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and thus expose to risk and loss and deterioration the valuable live stock property of 
their neighbors. 
“Under such irregular and purposeless system of attempted suppression there is no. 
wonder that the disease still continues so germrally to prosper. Throughout Great 
Britain half a million of cattle beasts a week ago were still reported affected. Presum¬ 
ing that each beast undergoes a deterioration of 40s a head, here is a loss of a million 
sterling. But during the last few months certainly five tunes the number of patients 
have been attacked, representing the very serious loss to agriculturalists and to the 
community at large of five millions sterling. The losses amongst the sheep and swine, 
seldom reported by the Privy Council authorities, unfortunately represent a further loss 
of from one to two millions sterling. 
“Smarting under these serious losses, which on many stock farms have been equiv¬ 
alent to a deflict of 20s per acre, and with a growing dissatisfaction with the present 
Privy Council regulations, the members of the Warwickshire Chamber of Agriculture, 
at a recent meeting, discussed and passed the following sweeping and stringent resolu¬ 
tions, which have further the merit of simplicity and uniformity, and, if carried 
into effect, would in a few months effectually clear the country of foot-and-mouth 
complaint. The fourth resolution, preventing the removal of cattle, sheep, and swine, 
excepting with a special license from a properly constituted authority, may be regard¬ 
ed as unnecessarily severe, but its severity would chiefly be felt by drovers and dealers 
who, wittingly or unwittingly, are the chief disseminators of contagion. In every 
village throughout the country one or more men of sense and probity, who would have 
a ready opportunity of learning the sanitary state of their neighbours’ herds, would be 
authorized to grant the requisite “moving” licences, and, as has already been done in some 
districts of Aberdeenshire, would refuse to allow the progress through the county of 
infected or suspicious herds. With a few weeks’ isolation of infected stocks, with 
stringent means adopted to prevent the importation of fresh virus, whether from the 
Continent or from Ireland, the disease would speedily die out, and neither licenses nor 
hindrances would then require to be continued in regard to the internal cattle traffic. 
“The following are the resolutions recommended by the Warwickshire Chamber, 
and yesterday submitted for the approval of the Central Chamber:— 
1. That fat cattle, sheep, and swine from abroad should be slaughtered at the ports 
of debarkation. » 
2. That cattle, sheep, and swine from the Continent of Europe, as well as from 
Ireland, unless for immediate slaughter should be subjected to six days quarantine 
and inspection before they be moved from the British ports at which they are landed. 
3. That uniform and stringent measures should be adopted throughout Great 
Britain and Ireland to stamp out “foot-and-mouth” and other foreign diseases. 
4. That neither cattle, sheep, nor swine should be removed from landing ports, 
farm premises, or pastures, to markets, fairs, or public sales, without special licence, 
given by duly appointed-authorities. 
5. That infraction of regulations should be visited by pains and penalties.” 
These remarks will serve to give you an idea of how much the farmers in England 
have come to dread these diseases when they not only suggest but urge on the govern¬ 
ment regulations all but prohibitory. From the monthly reports published in the 
“Veterinarian” you will observe that Cattle Plague, Pleuro-pneumonia, Foot-and- 
Mouth Disease, and Sheep-Pox are at present prevailing in almost all parts of Europe. 
Not only are measures necessary for the prevention of foreign diseases, but, it is also 
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