Show Plum Island Named Animal Research Site Plum Island Iland located In Long Lona Island Sound New York has been selected elected by the US U.S. Department of ot Agriculture as aa the site lite for construction construction con con- of a laboratory to study hoof mouth hoof and mouth and other animal diseases Construction of the laboratory will be on land made available by bythe bythe bythe the t l nt e tt of Defense which also will pro provide such facilities as do docks water and other utilities including water transportation The island comprises about acres and lies about one and a ahall half hall miles from the northern tip of Long Island and 10 miles mlles from the Connecticut coast It is about three miles long end and one mile wide at its Itt widest point USDA reports It meets the requirements requirements re reo set let by congress that thai the laboratory be located on a coastal Island surrounded by deep navigable water and ely under control of ot the US U.S. government There has been substantial interest in terest in establishment of a US U.S. laboratory for research on hoof hoof- mouth and-mouth disease for some lome time but little progress was made until un M- un- un til UI the widespread outbreak of the disease In Mexico In 1946 1940 and the subsequent outbreak early this year In Canada near the US U.S. border |