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J- D. HOPKINS. 
Blissville distillery stables, containing 879 milch cows. Those 
that had the disease in the acute form were destroyed and sent to 
the offal dock, while the balance were sent to the butcher, not a 
hoof being left to carry the pestilence. 
A great deal of opposition was raised by parties interested in 
the diseased animals, and at times but for the firmness of our ex¬ 
ecutive, the lives of the veterinary staff would have been in danger. 
To carry on the work effectually it was necessary to issue such 
regulations as would completely control the traffic in cows and 
store cattle, and lead to the discovery of all infected premises. 
To this end the introduction of such animals from infected dis¬ 
tricts, viz. : ISiew Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary¬ 
land, District of Columbia and Virginia, was prohibited, as well 
as the movement of the same from the infected to the healthy 
districts within our own State. 
Of course a critical examination of all stables in the infected 
districts was at once commenced ; but this alone was not sufficient, 
for it was highly important to discover immediately the stables 
in which the disease already prevailed, that its spread from them 
might he at once prevented. For this purpose careful post-mor¬ 
tem examinations were made at the offal docks daily on all cows, 
so that no deaths from this disease escaped our knowledge, and 
the slaughter of fat cows at the butcher’s was even done under 
the supervision of our inspectors. 
Pasturing on the commons was strictly forbidden and the law 
on the subject extensively advertised, and no cows allowed to 
move on the streets unless accompanied with a permit bearing 
the autograph of General Patrick, to obtain which a previous 
inspection was required. 
By the generosity of the Union Stock Yard and Market Co. 
in their desire to encourage and protect the business, extensive 
yards and sheds were built at 59th Street and North Fiver. A 
new era dawned on the cow trade. Gen. Patrick brought the 
lines closer and closer as he felt the traces drawing. Opposition 
from interested parties, those who rebelled through ignorance, or 
the authorities that failed to do their duty, were each met in his 
turn by our executive and shown their proper course. Railroads, 
