EDITORIAL. 
195 
Whereas, A mass meeting of the citizens of the county has been called for 
the purpose of considering the condition that exists, and determining upon the 
best methods to be adopted for the speedy suppression of the disease, and 
Whereas, The undersigned have been appointed to present a plan of action 
for the consideration of the citizens assembled in mass meeting, the following 
statements and recommendations are made: 
1st. The existence of the disesse can be traced to the year 1885. Its origin 
has not been satisfactorily determined. 
2d. There are from twelve to twenty stallions in the county afflicted with 
the disease, and a number of other stallions have been exposed, and are liable to 
communicate it to mares. 
3d. There are from forty to fifty mares in the county afflicted with the dis¬ 
ease, and from twenty-five to thirty of these mares have died from the effects of 
the same. A large number of other mares have been exposed to the disease, 
which your committee cannot say are actually diseased. 
4th. The committee recommends that the diseased horses, and those that 
have been exposed, should be quarantined by the State Board of Live Stock 
Commissioners, and that the owners of such stallions be not allowed to breed or 
sell said stallions; and in case the veterinary surgeons report said afflicted 
stallion or stallions as incurable, that the owners of said stallions castrate the same 
at once. 
5th. The committee recommends that the mares that have been affected 
or exposed should likewise be quarantined, and if the report from the committee 
of experts appointed by your body say that the disease is in theten incurable, in 
such case that all such mares as have been actually diseased shall be branded 
with the letters Y. D. on the left hip, and that they never be bred again, 
and that W. H. Wheeler, of Clinton, be appointed with authority to brand such 
mares. 
6th. That mares exposed in 1886 or 1887, even when the disease has not 
appeared, should also be quarantined, and that said mares shall not be bred dur¬ 
ing the years 1888 or 1889, until a certificate of health from some competent vet¬ 
erinarian has been given. 
7th. That committemen be appointed in each township whose duty it shall 
be to prepare four lists, viz. : Of diseased stallions, of exposed stallions, of dis¬ 
eased mares, of exposed mares, in their respective townships, and report the 
same to John W. Bowren, Secretary. 
8th. That a committeeman be appointed from each township, whose duty it 
shall be to see that the restrictions placed upon the sale, transfer and breeding of 
exposed and diseased animals shall be strictly complied with, and that they shall 
prosecute all cases of violation of said regulations. 
A number of veterinarians were present at this meeting, 
amongst whom were Professor Law, State Veterinarian Dr. 
Casewell and his assistant, Dr. Baker, and others. 
The general measures recommended by these gentlemen, be¬ 
sides a strict quarantine and other sanitary precautions, were the 
