Smyrna times., 1860-06-07
MISCELLAN EoUS.
Spread of the Cattle Irurrain.

Let not the farmers aud cattle owners of
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and the West, indulge the foolish fancy that
they are not in danger of the Cattle Murrain
now raging in Massachusetts, and spreading
rapidly into Connecticut and Rhode Island. 1t
is just like the cholera. and has already started
on it's winding way TO spread desOlation amongst
the herds of the Union, and unless it is sum-
.mariy stopped, provided that is possble,) we
may look forward to sore times before the pre-
sent year is out.
The Governor of Massachusetts, has called
the Legislature together, for the express pur-
pose Of considering what further action is ne
cessary TO stay the pestilence. That State has
already expended $4,000 in paying for the
diseased cattle. which have bcen slain, in the
hope Of preventing thereby the spread Of the
disease, but it has broken out in new localities,
far distant from where it first appeared, carried
thither: doubtless, by the transportation Of dis
eased animals: Indeed, the disease is now
firmly fixed in twenty of the largest cattIe-
raising districts in New England. And yet,
in the face of the danger threatened by the
spread of this plague, butchers are found in the
infected districts buying up diseased cattle
cheap for the New York market!
i A reference TO the Cattle Murrain in Eng
land, in 1874, may furnish some useful hints in
resor.ing to precautionary measures. Two
calves bought in Holland and carried to Eng
: 4 el. g IL L.
Plague of that period. II continued to ravagt
the herds of England for eleven years, befor,
it was stopped. In Nostinghamshire 10000
head persisted in six months, and 10000 il
Cheshire in the same space of time. In on'
year nearly million Of dollars were paid b,
the government for cattle slain by order of tn,
Commissioners. An act of Parliament wa
passed providing for the staying of all diseases
cattle, and burying the carcass with the skin on
slushed from head to tail, to prevent the tan
ners from exhuming them--for burning all ha
4 and straw used about such animals-for iumi
b eating sheds and barns, and preventing tn
r housing ofcatlle therein for two months there
after-.for separating recovered animals fror
e health ones--for hindering the slaughter of di'
4 eased cattle for market or any other use-an
Il for notice of an outbreak of the disease TO
i given instanter to the Commissioners.
9 But It appears to us that this is a rude an
: : violent way of arresiing this disease. Oflsi
/: years, in England, Holland and France. incip
e ent murrains have been stopped by resort
e chemical preventives. Mr. M'Dougal's Dist
Il fectsnt in Eaglsnd. has never failed 10 put
Ie stop to more than one species OF murrain, al
we are confident it would prove supreme 10 q
"a resting the plnero pneumonia. or lung diseas
. now creating SO much alarm in Massach uset
: : The agant for that valuable Disinfectant
North America, residing in New York, has, '
h. learn. taken steps to bring il to the notice
the Massachusetts Commissioners. and of I
Or Commute on Agriculture 10 the House of Re
q resentatives, TO whom The subject has beer
= fened. The General Omnibus Company
az London has 90 900 horses, and used to lose 23F
n cent ofthem annually. from diseases genera,
ny 10 the stables. BY the use OF M' Douglas Dis
nc feclant, the mortality in the stables Of /
m Company has been reduced TO per cent
lad year. This is only one instance in which
OF endemic disease has been prevented by
W. sort 10 this Disinfeciant
a.. We hope our agricultural societies in /
,ne Stats viii at once take up this cattle plsg
iii now ravaging Massachusetts. and test the !
ue Of M'Dougsl's Disinfectant, as a prever
:, tive. Let us be prepared for il, il il 10 70 CO.
. fr.is mil a in auuQ ffioa
oily 80 ~ y n'''sa'' " ~ sums H'sa'ufs---o ga
hat more Patriot.
ade So.
ltle Ir Is said that the Tarsers invite maj
me drink by geatly pulling MS ear. A good ~
ame Of our paople will I" take pulP' without V