





Evingtox, Va., June 15, 1916. 



To His Excellency, 



Hon. II. C. Stuart, 



Governor of Virginia. 



Herewith is submitted the report of Dr. J. G. Ferneyhough, 

 State Veterinarian, of work done by him under the direction of the 

 State Live Stock Sanitary Board in Connection with controlling and 

 eradicating an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, which was 

 introduced into the State during the fall of 1914, causing us to 

 prescribe and enforce certain quarantine rules and regulations from 

 the above mentioned date until March 31, 1916. 



In consideration of the fact that while some of the other States 

 into which this disease was introduced spent from one to several 

 million dollars in eradicating the same, and that none of them spent 

 less than seventy-five thousand dollars, except the State of Vir- 

 ginia, which spent only $13,854.9-2, I feel that we were extremely 

 fortunate, and the results thus most gratifying and encouraging. 



Respectfully, 



Chairman State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 



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