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EDITORIAL. 
VETERINARY MATTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
The sixth quarterly report of the Pennsylvania Board of Ag¬ 
riculture has been received. Among other matters appears the 
report of the Secretary of the Board, who, as special agent of the 
Governor, has been dealing, since the 1st of May, with- contagious 
pleuro-pneumonia. After giving a summary of the legislative 
action in regard to the disease, the Commission issued by the Gov¬ 
ernor, and his own order to “ all owners of cattle,” etc., etc., the 
Secretary reports that twenty-seven herds, including four hundred 
and eight animals, have been quarantined. That a stamping-out 
process has been adopted which can, by any possibility, prove ef¬ 
fectual, does not appear from this report; for on page 26, under 
head of “ Herd No. 2,” appears the following : “ Contains twenty 
cows, two bulls and ten calves ^ was quarantined June 12. 1 le- 
vious to quarantine, four head had died, and after the enforce¬ 
ment of the quarantine, fourteen head were killed. \\ ith one 
possible exception, dll the animals were affected, and a number of 
them are now in a condition in which they are worse than useless 
to the owner. In this case, the evidence is strongly in favor of the 
theory that the owner conveyed the disease to his herd by assist¬ 
ing in the care of another infected dairy. No spread of the dis¬ 
ease to adjoining farms ; but it is quite probable that the disease 
was carried from this herd to herd No. 8 in the clothing, or on 
the person of the owner, who administered medicine to both herds. 
This herd has furnished an illustration of the disease in one of its 
worst forms, but is now believed to be clear, but not beyond the 
danger of infecting other stock.” 
Prom the above statement it will be seen that twelve head of 
the original herd still live, and “ a number of them are now in a 
condition in which they are worse than useless totheownei, 
further on he believes the herd “ to be clear.” Clear of what ? 
Clear of the disease ? If so, why are they “not beyond the dan¬ 
ger of infecting other stock V 
Herd No. 1 was released from quarantine on September Ith, 
and “ were as well as they probably ever will be.” Herd No. 23, 
“at the request of the owner, are being treated by our surgeon. 
