The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-05-10
Respectfully,
WINTHROP w. CHENERY.

LEGISLATION ON THE CATTLE PEST
On the 4th of April last, both branches
of the Legislature of Massachusetts
passed the following bill, ssto provide
for the cxtirpation of the Cattle Dis
ease, or Pleuro- pneumonia which
reads as follows:
SEC. l. The Governor is hereby au
thorized to appoint three commissioners
who shall visit without delay the seve
raj places of this Commonwealth where
the disease among cattle, called pleu
ro-pneumonia, may be known or sus.
pected to exist, and shall have full pow.
er to cause all cattle belonging to the
herds in which the disease has appear.
ed, or may appear, or which have be-
longed to such herds since the disease
may be known to have existed therein,
to be forthwith killed and buried. and
the premises where such cattle have
been kept, cleansed and purified: and
to make such order in relation to the
further use and occupation of such
premises, as may seem to be necessary
to prevent the extension of the disease.
Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall
cause all cattle, in the aforesaid herds.
not appearing to be affected by the dis.
ease, to be appraised, before being kill
ed, at what would have been their fair
market value if the disease had not ex-
listed; and the value of the cattle thus
appraised shall be allowed and paid out
OF the treasury of the Commonwealth
to the owner or owners thereof.
10 carry out the above provisions, an
appropriation of $4,000 was voted ;
andthe Governor now having appointed
the three Commissioners, the work OF
extlrpatlon commences.
The following is from the Sprin gfeld
Republican i: .
"Ihe neighborhood where the dis
ease exists comprises some II or Is far
mers, and lies at the junction of the
towns Of North Brookfeld, New Brain
tree and Spencer. Alto gether, they
own some $50 head of cattle, and the
diseasd in greater or less development.
is believed to be among them all.
The Commissioners were accompa-
MED by several doctors and veterinary
surgeons from Worcester and Boston,
and caused IA animals to be killed that
they might trace the progress and char
acter OF the disease in all it's stages. 1t
is purely disease of the lungs. affect
ing the animal in no other organ, and
seems to be certainly infectious or con-
taglous. A cow that died the night be-
tore the Commissioners arrived was ex.
amlned, and both her lungs were mass
OF trothy cheesy corruption.
One COW that was taken so long AGO
as the lst OF January, and seemed to be
recovering, appearing bright and heal.
thy, was slaughtered. The left lobe OF
the lungs were sound, but from the right
was taken mass Of puss, looking like
rotten cheese, and more than a pint in
measurement. Another cow in the same
herd, and showing stronger signs of the
disease, had a similar but greater
amount ofpuss in the lungs, and with it
a large amount of watery fluid. An OK
that looked bright and well, and ate and
chewed his cud as if in healthy condi-
tlon, were among the slain, and one OF
MS lungs were mass of corruption.--
Another singular case was that of COW
that calyed some ten days age: one
lung was healthy, but in the other the
disease was developing itself in scat
tered balls or masses of pus, looking like
liver on the outside, but on cutting. like
rotton cheese; and her calf was found
to have the disease in precisely the
same stage. The presence of the dis.
ease is detected by the breathing ofthe
animal, which makes a croupy noise, OF
like breathing through a quill. A calf
nearly a year old, that was brought
from Mr.. Chenery's herd in Belmont at
the same time with the calf to which
the whole disease is traced back, was
also among the animals killed by the
Commissioners, and it was found to have
the disease only in its very earliest sta
ges.
DIR. Dadd, of Boston, says the conta
gious elements of the disease have never
been recorded of pleuro pneumonia al
1t occurs in the non-infectious, or con
tagious form, all the characteristics o.
which otherwise this has. The Com
mlssloners are impressed with the seri
BUSINESS Of the matter, and believe thai
no lesser means than the slaughter Of
all the diseased animals and all associ-
ciatlng with them will stop the conta
gion; and even this may fail. They
visit Mr.. Chenery's farm at Belmont, on
Monday"
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