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this country has been most unfortunate, from the fact that in 
each case it involves an addition expense to the importer in con¬ 
veying his cattle from the ship to the quarantine station, while at 
New York and Baltimore importers are forced to convey their 
cattle through and keep them in a locality where it is well-known 
that contagious pleuro-pneutnonia exists among the native stock. 
At these stations no guard is kept to prevent visitors, or visit¬ 
ing between the herdsmen employed in the care of the cattle. 
No laborers are employed to daily remove manure from the yards. 
This work is done after the discharge of a herd ; or once in three 
months. At the New York station, the space between the yards 
(eighty feet) is utilized to store manure until it can be sold. Most 
excellent rules and regulations are printed and posted in conspic¬ 
uous places, but moral suasion is depended on for their enforce¬ 
ment. Importers’ men do as they please—come and go without 
let or hindrance, and would in the event of a contagion being de¬ 
veloped, convey the contagion in their clothes. 
To illustrate the loose manner in which the United States 
quarantines are being conducted, allow me to cite Mr. E. Bur¬ 
nett, importer and breeder of Jersey cattle, Boston, Mass. He 
says: “A herd of valuable cattle were held in quarantine at 
Waltham, Mass., and when within a few days of being discharged, 
another had arrived. In this second herd there was a cow in 
season, which was served by a bull from the first herd ! 
The discharge of cattle from the New York station before the 
period of quarantine has expired to make room for iftcoming 
lieards, is a gross injustice to both parties: 1st. It is an acknowl- 
ment by our authorities tnat they have no faith in the necessity 
of isolation of herds coming from foreign infected countries ; and 
2d. It is unjust to put fresh animals in yards and buildings not 
properly cleaned and disinfected, which might be productive of 
disease. 
Again, the quarantine of cattle on importers’ farms at New 
York and Philadelphia is an unjust discrimination, which enables 
certain dealers to undersell their competitors in the trade, because 
of the reduced expense of keep during the three months isolation; 
and in the event of any contagious disease being developed, the 
danger of it spreading to neighboring cattle is very great. 
