FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
A HEAVY LOSS,
Press Association—By, Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association.
LONDON, March 20
Sir A. Griffith-Boscawon (Minister of Agriculture), speaking in tho House of Commons, stated that tho epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease had. caused l tho slaughter of 21,750 cattle, 19.971 sheep, and 8,755 pigs. The total cost of administration, including £660,460 was £820,460, and ultimately it would roach £1,000,000. He believed the disease was being stamped out, though he once feared it would extend all over tho country.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17925, 22 March 1922, Page 4
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