The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

The Cattle Plague.

CORNWALL.

The plague has made considerable progress in
Cornwall during the past week, and there now ap-
pears to be a general conviction among farmers that
severe regulations should be promptly enforced.
The committee of magistratesappointed at the Quar-
ter Sessions on the 2d inst., to consider the best course
to be adopted in the county with a view to the sup-
pression of the disease, have since devoted much at-
tention to the question ; and although all the details
have not been completed by them, we are enabled to
state that they have decided on carrying out the
most stringent measures to prevent the removal of
cattle from the farm of their owners, and that cattle
now grazing on commons and unenclosed lands will
be allowed only a few days for their removal after
the issue of the new order, which will take place im-
mediately after the adjourned Sessions to be held on
Friday next. Since last week's report in The Sun,
Truro and neighbourhood have again suffered se-
verely. In the town of Truro Mr. Reynalds, the
mayor, lost six; Mr. Brewer, dairyman, five; Mr.
Collins one, Mr. Farley two, Mr. Drew one, and Mr.
Pearce one; several cattle are in a very bad condi-
tion. Mr. Gidley, of Little Killiow, lost two, and
has one bad; Mr. W. Keast, of St. Allen, five, and
four bad; Mr. Vercoe, of Trispin, two, and one bad.
The disease has made its appearance among a large
and valuable herd belonging to Mr. Rundle, of
Canines, and on Saturday two hopeless cases were
reported. Mr. Ross, of Newlyn, had his loss aug-
mented to ten. A fres]) outbreak has been made on
the farm of Mr. Oliver, of Park, who lost 15 bul-
locks, and who hoped that the dreadful disease had
left his stock; he has now, however, a fine bull, valued
at 70 guineas, very bad, and not expected to recover.
On the home farm of Viscount Falmouth, at Tre-
gothnan, where is one of the finest herds of Devons
in the west of England, the disease broke out on Tues-
day, when a cow, pronounced to be suffering from
the rinderpest in an advanced stage, was killed without
delay. Several fresh cases have occurred at Carlion,
where until the last week the disease had been con-
fined to two farms, clearing 20 head of cattle ; four
more deaths and seven fresh cases are reported. An
outbreak was discovered on Wednesday at Bridg-
end, in the eastern part of the county, and two
deaths have since taken place. In the Helston dis-
trict there is a decided improvement, although there
are numerous cases under treatment ; the same re-
marks apply to the Padstow district. The West
Penwith Cattle Plague Committee held their weekly
meeting at Penzance on Thursday last. There was
a large attendance, and the following views were
embodied in a recommendation to the committee
appointed by the Quarter Sessions :—That fat cattle
be allowed to be driven from a farm to a slaughter-
house : that a farmer should have the liberty to
drive his cattle from any one part of his farm to any
other part under the same holding—instances being
cited in which farmers present held lands as far
distant as one, two, or even three miles from each
other, and that provision be made that such persons
be allowed to drive their cattle for ordinary farming
purposes as heretofore. The inspector for the com-
mittee reported that 12 animals were bad at Ludg-
van, 11 at Palgreen, and one at Boskennal ; up to
that date 20 had died at Palgreen and 16 had re-
covered, while at Boskennal 18 had died and one
was bad. The 16 that had recovered had been
under the muriatic acid treatment. Orders have
been issued by the traffic manager of the Cornwall
Railway directing that no cattle shall be received
at any of the stations for conveyance until the pro-
duction of the certificate signed by two magistrates,
At the Trecan-Gate Petty Sessions, on Thursday,
there were two convictions for driving cattle into a
prohibited district ; in one case the penalty inflicted
was £lO and costs, and in the other £5 and costs.
A fine of 20s. and costs was inflicted at Launces-
ton on the-same day for a similar offence. On Fri-
day the magistrates of the division of East Middle
appointed three veterinary surgeons as inspectors,
and allotted a district td each.