The Brookhaven leader., 1890-12-18
CONDITION OF LIVESTOCK.
Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry
Sent to Congress.

Sent to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec IS The Secretary
of Agriculture has sent to Congress the
annual report of the chief Of the bureau
of animal industry. The report says
that the year has passed without the
discovery OF pleuro-pneumonia in any
new district The departments regula-
tions have been enforced without diff
Guilty. No cases have been discovered
in New York, except on Long Island;
none in Pennsylvania; none in Mary
land since October, 1888; New Jersey
has improved rapidly, and there is no
contagion in any other States The
efficiency of the department meth
DDS is demonstrated by the
fact that the disease has
been confined to the restricted
areas of the Atlantic seaboard which
have from the first been recognized as
infected. With the almost complete
eradication of the contag on, the danger
of any infection extending to any other
sections has practically disappeared.
The total expenses of the work during
the year have been: In New York,
STA, 972, of which ST., 701 was spent for
the purchase OF cattle as diseased or
exposed; in New Jersey, $50, S2s, of
which S12, SOC was spent for cattle; in
Maryland, s3s 55s, of which 81, 214 was
spent for cattle; grand total S274 329,
of which Ss5, $50 was spent for
cattle. Including all the districts in
which pleuro-pneumonia has existed
there was inspected 80, 6S7 herds of cat
tie, containing 2S3, 500 animals. OF
these l99, 597 were re-examined and 81
9S3 tagged and registered. There were
about 159 new herds discovered infect
ed with the disease during the year,
containing 1912 animals, of which 29O
were pronounced diseased. There were
purchased for slaughter 676 affected
cattle, at an average of S26 10 per head;
aggregate, SIT, 704 and 8 O33 exposed
cattle at an average of S22. SO; aggre-
gate, SCI, sO7.
The number of the affected cattle dur
| ing the past year was 1874; the number
the year previous, 2, 1874; the number of
| affected herds last year, 159; the year
before, 379. The decrease in the num-
Der of cattle slaughtered has been
SJtduy over SlHCc Iuc VI
ing the disease began. During the
month of October, 1890, no cases of dis
| ease were found, and the bureau draws
the conclusion from these facts that the
time is approaching rapidly when pleuro.
| pneumonia will be entirely eradicated
in the United States.
Concerning the regulations estab-
| lished at the time of the discov-
cry of Texas fever, the report says
that these have not been extend
ed east of the Mississippi river.
| There is no doubt however, that
the Gulf and South Atlantic States
are infected with this disease to the
same degree as Texas and there should
| be the same regulation of cattle coming
from them. The effect of the regula-
tions established in the West has been
extremely beneficial. But a small
amount of the disease has been reported
either in the United States or among
cattle shipped abroad. The losses dur
ing ocean voyages have been so much
| less than usual that insurance is said to
have been reduced over so per cent
The report says that there is no foot
and mouth disease in the United States,
and there has been none since 1884.