could be maintained. This 

 unfortunate relaxation allowed the plague to develop and has in- 

 creased the total amount of work to be accomplished to a marked 

 degree. Since we now have the whole infected district in charge, 

 the expenditures can be foreseen with sufficient exactness to prevent 

 such an occurrence happening again, unless there should be new 

 outbreaks of greater dimensions than have been discovered in the 

 past. 



A recently discovered outbreak is now in progress in Orange 

 County, which is serious in its extent and will require several months 

 for its complete suppression. Our investigations indicated that the 

 contagion was taken there from the city of New York before the 

 quarantine regulations were established, and it has since been con- 

 cealed by interested parties. The infected district is now believed to 

 be marked out and under control, and there is no reason to doubt the 

 early success of the measures which have been applied. This out- 

 break will make an unexpected increase of the expenditures, but 

 probably will not delay the work in the old infected districts of the 

 States. 



From January 1 to November 30, 1888, there were inspected in 

 New York 12,333 herds, containing 99,726 head of cattle. Of this 

 number 62, 184 were re-examined by deputies in addition to the prof es- 

 sional inspections, and 100,370 were tagged with numbers and regis- 

 tered upon the books of the Bureau. 



There were 323 new herds found affected with pleuro-pneumonia 

 during the year, and these herds contained 4,647 animals, 691 of 

 which were pronounced diseased when the inspection was made. 

 There were purchased for slaughter during the same time 1,576 af- 

 fected cattle, at a cost of $40,976.53, an average of $26 per head; also 

 3,196 exposed cattle at a cost of $72,410.50, an average of $22.65 per 

 head. The smaller cost of the exposed cattle as compared with the 

 affected ones is due to the fact that the amount which the owner 

 realized for the carcasses was deducted from the appraised value, the 

 Department paying the balance. 



It has been found necessary to disinfect 1,339 stables, stock-yards, 

 or other premises during the year, and also to make post-mortem ex- 

 aminations upon the carcasses of 15,538 bovine animals, of which 

 2,287 were found diseased with pleuro-pneumonia. 



The total expenses in New York from January 1 to November 30, 

 1888, have been $250,779.47, of which $113,387.03 was paid for cattle 

 purchased for slaughter as either diseased or exposed. The remain- 

 aer constitutes the expense for disinfection, inspection, tagging, reg- 

 istering, supervising the movement of cattle, post-mortem examina- 



