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and that is, they are standing alone. Several of 

 the other farm papers and live stock papers have 

 written editorials that have surely been a credit 

 to any sane and just editor. The bad feature of 

 the other paper of which we are speaking is 

 that they took everything for granted and did 

 not give the profession a chance to defend 

 themselves. It is doubtful if any member of the 

 profession would have deemed it worth his 

 while to reply to such an editorial as this one. 



Foot and mouth disease has been prevalent 

 in the old world for many years and has gained 

 such a foothold that it has very seriously crip- 

 pled the live stock industry of almost all of those 

 countries. England, France, Spain, Germany 

 and others have spent millions of dollars in an 

 effort to eradicate this disease and have been 

 unsuccessful. It would seem that if they spend 

 millions of dollars in an effort to eradicate it, 

 they must think it is a detriment to the live 

 stock industry. Practically all of the noted au- 

 thorities on veterinary medicine in the old world 

 claim that the slaughter method is the only meth- 

 od to pursue when you have a new outbreak. 

 They have had many years' experience, why 

 should they not know? The authorities of the 

 United States have had personal letters from 

 some of the best veterinarians in the European 

 countries since this outbreak started advising 

 them as to the value of the method they were em- 

 ploying in combatting the disease. 



Foot and mouth disease is not a fatal disease. 



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