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ing this cow his cattle were all taken sick. Drivino- home, 

 I asked Dr. Smith what his opinion was, and he said that if it 

 was not foot and mouth disease he did not see what else it 

 could be ; and after discussing the matter, we decided that 

 it was my duty to telegraph Dr. Salmon at Washington at 

 once. I accordingly telegraphed Dr. Salmon on the evening 

 of November 16, saying : " I believe we have foot and mouth 

 disease in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Come at once, 

 or send representative." The result of the telegram was the 

 appearance, November 19, of Dr. John R. Mohler, one of 

 Dr. Salmon's asrents. Bv that time I beijan to hear of other 

 herds, and was able to show Dr. Mohler cases in Sharon. 

 Dr. Mohler's reports were evidently disquieting enough to 

 lead to other experts being sent to confirm the diagnosis. 

 On November 25, Dr. Leonard Pearson, State veterinarian 

 of Pennsylvania and dean of the veterinary department of 

 the University of Pennsylvania, appeared ; and the following 

 day, November 26, Prof. James Law of Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., arrived, as special agents of the United States 

 Bureau of Animal Industry. 



They saw cases in Dedham, Needham, Chelsea, Revere, 

 Everett and Concord, and were satisfied that the trouble was 

 foot and mouth disease. Dr. Salmon came to Boston, Tues- 

 day, December 2, as the result of their confirmation of the 

 diagnosis, and since then the State and federal authorities 

 have been working in co-operation. 



At a conference between the Governor of Massachusetts, 

 the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture and the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau of the Massachusetts State Board of Aoricul- 

 ture, at the State House, December 4, it Avas agreed that, 

 if the United States Department of Agriculture would pay 

 70 per cent of the value of animals that were killed because 

 they were infected with foot and mou^h disease, or had been 

 exposed to it, the appraisal to be based on what the animals 

 were worth when in a state of health, and made by an expert 

 in the values of cattle, who was also to be a citizen of 

 Massachusetts, the State would authorize the slaughter 



