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animal markets and the supervision exercised over the abattoirs, 

 dealers, stables, and railroad cars, the disease continued to prevail."' 



We have, then, the evidence that in countries where the disease 

 has grown up its control has been found to be impossible through 

 any quarantine that can be imposed, and in place of this Euro- 

 peans have recommended slaughter of infected and exposed ani- 

 mals, and a thorough disinfection of the infected premises. 



In view of the unsatisfactory experience in Europe under the 

 quarantine system, this government adopted the policy of permit- 

 ting eradication by means of the slaughter of the infected and ex- 

 posed animals. This was first applied in the outbreak in 1884 in 

 Portland, Me.; it was successfully employed in the 1902 outbreak 

 in Xew England, and in the 1908 outbreak. It is this method that 

 the government has adopted in the present most serious of all 

 outbreaks in the United States. It has been largely successful and 

 it is believed that it will be entirely so. There seems to be no 

 other, way by which this disease can be rooted out of the country, 

 other than to destroy every carrier of the virus and the disinfection 

 of all contaminated places. It should be clearly understood that 

 in eradicating this disease the first cost is the least. Should Foot 

 and Mouth Disease be allowed to remain in any section of this 

 country it would cause a quarantine to be placed upon the whole 

 country by other nations, and in this country it would very likely 

 cause the State or States in which the disease continued to remain, 

 to be quarantined by other States, AVe cannot afford to have the 

 disease in our land. Thrice it has been entirely eradicated by 

 this method, and there is no reason to expect that for the fourth 

 time it will not be entirely removed from this country, and the 

 lessons that I hope we have learned from it will enable both States 

 and Nation to adopt such measures in the future as are necessary 

 to forever keep it away. 



I thank you for your kind attention and trust that these some- 

 what rambling remarks on the nature and control of this disease 

 may be of some assistance to you. 



MYCOTIC STOMATITIS. 



This is a sporadic, non-contagious disease, affecting cattle of 

 all ages while on pasture, and especially milch cows. 



It is characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the mu- 

 cous membrane of the mouth, sore and swollen feet, salivation and 

 loss of appetite, and in cases erosions of the skin on the teats and 



