The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-01-14 00:00:00

DOBCHISTIR PARIBAS' (MU&

The Jaesary meeting of thin club was bold at the
King's Anus betel, last Saturday main. Than were
prwrent—Mr. J. G. Hower (Preeidect). Hr. B. 0•13
(Viee-pretddeet), Hr. R. Deem Dr. Aldridge, Mr. T.
Chapman Sounder, Moe. Trirearow). Kr. G. W.
Homer, Mr. H. W. Hawkins, Mr. R. N. Howard, Mr,
W. H. Dunulag, Mr. I. Whittle, Mr. A. L. Cooper,
Mr. Arthur Look, Kr. T. C. Bounden, Mr. A. Pop..,
Kr. H. Taylor, Mr. R. Haut, Kr. Banuton, Mr. T.
Walden, Yr. Henry Taylor, Is. ?roods, Kr, Niekolay,

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On the modon ot Kr. TATLOK, see by Mr. O.
BAUNDUA, Mr. Bober& Helot wan elected a member.

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The CHAIMILII saki the MIIIIIOO was drawing to
clew There *mid oaly be our more lecture, which lir.
Alfred Pope hal kindly ciontented to bring forward in
rebruairy, arid Is March there would he the annual
meeting and dinner. He hoped that would meet with
their appreral—tbear, hear).
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Afte;'peeetng a resolution, which is noticed elsewhere,
the Passim:re latrodueed the lecturer of the seeping.
Yr. IL WHIM" of Toiler, introduced the subject
of " the lawmen of Dims e amongst Cattle." After
some prefatory remark*, be mid :—The great Mama
of infectious and 000tagious dimmer amouget our stook.
the heavy losses sustained by the owners, the oonseqoent
Increase of the pries of moat, milk, sod butter, makes
the subject one of national importune. I do not intend
to go tote the curative means for th•-• Waimea, but to
draw intention to the preventative means which our
Government ought to use, for "prevention is better
tam ours." There may be some persons evert now
who oontond that the disease* at call foreign, sash as
foot-and-month, piano- poeumoisie, and rinderpest,
at. spontaneous and atmospheric, Indigenous to the
mil. Without doubt they are sash imported diseases,
are each infectious and oostegiats, and the utmost
agitate* is requisite to be exercised, Is order to guard
agMost their continued sad systematic Introduction
Into this omutry. Is speaking of infections and oon-
tatioas deems., we should °wader the.. se distiller.
Canoga* means the transmission to in animal in health
mortal germs which have been developsd la a dimmed
essistal • whilst Wiliam is the latent germ of • dl.....stteetted to say matter—stale, litter, ka., awaiting, like
other seed, for suitable mesas to Min it into life. We
all kaow some of us are more ensooptible of colds than
others, and some of fevers. Bo with &drub ; and
often do we remark that amongst e•tde and sheep some
dares, and many only get it by ontagion and
rola; infection. This subject of foliation and • eon.
legion is of great Importance, for using &Mahatmas
for Washes, sad leolatiou of cattle for eontagion,
are the mesas whims ought to be adopted for stamping
out the fearful periodical disarm whisk for Over 30
years have mused more lose of SlieSi sod produce, than
our I..poflatlon of stook had it been doable whst it
has. It we take tat return of live stook importation
for the last 'even years, we lad that the greatest :
number of animal was imported ii 1865, whim meet
ruled a high prim, sad the smallest number In 1863,
when it was mush lower; and tiles feet worth noticing
Mat the prim appears to regulate our importation.

The :iortatlais IWIS of asials, naves, siWipp,
The Importation in lON of oil* calve% ahoy,
and PIP • • • .. • 41,474.446

an,ollkont
avarep yearly vacs of Importations at,titAtt
Or our importations averaged shoat 41 sillies% Now
lii as eel as seerly as we can the Antigua* of the lose
smatelood by these imported &wafts. Professor
Games has idatal that during the last 30 years OUT
1..... have beea £300.000,000, or nearly half the
NatWaal deba Yr. Miry, front cireulars sent out to
egrisultaral societies sad slumbers of agtioultars,
estfastes the lams E 100,633,796, or shout an average of
ever 6l tailbone, or the ices of over oas salami beyood
ooz laportaiioas by these diseases. Let as take the
Warns for oar toasty just lowed for the peal year for
aabnals atteeked with foot and mouth dhow. We
lad that 186,667 were attaaked, 1,81.8 died.
cattle. pat at quarter of too anlanala
attested, 86.901 at £4 •• AMAIN
Quarter cd Mom 1618 end.* died
vie., 379, or about 360,81 £lB .•• £0,840

