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they will all be under the ground. Crews follow and disinfect the 

 premises immediately, and when we have the herds under ground 

 and have men ready to disinfect right away, we will check it, but 

 we want to hang on for a little while longer. The thing I am 

 worried about is the impatience that is manifested on account 

 of quarantine. We chafe when we are bound a little bit. We 

 feel it more and more. If we had something to draw our atten- 

 tion away, we would not mind it so much. It is absolutely nec- 

 essary for us to just hold on now. When we quarantine a cer- 

 tain area around an infected herd, it takes some time to put the 

 herd under the ground, disinfect, and make a house-to-house 

 canvass to see whether anybody is concealing the disease or has 

 the disease and does not know it. 



'Mr. : What about the careless inspector? 



Dr. Houck: Don't let anybody on your farm unless he 

 comes prepared to take all precautions. It is customary for all 

 our inspectors, and the state inspectors have been instructed tc; 

 provide themselves with rubber suits and disinfect on leaving 

 the premises. And if they don't do it. Dr. Bennett would like 

 to know it. They have further instructions to fumigate, too, if 

 there are any evidences or suspicion of disease on the premises 

 visited. 



Mr. : Is there any penalty attached to a man who 



has the disease and does not report it ? 



Dr. Houck: I believe so, and local veterinarians must re- 

 port the disease. 



