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For these reasons, one cannot question the wisdom and 

 propriety of the stamping-out method, or fail to a[)prove of 

 and admire the promptness and energy with which it was 

 carried out. 



The country is well rid of this scourge, and it is hoped 

 that it will never appear here again. The cost to the com- 

 munity has been very heavy, as the following figures will 

 show : — 



Loss of commerce to the port of Boston, . . . $2,000,000 00 

 Compensation paid owners by the United States gov- 

 ernment for animals destroyed, .... 128,908 00 

 Expense for inspectors, disinfecting corps, etc., of 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, as much more at least, 



— say 130,000 00 



Expense to State of Massachusetts for agents of Cattle 



Bureau, disinfecting corps, etc., .... 20,219 05 



Amount paiil by Massachusetts for quarantine claims, 9,699 -40 



Compensation jjaid by State to owners, of 30 per cent 



of the valuation of animals killed, .... 38,244 98 



Total, $2,327,071 43 



These figures alone amount to over two and a quarter 

 millions of dollars, to say nothing of the loss to individual 

 farmers by being temporarily put out of business, and the 

 loss and inconvenience to cattle men by having the Brighton 

 market closed from Nov. 26, 1902, until the 22d of the fol- 

 lowing July. 



The only excuse for Avriting such a full and detailed ac- 

 count of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease is 

 that it is a matter of history, which ought to be published, 

 as it may prove of value in years to come, if there should 

 ever be another such visitation of this malady, to show what 

 was done at this time. The discoveries in connection with 

 the outbreak in Mr. Tyzzer's herd, and subsequent experi- 

 ments, are also of great scientific interest, and should be 

 made a matter of record. The report of the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau upon foot and mouth disease, made to the 

 State Board of Agriculture in January, 1903, together with 

 the above report, gives a full and detailed history of foot 

 and mouth disease in Massachusetts in 1902 and 1903. 



