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EDITORIAL. 
Animal Industry now have their hands full and are hard at work 
in destroying diseased and infected animals. 
A recent preliminary report from Dr. Salmon, Chief of the 
Bureau, touching the progress of the work as partially accom¬ 
plished, furnishes us with the means of estimating the amount of 
labor performed during the six months ending June 30, 1887, 
and is a very interesting and instructive paper. Taking into con¬ 
sideration the fact that the new rules and regulations which have 
been issued by the Bureau have been accepted by many of the 
States and Territories, and that the Legislatures of Illinois, New 
York, Virginia, and other States have enacted laws conferring 
full authority upon the officers of the Bureau for the quarantin¬ 
ing, condemnation and destruction of all animals exposed to the 
disease, as well as those affected by it, we can readily appreciate 
the extent and value of the assistance rendered to the Board and 
the co-operation they have experienced in the prosecution of their 
labors. 
Certainly those who have charge of the work are enjoying no 
sinecure in their official positions, as the figures indicate which 
we extract from the report. 
During the six months covered by the report the Bureau has 
inspected 2,368 herds in Illinois alone, and this number repre¬ 
sented 12,361 animals. Of 3,183 post-mortem examinations 
made, 299 of the subjects were found to have been affected with 
pleuro-pneumonia. In Maryland 2,406 herds were inspected, 
1,253 autopsies made, and 74 animals found diseased. In New 
Jersey 453 herds were inspected and 284 animals found infected. 
In New York, so far, 79 herds have been inspected, 987 animals 
found infected, and 127 reported diseased. 
During these six months, then, 5,351 herds, numbering in all 
49,094 animals were inspected, 298 herds and 11,628 animals 
placed in quarantine, and 904 animals found to be diseased. The 
enormous number of 4,851 post-mortem examinations were made, 
and 1,044, or nearly one-fourth of that number, were found to 
be affected with pleuro-pneumonia. If this amount of work does 
not furnish testimony which ought to be satisfactory to the faith¬ 
fulness and assiduity of the veterinarians of the Bureau of Ani- 
