CORRESPONDENCE. 
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French ports, with some allowance in peculiar cases. The meat 
is to be carefully examined by veterinarians, before it is allowed 
to be placed on the market. 
TRICHINA IN SPAIN. 
American pork is prohibited in Spain, as it has already been 
in several of the European countries. 
It is reported that so far the trade in this branch of exporta¬ 
tion has been reduced from 30 to 40 per cent. If one thinks 
that for one country alone—France, 19,000,000 of dollars—a 
figure which was yearly increasing, are thus lost us, what must be 
the enormous loss that our exportation will endure by having all 
these countries, Spain, Italy, England, Russia, Austria, Portugal 
and Greece, closed to our importation. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Department of Agriculture, ^ 
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9, 1881. } 
Prof. A. Liautard , American Veterinary College , New York: 
Dear Sir: —I am happy to be able to inform you that the 
outbreak amongst cattle at Bedford, Iowa, recently reported 
through the newspapers to be one of contagious pleuro-pneumonia, 
is not that disease. 
This I have from the report, by telegraph, of Doctors McLean, 
of Brooklyn, and Detmers, of Chicago, who were recently sent to 
the localities for the purpose of examining the herd in question. 
The report of this examination has not yet reached me. 
Very truly yours, 
Charles P. Lyman, 
V S. to TI. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
