this, and actually living up to it, to the letter, we controlled and 

 eradicated the disease in Virginia at a total cost of $13,854.9:2, while 

 many of the other States went up in the millions, and yet in the 

 beginning they had no more of the disease than Virginia started 

 with. 



As State Veterinarian of Virginia, allow me here to thank the 

 people of Virginia for their support in the fight against this 

 trouble. Being a son of the old Virginia Commonwealth, I felt 

 that I was at home, and in time of trouble I believed the home 

 people would stand by me. They did, and we won the fight at 

 a very small cost. While the Legislature was liberal in appro- 

 priating one hundred and ten thousand dollars for this fight, happy 

 am I to say that we used only the amount above mentioned. 



Not only were the people of Virginia with us, but fortunately 

 at this time w T e had a live stock man for Governor, who appre- 

 ciated the danger to the cattle industry from the very beginning. 

 Governor H. C. Stuart, though confined to his room by sickness, 

 had me visit him there night and day (not excepting Sunday). 

 He got out his proclamation in February, and from the same pub- 

 lished elsewhere in this report, you can see that he attended to 

 every detail with the State Live Stock Sanitary Board in this 

 matter. The Governor personally appealed to the General Assem- 

 bly for a good liberal appropriation to handle this work, and 

 then cautioned the State Veterinarian not to use a dollar that was 

 not absolutely necessary. 



After the shipment of diseased hogs had been sent to the W. 

 S. Forbes' establishment here in Richmond, the Governor and the 

 Live Stock Sanitary Board decided not to allow any more cattle, 

 sheep, or swine to enter Virginia from any quarantined State, or 

 any State, any portion of which was under quarantine by the U. S. 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, on account of Foot and Mouth Dis- 

 ease. Thus working together, the Governor and the State Live 

 Stock Sanitary Board took this matter up and instructed the State 

 Veterinarian accordingly. In fact, it was a pleasure to work with 

 such a loyal Live Stock Sanitary Board, when the Governor sat 

 with us, and in fact was made a part of the Board from the very 

 beginning, and thus the work was pushed by the complete union 

 of the Governor, the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, the State 

 Veterinarian as their agent, the veterinarians of the State as assist- 

 ants, and the live stock owners and people as co-operators. 



In conclusion, I feel it my duty to mention the work done by 

 Flon. Jno. Thompson Brown, of Evington, Va., who is chairman 



