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Show I'ool nml .Mouth .Manual. Thn department of agriculture hns Just Issued n manual or Instructions designed to prevent an unexpected outbreak or the root nnd mouth disease dis-ease nnd to assist the field employes of the department and other persons In stamping out the disease In the event of a recurrence. In cases where there nre even slight grounds ror believing be-lieving thnt the suspicion or root nnd mouth dlsense may ln Justified, the matter should be promptly reported by wire to tho chler or the bureau or nnlmal Industry lit Washington, l. C. r a positive diagnosis ennnot Ik made nogs or cnlvcs should be Inoculated with tipcclmcns rrom the suspected letilon mid the results iirefully wntched. A positive diagnosis of font and mouth disease Is followed Immediately by the assignment or n special redcrn' representative to take charge of the work of stamping out the outbreak. This representative Is Instructed to co-operate In evr wny with the stale niilhotltles. nnd stringent strin-gent measures nro npplled to prevent the dlus from spreading. The Instructions also direct that nil llvo stouk shipment recently made horn thn neighborhood In which the disease hns appenrrd shall bo traced to their defoliations mid the possibility possibil-ity of the milmul Included In them being Infected thoroughly Investigated. Investiga-ted. Ilernrds nre to be made of nil cms used In the transportation or llvo stock, out of the directed district In order thnt they may be thoroughly cleaned mid disinfected before they are used again. |