AL141,444
Sheep, diuo. thres-qautors, 101,703,
at 10s.
Shoop, tiatoequartern, diod
1.63,1011

ankle)
Or nearly £200.000 low to the °peaty by diesel" in the
past year ; and this from reporte furnished by to. police.
If you odd a winner more for unreported dimmed
animals, you would ben..,,, the mark of the loans sow
• land by stook holders in the' county for the pod year.
I fear I hero wooded you by those dry attastioe. I
have encleavoared to show you that the loess' to this
county, !Carload, and Boatload, equal one million over
our importations ; sod I want too ociesumers of meat to
understood that when we oak for stringent umesuros to
b• adopted in regard to imported animals, those mea-
ner. are os math if not more for the benefit of paw-
familia", as for tb• owners of stook, In toot, the Times
of Oct. 9,2 'totes there is mutt roam, to helloes that
the loos of English animal' by imported dimmer. has
bees greator during the loot ten yeara, not only In
'poesy value, but also in number and to weight of Book
than the whole bnportation dories them me period."
Howler croasidered our loeseerea • remedy be suggested?
I fear not ; inlay strong preoeure is put on 0J•111.0•
meet by ourssive• and the public, to insist on • hiltniser
of Agrioulture being appointed. I will inoto you Mr.
Reed's woods in an ablo lowers some time sines given:
"That no real or permanent redress scald be hoped
for until there was a dopartment of the Board of Trade
esposhaly devoted to Agrisulture." The foreign settle
question has never been fairly discouread In Porliatosent ;
ifbileters have not pet proper reotrietioas for number hter
or quarantine of imported mind.; la fast, I think
they kuow little about it. Mr. Forster in May lost ,
reesived at the Privy Council Aloe • deputation of
hoteliers, and be actually told them be elid not belie,*
the oottle demon mold be stamped out. Does he non.
odder that 12 hears quarantine le auffloiont for finding
out dices...? Is he swore that the germ of foot and.
month disease may be from 36 hours to •••011 days
before showing itself? that rioderpset may be from one
rook to three? that pismire pneumouis rosy be from one
to three to six weeks ? If he Is aware of these foots.
why does he sot sot ou them by slatiobter sad loom
qesrmatmo, by the thorough Cilaillifttaoll CA all vessels
and wharfs, and especially should foreign skin, be dl..
Infected, hair has boon known to °oleo (OW
being imported from Buono. byre") gland, s to
the women working the hair. Artd now as to the home
msamares to be adopted. Rinderpast was "tamped out
by killing all diseased or in seeteiet. F4r plaure-
pneumonia all dismissal killed at toes, sad teolsted the
rest that have ocun• in °Golsen. Now omen the foot'
and-mouth disease which omens to of 1114111 this %inn
as mesh loam as Noe plewie-psoweis awl eliorpeot

