No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLK BURKAU. -iiH 



Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture. Accordingly the 

 following notice was sent to owners or occupants of premises 

 where foot and mouth disease existed : — 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Bcjakd of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, Jan. 7, 1903. 



To All Persons ivhom it may concern. 



By virtue of the power and authority vested by law in the Cattle 

 Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, under the provisions of 

 chapter 90 of the Revised Laws, and chapter 116 of the Acts of 

 1902, and in accordance with an order approved by the Governor 

 and Honorable Council Dec. 1, 1902, giving the Chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau the authority to make necessary rules and regulations for 

 the eradication of foot and mouth disease, it is hereby ordered : — 



1. That barns, stables, piggeries and pens where cattle have 

 been killed because of foot and mouth disease shall not have any 

 new cattle, sheep, other ruminants or swine placed in them until 

 six weeks after the animals have been killed, and not until the 

 premises have been disinfected, and permission so to do has been 

 obtained from the Chief of the Cattle Bureau. 



On premises where infected animals have recovered and have 

 not been killed, no new cattle, sheep, other ruminants or swine 

 shall be introduced until six weeks after the premises have been 

 disinfected ; and no cattle, sheep, other ruminants or swine shall be 

 removed from such premises until sixty days after the premises 

 have been disinfected, and permission has been obtained from the 

 Chief of the Cattle Bureau to do so. 



2. No hay, straw, forage, grain, utensils or other material, 

 except manure, shall be removed from premises where animals 

 w^hich have had foot and mouth disease have been in quarantine 

 until sixty days after the premises have been disinfected, and not 

 then until permission has been obtained from the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau to do so. 



3. Manure from cattle, sheep, other ruminants or swine which 

 have been infected with foot and mouth disease is to be piled in a 

 compact heap and then covered to a depth of two feet with horse 

 manure, or, if liorse manure is not available, the surface of the 

 heap is to be liberally mixed with chloride of lime. After two 

 weeks the manure can then be removed with safety, and it is not 

 to be removed until this length of time has elapsed. 



It is recommended that, where the animals have not been killed, 

 the hay, forage and grain in the buildings be fed to the animals 

 remaining upon the place. 



