108 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



QUARANTINE DIVISION. 



The work of the Quarantme Division, under Dr. E. W. Hickman, 

 chief, has consisted, as heretofore, in the inspection and quarantine 

 of imported live stock, the inspection of animals for export, the 

 tuberculin testing of import and export dairy and breeding cattle, 

 the inspection, disinfection, and fitting of ocean steamers which 

 carry live stock, and the administration of regulations governing 

 the importation of hides, hair, wool, hay, straw, etc. . 



INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED ANIMALS. 



Imports of live stock were seriously interfered with by the great 

 difficulty in procMring steamer space and sailings during the first half 

 of the fiscal year and also by the appearance of foot-and-mouth dis- 

 ease in England. Outbreaks of that disease in Sussex in September 

 and in Yorkshire in January necessitated the closing of United 

 States ports to European shipments until late in April. With the 

 improvement of shipping conditions and the reopening of our ports 

 to British shipments, American purchasers in England promptly 

 made use of the opportunity for which they had been waiting, and 

 live-stock importations for May and June indicated a return to the 

 normal volume. 



The following tables show the importations of the various kinds 

 of live stock through the different ports of entry : 



Imported animals inspected and quarantined. 



Imported animals inspected hut not quarantined. 



Inspectors of the bureau also inspected and held in quarantine for 

 the Bureau of Biological Survey 4,358 live quail imported from 

 Mexico for breeding purposes. 



