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tory of that herd to speak of the progress being made in saving 

 the animals. 



Mr. : A man had some cattle there from Ogle and 



he said there was not any more of them had the disease. They 

 are going to keep them 90 days, and if they don't develop it, ihty 

 will probably release them. 



Dr. Houck: There is just one thing that is against th*« 

 method of quarantine and disinfecting without slaughter. You 

 cannot maintain a sufficiently close quarantine. In Germany 

 they place a guard on the premises to control the quarantine. 

 Outsiders dare not go on those premises, and the owners must 

 stay at home. Our people are not used to the same severity as m\ 

 Germany and Russia in regard to enforcement of law, and it i? 

 harder to enforce a quarantine here. In Michigan we had - 

 hard time to maintain our dog quarantine. We had an area 18] 

 by 8 miles in which there were over 200 cases. There were 170 

 cases when we went there. It spread like wildfire and we had 

 to put on a rigid quarantine. The state authorities helped us 

 and quarantined such townships as were considered necessary. \ 

 We got the constables and sheriffs out to patrol the roads for a - 

 week or more and explain to people the danger of this disease, ; 

 its spread, and what quarantine meant, and how to handle it. \ 

 We kept those officers of the law at that for a week or ten days ; 

 and put articles in the papers and published bulletins. We held | 

 meetings and had the state inspectors, as well as the Federal in- ■ 

 spectors, speak to the people. Some of the farmers who were ' 

 well known and who knew about the disease, also spoke at the \ 

 meetings. We stopped the disease and put the last herd unde- ; 

 ground within 60 days, and have had but two outbreaks appear *. 

 anywhere within the original radius since the last herd was j 

 buried. There were only two secondary outbreaks after the last j 

 herd was under ground. We put that dog quarantine on and ■ 

 the first man caught violating it was fined $15. The next one : 

 got his, and when three or four cases were published in the ; 

 papers it stopped it and they kept the dogs tied up. One of the : 

 last two outbreaks that occurred after all the herds were under ■ 



