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with bovine virus, and were afterward treated with one of these 

 preparations furnished by Dr. E. Klebs. After the disease was 

 well advanced the treatment had not the slightest effect upon 

 its progress. 



The same results were obtained by Czaplewski and Roloff in 

 1892 (Berlin, Klein Wochenscrift, No. 29). 



While these experiments may not be conclusive, they all 

 point in the same direction. 



Under the provisions of section 1 of the law of 1895 it was 

 provided that inspectors " shall make, from time to time, in- 

 spections of all other domestic animals within the limits of their 

 several cities and towns, whenever they have knowledge or rea- 

 son to suspect that such animals are affected with or have been 

 exposed to any contagious disease : and they shall immediately 

 inspect any and all domestic animals, and any barn, stable or 

 premises where any such animals are kept, whenever directed 

 so to do by the Board of Cattle Commissioners or any of its 

 members." 



Xo special directions under this section have been given to 

 the inspectors, for the reason that so little is known as to the 

 conditions of these stables ; and the method of properly inspect- 

 ing them is so difficult that the preliminary work, at all events, 

 must be done by special inspectors properly qualified for that 

 purpose ; and therefore the Board has undertaken to make a 

 special study of the sanitary conditions of the stables, after 

 which it will be able to issue general instructions to the inspect- 

 ors, which will be productive of great good in this direction. 

 The agent appointed by the Board inspected twenty-five stables 

 picked out in different parts of the State, and the result of this 

 inspection will be seen in the following table : — 



