FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
OVEE THREE MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION.
' (UNITED PRESS, ASSOCIATION.—COSIEI3BT.) . ' V (SYDNEY. SUN CABLE.) .••■. .(Received 7th.May, 10 a-im.) ;. ■ .'■ :' ... LONDON, 6th"'May. :V In the House of Commons, '■ Mr. 'Noel Buxton, Minister of Agriculture, announced that there had been 3060 cases of foot-and-mouth disease since August. Thirty-nine English counties were • affected, as well as eleven Scottish and two Welsh counties, resulting in the slaughter of 103,138' cattle, 42,969 sheep, and 47,693 pigs. ■ The compensation payable is estimated at £3,237,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 7
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