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r. We sent Instead the abodes and she now
rooms it with tutored. Fret of al, er ehuul have
all Irish stook narrowly inepeoted on the other side, and
eloave"pa.rat sod
DirauWiro,:eforwook's th.qmuananihoutinideb.on I.antuiltgauedogoand
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When it breaks out on our farms the stook in that plug
should be bolded, and note single heart allowed to be
moved off, or any froth sent in till one aloes en.k Our
all ere well. The penalty should be henry for mowing
eta* away from • harm whom Macau boa broker' out,
and es:Amide token should be separated from the rest,
It ban nc sautr: a
it is that blyl .ttitteilre
animas from fair to fair, or market to market, til•
...uidealerentisyhomuoldvinhge
dieesse I. cough increased. Can we not come to some
resolution title eirookor to petition Parliament on
meatures which should to adopted to damp out all
foreign diseases? I believe theirs is • Dome Chamber
of Agriculture Kuno/ohms, but I think its period of
Incubation before coming to life it far less definable
than the diseases sp hen of. I wish it would show
signs of vitality on this (pastime.
The PeIISIDUT then invited discussion.
Mr. Oman said this was • subject demanding
serious 000dderatioo. Most of them ts.rl ex perienood
lodes from the foot and mouth digitate, and the whole
country was paying a large sum on account of them by
dearer most. Th• figures Mr. Whittle had quoted
woo startling, but be believed correct. Authorities
agreed that the number of boasts lost through disease
CU one million 'more thee the aggregate importstions.
As to the resultants for moving et sok. be thought
they had been injadioionely relozed. For the last two or
throe jean his etook had cuff red from the foot-sod-
month diatoms The first time they were attacked he
edopied isolation with very great encrust, by which be
retained the disease to one nook only, and as when •
&hese broke down he had it taken awor from the rest,
only part of them were affested. Width, in the last
12 months it had mom again. If the complaint were
oontegious, he could not tell how it was introduced.
It commenced with the oows, and spread to the sheet,
how was inexplioable. This time be aosepted the notion
hell by some 'that cattle will only take it ones, 1.4
the sooner you let it go throogh the bolter." He
believed that was a groat failsoy, and that had he
again practised isolation he +build have lost leas. At
first oottle 000ld not be moved while that, was any
disease on the fano : now thrr *mid move any stook
not absolutely affected Of ammo the latter was
convenient, but if it wet at the expanse of one's
neighbour, and the country generelly it ought to be
withdrawn, lie should not °ppm, a reeolotion to the
higher powers no the subject, though he did not
anticipate dash a motion would have mooh weight.
Mr. Wore' was disposed to attribute setae of the
losses to animals affected not lumina sufficient oar*
whoa they were getting better. He thought animals
getting over the disuses should be Wren into house,
beOuru.ulAtnarnotk'salsi rot sad wail the dal:rases. to which
Mr. Whittle hod Whiled were imported he thought
was q mentionable. It esemod to him that the diffortines
in the mode of keedog and feeding stook now front
whet it used Is be 30 years ago might have originated
either foot-and-mouth dimes or plectro.pasumosis, or
both those discuses. Thirty years ago than was very
little stall-feeding, while now it wet general. That was
ma uneturtal state for utile, and conduced to disease
unless wavy measure' were taken to prevent it; and
be was afraid that in soon mess, from what he sow in
gofer by different farms, se he did a good deal in the
exercise of his profession, that but little attention was
paid to the healthy itondition of housed stook. They
were (some) planed in bally-omtrived shads,
drained, and with • manure heap adjocent, while
miasma arose from putrid defecation combined some-
times with decomposing vegetable matter. All that
most be very prejudicel to the health if animals, sad
was likely to be productive of pleuro-pneumonia.
H. thought it jut possible that diseases of
that character were so originated rather
than Imported. But, if there were any danger
of dimes being introduced by Naga nettle,
he was and had always been strongly of *Maim that
such fat stook shosild ha slant:stored on landing at
appointed ports, sad he thoughtithere was no difilonlty
In having railway ousa csostruded on the principle of
the ice safe for the ootveyancts of such carouse to any
part of the hinelom. If they did suffer from the im-
portation of foreign dictum, they had Me matter in
their own hands. It was madam to cooplaia el Mr.
Forster or any other Minister; no Gowerament scold
help them uulos they seat to Parliament Ines who
understood their interests and would support than.
Ilaor were Imply Modlorde—Osughter)—and
some did not know an or from • sheep--Hanghtery
did not menu to refer to this county, for we were
uncommonly well represented But if they looked who
were the members soot by other counties, how little
did they know about farmers' interest.; cad if they
did, they were Landlords, and the landlord's inbred
was totally opposite to the interest of the tensat
(hem, hoar, 'Quit. tight," and laughter). It was all
very well to say "We all sail in one boat." but be Goo.
toadied from what he had seen that their intonate were
oppoded to each other, Unless they Isokod after their
own interest; things would not bettor themselves.
Having • Minister of Agrieultare was most important,
but he could do nothing unless they gave him informa-
tion and plenty of supporte—(applante) For prevent-
ing the spread of ootagious diseases he renommonsied
the Immediate removal of excretions of sleeted
animals, the ass of disinfectants, and the prudes of
isolation.

