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found therein, have attended to the work assigned them, and 
deem it important to make a preliminary report of their pro¬ 
ceedings and the result of their investigations for the benefit of 
this community, who are the consumers of the dairy products of 
this region, and for the information of those sections of the 
country in which the cattle industry is large and valuable. The 
co-operation of the municipal and health authorities of New 
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and of the managers of the 
stock yards, has been freely and generously given in the work, 
which includes the examination of all cattle in the stables and 
yards, and also the condition of the quarantine station at Garfield, 
N. J. In the investigations made the utmost care has been taken 
to examine all the conditions surrounding the animals—such as 
the location, cleanliness and ventilation of the stables, the amount 
of exposure to diseases, and, as far as possible, the history of the 
cases examined and the application of the best scientific know¬ 
ledge to be obtained by us has been uniformly made. 
The condition of the trade in cattle has been found to be 
generally good. The cattle brought from the west by rail have 
been in excellent order, and have told well for the care, feeding 
and breeding of that section of the country from whence they 
came. 
The quarantine station, under the charge of Dr. A. M. 
Farrington, has been well managed, and the importers of foreign 
cattle have cheerfully complied with all the requirements of the 
law. 
The inspection of the cow stables has been carefully con¬ 
ducted, and has resulted as follows: In 756 stables in New York 
City, containing 3^318 cows, there were found twenty-six cows 
infected with pleuro-pneumonia. On Long Island, 1,413 stables 
have been inspected, and among the 10,072 cows confined in 
them, there were found 325 cases. In 555 stables on Staten 
Island, containing 3,857 cows, there were found twelve cases. 
In thirteen stables in New Jersey, containing 180 cows, there 
were found eight cases. In the Jersey City abbattoir, thirty-nine 
visits discovered thirteen affected animals. In the New York 
offal dock, out of sixty-three post-mortems, twenty were found to 
