STAMPING OUT FLEURO-FNEUMONIA IN NEW YORK 
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with; but to see the authorities of a city hinder the operation of 
a State law, and pander to the wishes of their constituents, look¬ 
ing for future suffrages, shows to what depths politicians will 
descend to secure success. 
But regardless of the difficulties that have beset the Commis¬ 
sion the work went steadily forward while the money was forth¬ 
coming to indemnify the owners of condemned cattle, as the law 
required; and it is to be regretted, that a short-sighted policy on 
the part of the authorities, in their failure to provide the required 
funds, has brought the aggressive work in the stamping out of 
the disease to a stand-still. 
It would have been better never to have expended a single 
dollar, than to thus ingloriously abandon the field after so much 
good work has been done, and the fact had been so clearly dem¬ 
onstrated that the undertaking would be successful. 
As the Legislature adjourned without making the necessary 
appropriation for the continuance of the work, Gen. Patrick was 
compelled, on the 1st of June, to disband the veterinary staff. 
We are glad to be able to record the fact that, at the time of 
disbandment, Putnam, Suffolk and Westchester counties were 
cleared of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
New York has two herds under quarantine; Richmond Co., 
(Staten Island), I have already spoken of; Brooklyn (Kings and 
Queens counties), has been benefitted and the disease confined to 
that district between Jamaica and Prospect Park and the East 
River. Gen. Patrick will keep the quarantine in full force, and 
witli the aid of the New York Board of Health and Metropoli¬ 
tan Police, enforce the law and prevent the re-stocking of our 
dairies by unscrupulous dealers with diseased cattle from New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania, until the next meeting of the Legis¬ 
lature. 
The veterinary profession will feel gratified to know that the 
Commission has, in the prosecution of its labors, met with the 
heartiest good-will and assistance from the medical profession 
whenever called upon, and we are glad to bear witness to the deep 
interest taken by many eminent practitioners in their untiring re¬ 
search, as evidenced by their continued attendance at autopsies 
and inspection of cow sheds. 