In reply to Mr. Whittle, the Doctor gad it was
quite possible the amuse might be latent in an animal
for 21 days blocs breaking out.
Mr. tsaw 811:1WDZIa quoted a ease from his own
experience of the varying saatteptibillty of animals to
disease at different alma. One on his farm was wish
others having the disease for early a mouth, but alma
took it; thenet mot 'sway to • farm where the dimes.
wee. and after • considerable time returned affected.
' He was quit* satisfied isolation was the great thing to
amigo', and tins every farmer might do much to
damp out the disease. If they bad • Minister of Agri-
culture who would work out a geoesal system of
preemie:us, it would be • great beasit No doubt a
great deal of meth disease an.. from Bristol, and be
agreed with some of the Somerset magistrates that they
ought to prevent the spread of such stook. He eon-
dieted the foot-and-mouth complain more conagioa
than ispidemio. Last summer It appeared oa hie form;
he could net tall how. Hp believed it wee first taken
by a stall-fed mime!, but one pretty well oared for,
although he agreed with Dr. Aldridge that many such
lacked good attention; but in that missal the disease
was never developed, yet it was ooniesuacated to the
one standing Dint It, and from that to sheep In the
yord, and thence all over hie farm, showing how highly
ooLt•gions is the disease
Mr. G. W. HOIIIIi *ad no doubt greet losses Ind been
sustained in this country by rinderpest, panto.
pneumonia, and foot and-mouth dimesar. The two
former had been limited to comparatively small area,
while footoind-mouth disease, thatch milder in Its
haunt ezteeding everywhere, had been far more
datruetive. Of warm it was a far question to coo-
eider whether the Weems was bred on the eel! or
Imported- and in determining it they had tide fact,
that in the great majority of eases is could be traced
clearly to contagion or infection. and not to having hose
bred on the soil where it la men ; so that they might
fairly conclude it was an imported dissese. It was well
known that cattle from Bristol psterel:y brought foot-
end-mouth ctleve with them. He had beard that
Ireland was comparatively free from it, therefore it
mud originate on board the venal/ la which they are
brought to Bristol: and the filth on those ships essated
to be the *Mee. He understood that epee attiring at
Bristol cattle had to be waska to make them preeenteble
at market They were °arrayed in &este rather worse
than mei to be the lot of slaves. Betht woe of no nes
for them to plead their wale as the agrieultural body,
for they were at a great clamant at tall prompt time;
so they most show the public the loassastained affected
them seriously, or no attention would be paid to the
oompthint He thought the statistics quoted by Mr.
Whittle would be useful to that and. His stook had
suffered three yeas in sumon from foot-and-mouth
dieertees, and he had taken some trouble to compote
the loses& He believed they amounted to 31. on acre
each year, and If that were the case throughout
England the national Ices would be men to be very
great. He did not mean to say the farmers lost all
that; probably the public had to make up hell of that
at least in the increased prim of meat The capeolty
of the soil was so great that he felt sere they eould
prudes' • mush greater quantity of meat, if it would
only pay them to do It. They meld make mom tuae of
the straw by steaming and No cm, end keep a greater
number of cattle—it wee only a portion of pounds,
shillings, and pence—would it pay? But at present
there were heavy discoasgemente against keeping
more stook. There was these dolmas, width rendered
them liable to snob heavy loam from time to time;
and he did not me how it was to be prevented soaps
by the total exclusion of store stook and the sleaghter
of fat rattle on their arrival as our ports. Before ,
baiting the statistics real by Mr. Whittle he felt quite
sure that with fair play the home producers amid
supply_ • greater amount of meat, if they wer=li
tolerably safe from dames, than al that la now im
He belayed they could double sad tvehle the qoanitity
that la imported—laded be believed they mad
prods** tea time. ari math but for disease and other
drawbseks, one of which was that they could not
Improve the land for that pummel without its beim
immediately heavily ainemod to LowelTithatioe.
Mr. Dame said he fat that it would be pre-
satopteous of him to offer any practical observations
m this subject, after the very able remarks which had
been cord.; but he did feel that there was • great deal
PI difficulty attending the question; and, with regard
to that part of it teepee:lung the slaughtering of all lin-
porg,g animal, he was not quite sure whether it was
so practicable se might be Imagined. A loge number
of animals same from the (lhennel Islands, and from
/tenet, by that route, which were not for slaughter but
store beasts, and It would be a hardship on all the
poop's interested in that trade both prodnerrs and
purcasers d they was not allowed to be letrodueed
alive, lathed, it would stop the importation altogether,
for snob animals were not fit for slaughtering, Is
regard to the appointment of a Minister of Aerie:al-
tura he concurred with the rermarka of Mr. Wadi,
Mr. Saunders, and Dr. Aldridge. They hid talked
over the subject before and agreed on the neoeseity of
seal • minister, but they had never taken any mope by
petitioning Parliament or otherwise to arty it into
effect Every country so the othtinerit had its
Minister of Agriculture, and In Frame It was made one
of the most impotent alma Warn the egrioaltared
Interest a email le Inglaad that Saab an appointment
was unneemearyl—i" No, no"). He noudatathed it
was of the first Importanes ; to his might be made
known the dielealties with which they hal to contend.
and In • question like this whirr!' affected the food of
the oonatry, they could enlist the sympathies of the
public.
Mr. flowaap, with a vio• to giving a prtitimi Owe
to the meeting, moved that the Club petition tits mem-
bers for the county to propose and support • motion in
the House of Commons for the appointment of a If taster
of Agriculture. But the.• could be ao doubt that it
such a !Meister were appointed, greater rettriotioua
would be enforced, and they would be under Map,
pains and penal ies from which they were now fr.e.
Mr. Whittle and others had insisted on the importance
of isolation, and no doubt rightly, bet let them see to
what length that canted them. In a Cabe in which he
▪ euneoreed ii algae out that contagion was not only
'traveled by the animals themselves, but might be left
by their teat en the road, or carried by the hands or
atethee of mesons who Imply went to the laid to ,
amnia* them. Bo ILA It:asolatios wee to be landed
ars tanners and shepherds might Ltd theanslees ,

