CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 19& 



Goverimieiit against all iiiii)orted cattle affords very good security agairst 

 infection, through the bovine species; but sheep, swine, and goats, are 

 equally suscei)tible to this disease, and are quite as likely to bring it ta 

 our shores asare thecattle. Unfortunately tiiereis nolaw authorizing a 

 quarantine of any imported animals other than cattle, and herein lies 

 our greatest i)resent danger. It is to be hoped that Congress may be 

 induced at a very early period in its next session, to confer the neces- 

 sary authority for enforcing quarantine against sheep, goats, and swine, 

 as well as cattle from all foreign countries, so that our flocks and herds 

 may be effectually guarded against this the most infectious of all animal 

 plagues. 



1 deem it important also to call attention to the fact that the estab- 

 lishment of a rigid system of inspection of all live cattle exported from 

 this country and a strict supervision of the ships used for the purpose 

 of carrying the cattle from our ports, to the end that none but healthy 

 cattle shall be placed on board and that the facilities for promoting the 

 health and comfort of the animals during the voyage shall be ample, is 

 of the highest possible importance in its bearing on the future of our 

 export trade with Great Britain. In a conversation between Professor 

 Brown, the chief veterinary adviser of the British privy council, and 

 myself upon this point,' he dwelt with especial emphasis ui)ou the im- 

 portance of attention to these matters on the part of our Government. 

 Americans as a class are very jealous of governmental interference with 

 trade and commerce, and cattle shippers especially are opposed to any 

 regulations that shall interfere in the least with their present freedom 

 of action. But the interests of the farmers of the United States, the 

 men who raise the cattle for export, are paramount to those of the few 

 who are engaged in the export trade. And no consideration of a ver\^ 

 slight reduction in the per cent, of profit which these dealers may real- 

 ize should be allowed to stand in the way of the adoption of regulations^ 

 which are absolutely essential to the permanence of the traffic. 



Respectfully subm i tted . 



J. H. SANDERS. 



Chicago, October 'M), 1883. 



REPORT OF DR. RUSH SHIl'I'EX Hl'lDEEOrER. 



Sir : Twenty years ago an International Cattle Show was held at 

 Hamburg, Germany. This exhibition attracted a great deal of interest; 

 it proved a financial success to the citizens who guaranteed the cost; 

 it brought valuable agricultural iiroducts and animals from England 

 France, and other countries, and it was encouraged by numerous ex- 

 hibits and an activ^e committee from the United States. The effects 

 of this exhibition in iSTorth Germany were lasting. Valuable breeding 

 animals were bought from the foreign exhibitors, and the numerous 

 German farmers who attended saw and appreciated the improved 



