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Canadian Agriculture. 
this was changed in 1879 to ninety days, at which period it 
has since stood. Dr. McEachran, of Montreal, is Dominion 
Inspector of quarantine, and Dr. Couture, of Quebec, is the 
local assistant, and the object of the quarantine is to prevent 
the introduction into Canada of all or any of the following 
diseases : rinderpest, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and foot- 
and-mouth disease, in the case of cattle ; foot-and-mouth disease, 
foot-rot, and scab, in the case of sheep ; and hog-cholera in the 
case of swine. 
The Government possess sufficient land to enlarge the quaran- 
tine station to 150 acres, if necessary. The sheds are so 
arranged that each one is surrounded by from two to three acres 
of land. Cattle arriving by one vessel are kept quite isolated 
from those arriving by another, a space of 10 feet to 14 feet 
being fenced off between the grounds occupied by the different 
shipments. The sheds are of various sizes, and contain single 
rows of stalls, each stall being 8 feet wide, and allowing 4 feet 
for each of its occupants. The sheds are 16 feet wide, 16 feet 
high in front, and 8 feet behind, and are well ventilated both in 
summer and in winter. Scrupulous cleanliness is observed both 
in the yards and in the sheds. Importers pay no charge for 
quarantine, but they provide food, attendance, and litter, either 
straw or sawdust. The buildings and fences have hitherto cost 
from 4000/. to 5000Z. The fences are all movable. The annual 
cost of maintenance of the station is about 1600/. 
It is obvious that the Government of Canada are determined 
to spare no effort or expense to keep the cattle of the Dominion 
pure and healthy, and free from all contagious disease, and the 
steps which have been resorted to for this purpose cannot but 
command the sympathetic admiration of English farmers. The 
Canadian argument on the subject is simple enough : " If we 
let disease find its way into the Dominion, the cattle we export 
will be liable to carry it with them, and our country will be 
scheduled by the authorities in England." Much of the effi- 
ciency of the present system of quarantine is due to the energy 
of the Dominion Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. John Henry 
Pope, who very soon after he entered office sent an official into 
the New England States to inquire into the truth of rumours as 
to the diseased condition of many American animals. These 
rumours were verified, whereupon American cattle were pro- 
hibited from entering Canada, and Mr. Pope, having informed 
the Uritish Government of this fact, and demonstrated further 
that no disease existed in the Dominion, had the satisfaction of 
seeing Canada removed from the schedule, since when Canadian 
cattle have had free access to the English markets, both at the 
seaports and at inland stations. Exporters of Canadian cattle 
