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think, if you have any herds where the trouble exists to deal 

 with, you better wear rubbers and an old waterproof coat that 

 can afterward be sponged off with some disinfectant solution be- 

 fore going among other cattle. 



Yours truly, Austin Peters, 



Chief of Cattle Bureau. 



In addition to these letters, inspectors of animals in towns 

 adjoining the Rhode Island line had the following letter sent 

 to them, in order to stop as far as possible the moving of 

 cattle from Rhode Island into Massachusetts : — 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, Nov. 18, 1902. 



Dear Sir: — I think that the rules and regulations concerning 

 bringing cattle into Massachusetts have not been observed very 

 well lately, and I wish to call your attention to the fact that per- 

 sons bringing cattle into Massachusetts must have a permit, and 

 that the cattle must be tested with tuberculin at their expense and 

 risk, except calves under six months old or beeves for immediate 

 slaughter, by a veterinarian satisfactory to me. I recognize the 

 fact that a good many cattle brought in from Rhode Island are 

 cattle that have been sold through the Brighton market, and that, 

 as cattle from Brighton, from out of the State, are tested at the 

 Brighton yards, of com'se no further test is necessary. 



I write just now as I consider this is a particularly important 

 matter, as I am informed that there appears to be a disease among 

 cattle in Cumberland, R. I., which appears to be of a contagious 

 character, the cattle having sore mouths, sore feet and sores on 

 the udders ; and I wish the inspectors of animals in the bordering 

 towns to keep a lookout for cattle coming in from Rhode Island, 

 and if any cattle are brought in from without the State, they are 

 to quarantine them and send duplicates to me. Or, if any cattle 

 present symptoms of sore mouths, sore feet, or have any sores on 

 the udders, they are not only to quarantine them, but to quaran- 

 tine the herd of the person buying any such animals, until I can 

 investigate the matter and see that there is no danger of the spread 

 of the disease. 



If you quarantine any cattle, sheep or swine, you can make the 

 notice of quarantine read "foot and mouth disease." 



Yours truly, Austin Peters, 



Chief of Cattle Bureau. . 



