REPORT ON QUARANTINE STATIONS. 
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Dr. A. M. Farrington, superintendent, salary, $1,500 ; and a 
foreman, $750; two laborers, each $600; rent of station $1,000 
per annum ; manure sold by tbe government. 
1 am informed by Mr. Bridge, State Veterinarian of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, that about three hundred head of cattle arrive annually at 
Philadelphia, and that these cattle are quarantined at the farms 
of the importers! 
Importers give a bond in twice the value of their cattle to 
faithfully isolate their importations, etc. Mr. Bridge examines 
the cattle on arrival and at expiration of quarantine, for which 
service he is paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. 
The quarantine station at the port of Baltimore is located at 
Relay, seven miles from the city, on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail¬ 
road. This station covers fifteen acres of railroad land, and its 
fifteen sheds furnish stalls for six hundred and forty-five head of 
cattle. Cattle are transported from the ship to quarantine sta¬ 
tion by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at $6 per car, which the 
importer pays. During the past year seven hundred cattle arrived 
at this port. 
Dr. A. M. Rose, superintendent, salary, $1,500 ; foreman, 
$600; rent of station $225 per annum. 
I have given in detail a description of the manner in which 
the quarantine business is conducted at Quebec, and desire to call 
your attention to the printed copies of rules and regulations en¬ 
forced there; also a copy of the plan of buildings and yards. 
Congress appropriated $50,000 in the spring of 1882 for tbe 
establishment of quarantine stations for the reception of all cattle 
arriving from Europe at tbe ports of Portland, Boston, New 
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and the work was entrusted 
to the Treasury Cattle Commission, composed of Prof. James 
Law, Mr. E. F. Thayer and Mr. J. H. Sanders. These gentle¬ 
men visited Quebec in August, 1882, with a view to improve their 
experience in this particular business by an examination of the 
Canadian system, so that they might give to the United States an 
improved service. 
The selection of the locations for the quarantine stations in 