abut op for two or three week. from their frf IMO—
( isLihtel) Ro that though e Mioister of Azrloolfure
I.sr• his hlestin.,, such an oilln,tl would also
iorelve thm itt many pains and p, willies. As to
quitentine he knew a litUrf about it, ea i It n.ed to be
usual more strietly enforced in It. days of sailing
vessels; hot he dpi not see how It caul I be tpplied to
cattle. They might lure °Metals seat to the exporting
eountriee tamped:stand the q‘israntinn of settle b,fore
they wan shipped, bat he thought it impossible to
keep them on boud Travels as they could human
beings, and the deterioration of mush stock would be
serious. He thought the eztuudon of disease was con
of the dlstgresoblu incidental to modern fuilities for
transit, and all they wield do was to insist on such
regululoos et would diminish the risks as snub u
might be without interfering with the trade of the
, wintry.
Mr. WtirttLll seconded the motion.

Dr. ALDRIDOII dud not think isolation sokapraotloahls
M Mr. lionard and. out. Nobody tr..ald suir think
of Prosouting • farmer from going amongst hit sheep
—(Kr. Howard : Thst was only my fon.)—sod the,
had the mesas of atdation and generally a seeoad suit
of clothes.

--11r.-tiownito mid be meationed it beeenee in tbe
mem to wblob be referred It one said o ebephtri We.
voyeil the dimes by bin hands end clothes from one
(Wok to moths,.

Mr. T. H. SAOnline rid be believed that in the
oar his son had mentioned of the disease being con-
veyed to his stook, It wsa communicated to • Whelk
by • butcher handling it. He one. had some sheep
going home from Dorchester show; they wer• drained
whim a flock lune with the Moore crossed the road,
end his then pared on, &ad that eomeyed the direr
to his sheep.
The Paean:Myr said every precaution should be used
to prevent the introduotion of cattle dresses to this
country because it was • national calamity. It ems the
duty of their members to urge the appointment of •
Molitor of Aviculture and the adoption of such men-
mune as would conduce to the people being fed at •
creeper rate than at present. He wee not certain that
loot-and-mouth draft wee of foreign cairn. He had
It on hie farm full 30 years ago, when all his sheep
became effected, but nould not tell whether it was
spontaneous or from oontagion. This year he bad a
Beek of ewes sad tags side by side, walking over the
ern, ground night and morning, and lolled at the some
pleas, but while the eee• bad the dismay the 200 togs
were all free. With that exception the complaint went
through the perish. He approved asking for • Minister
of Agriculture, ani an to foreign cattle maintained fat
reek should be slaughtered on arrival, sad only stem
animals Imported frogs 'ocarina free front dimes.
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In reply, Mr. warm.' ht
evidence was to the effect that theme dimness were im-
ported. He felt that they ought to have twee ot 'the
right wet" Is Parliament • in feet, Kr. Homer, their President, ought to have been there long ago—(augh-
ter and applause.) Ho was very glad Yr. Howard
suggested asking their member to advocate the ap-
pointment of a Minister of Agriculture, and they amid
not ha... better one than Kr. Clare Read (Kember
let South Norfolk). supported by Yr. Hoser--(ap-
please.) As to Jersey cattle he thought there was no
objection to their importation, but be would not aimit
Irish cattle bat as foreigners and insist on a fortnight's
cograntloe. He read from a parer to show that, when
the disease appeared drat in 1639, it warn such • novelty
that it was thought It wa. attributable to atmospbenc
cauditiona

On the motion of the PIIISIDLIT, seconded by Mr.
C.&r& SLENDER/I, • vote of thanks was passed to
Kr. Whittle, iusd the meeting ended.