No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



325 



Summary. 



Animals. 



Number. 



Net Com- 

 pensation. 



Average 



per 



Head. 



Cattle (not including calves), 



Calves, 



All cattle. 



Hogs 



Sheep and goats, 



Totiil compensation paid, 



3,637 

 235 



$123,773 90 

 1,684 65 



$34 03 

 7 17 



3,872 

 360 

 229 



$125,458 56 



2,465 57 



984 45 



$32 40 

 6 85 

 4 30 



$128,908 57 



It was not until about the middle of October that the 

 United States Secretaiy of Agriculture issued the final order 

 removing all ([uarantine restrictions from Massachusetts on 

 account of foot and mouth disease, as follows : — 



Bureau of Animal Industry Order, Xo. 119. 



Removal of Quarantine on Ruminants and Swine in the 

 States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, Oct. 14, 1903. 



Wliereas^ All animals affected with foot and mouth disease in 

 the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been de- 

 stroyed, and the premises occupied by them have been thoroughly 

 disinfected, and the contagion of this disease has been eradicated ; 



It is hereby ordered, That the quarantine upon cattle, sheep and 

 other ruminants and swine, imposed ou account of the existence 

 of foot and mouth disease, be removed, and the orders of this de- 

 partment relating to such quarantine are hereby revoked. The 

 above-named animals or their products may, therefore, be shipped 

 or be otherwise moved from said States without restrictions other 

 than may be imposed by the authorities of the States to which 

 such animals or products are destined. 



James Wilson, 



Secrclary. 



Prior to this, however, the following order was issued, pro- 

 viding that shipments abroad of cattle and sheep fi'om the 

 port of Boston could be resumed with safety : — 



