miles from the Union Mock Yards. However, in investigating 

 the Miller outbreak. I learned that Mr. Miller had Keen setting 

 the swill from a brewery tank, which is located not far from the 

 W. S. Forbes plant. While I might be wrong, I have always 

 thought that the infection got from the Forbes" abattoir to the 

 brewery (by birds, rats, or in some way) and from the tank there, 

 it got to the Miller herd, which resulted in the entire herd of 

 cattle on the Miller farm being shot and buried. 



With the constant assistance of Mr. Miller, the U. S. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, and the deputies appointed by the State, to- 

 gether with the loyal local support of the people of the City of 

 Richmond and the surrounding territory, the State managed to stop 

 the trouble on the Miller place, and not one case resulted in the 

 State from this terrible outbreak, which affected about two hundred 

 head of cattle. While the work of handling this matter was nerve 

 racking, as it had to be kept up night and day, for days, weeks, 

 and months, yet it was done with good results, thanks to the good 

 people of old Virginia. 



Just about the time we had the Miller trouble under control, a 

 wire came, saying there was an outbreak in Frederick county, 

 among cattle in the section near Winchester. Veterinarians were 

 at once dispatched there by the State and the U. S. Bureau, and 

 the situation was handled there in a most satisfactory manner by 

 Drs. Willis, Xoonan, and Miller, for the State, in co-operation with 

 the Bureau Veterinarians. Here again, the local people did all in 

 their power to co-operate with, and help the State and Federal 

 authorities, stamp out the disease. 



The Frederick comity outbreak was the last case of foot and 

 mouth disease scut to Virginia. We never knew exactly how this 

 disease got into West Virginia; but the outbreak was scut from 

 West Virginia to Virginia by some cattle which were sold in the 

 State of West Virginia to some Virginia cattlemen, no one know- 

 ing at the time that the cattle were affected with foot and mouth 

 disease. 



Further in this report will he noticed the articles which were 

 quarantined against. ;is the same are mentioned in detail in the 

 proclamations issued by the Governor. From the many different 

 articles mentioned, everyone can see at a glance, why the quaran- 

 tine regulations affected so many different lines of commerce. It 



is a known fact that the disease has been carried by packing ma- 

 terial, which had been exposed to affected live stock, also by bides, 

 litter, bags, etc. thus we had to take every precaution. By doing 



