, 1860-06-06

lFssu III 3sx 7orr Essnne psst3 =.
The mslady Hht:h h1s carried Of 10 .nauY
cattle IN MASSACHUSETTS, has made {t1 epporaucs.,
T 1 Is sad II ths neiz zhborhood Of Ns1ask, SeT
the farmers and daiFJmen Of our oTn Staf6 ROT
little anxious as to the fate of their stock.
~ the disease appears 10 be contagious or. at
any rate, rs i. spreads from herd 10 herd. and
from locality to localty, wherever m infect
Cd Aalm Il lab1ou2ht, meslurts ahoola be- takan
instantly to prersat, AZ tar as possible; its fur:
sher diffusion. Pleuro.pueumouia il the Mans
generally gwen to it. but In the report of III.
Anasa Walker and Dr.. Dodd, made to the
sM2ss2chusatts 9ia;a&ure, -it-is, termed= ths.
Pulmonary Murr4ip, aad Is aaia to diifrF fsom
the pEeamonia in tho fact that 1t is qIons.
which the latter Is not.
The PRECISE origin Of this disease do.s not
seem to be ciearly Determined. The frss traces.
Of it aEe referred IL tic high mountainous rs.
k1on Of the Jura, in Europe, whence,it %as
9radusll5 carried into H,Iland, England. New
England aud Au-trali2-: 1t appeared in FRANCE
about ths year 1870. end in England, Scotland
and ireland the subs qucnt year lis rar1zes,
hoEe7eF, hare been Eoat extensive in Holland,
and It u suppos. d to have come to this country
from Holland, about one year ago. Two Of
three mouths since, it attracted great deal Of
attention in Massachusetts bg the number Of
dt aths /: occasinne1, ind the Legislature ecu
sldefed it 40 serious in its effects as to appoint
q commission, in order to investigate it, and to
sxtirpa'e if possible. TIE Commissioners
were authorized aud required to visit without
delay the several places in the Commonx ealth
where the disease vas known or suspected to
exist, and were empowered to Cause ali cattle
which lad been diseased, or had belonged to
diseased herds, to be forthwith killed and
b1sied, end the premises where they wete kept
cltansed and purified to appraise in their dis
c1esioo, the value Of the esttle killed which
were apparently well, and certify to the Cover
nor and COUNCIL tne allowances made to the
owners Of the cattle
l1ey hare been It work ever since, aud Cor.
Banks called an extra session Of the Legisla-
ture this nc. +, to hear report Of their laoors.
Il appears thas al suspected hrrda have been
examined, md many cattle have been isnlated
tr o.cer Of the Commissioners. Eight hundred
and forty two have been sat. Uttered, for which
compensation hes been allow Ell by the Commis-
siontrs TO The amount OF &s0 ,43o IS. The Com.
missioners adopted two clurses-she slaughter
iso!ation Of others which had been exposed to
infection. ia EarePc thres modes Of exsir.
pating the disease haze bten acted upon, riz.
slaughter, isolation aad inoculation.
The eGorernor is of opinion that the .Legisla-
ture, instead Of assuming hereafter nmouats
ordered to be paid By the Commissioners, should
d1 beforehand the amount to be allow ed IN each
class Ct casts. :. lie also su9eeets prohibition
o. the export, to other States, Of infected cattle
or cattle which hare been exposed to infection,
though be seems to be in doubt Of the right Of
& S'a.e to enact such prohibition.
Governor Banks says very truly. that this
subject does nos concern New England alone; |;
it; and in proof Of the fact hc cites frum the
ceuscs the number Of cattle in the country
liable to be assa;lsd By the distemper. The
neat cattle u fEe United States in 1850, he says,
numbered IS SIS 600. Estimating the number
at the present tiu1s upou this basis, BY adding
20 per cent. to the number as the Natural in
crease IN 10 yests, 1t will ow exceed % 600 000
sas bureau foz ls50 WIS over six millions, and
the number Of working oxen vas nearly mill
lion md three. quarters. The value OF butter,
cheese, and milk not used for butter and cheese,
returned in 1850, RS portion Of the agricultural
product, acccrdiug to the estimate Of Prof.
Tucker, exceeded eightr million dollars. To
this must be added an equa! sum as the value Of
cattle slaughtered oT this market, aud the value
Of the labor Of nesrly million yote Of working
oxen st the preseot time, estimating their labor
for year at twenty dollars per Joke, and the
aggregate value of this yeurly product exceeds
one hundred and eighty million dollars. There
is but one agricultural product OF equal impcr.
tance, that uf Indian corn. 10 the aggregate
thu. sta:ed must b. added tie value uf Ihe cattle
themselves, which, estimated at twenty dollars
rhead, smoupts to nearly $3.50 ,ooo,o00. Upon
the basis Of the census Of 1850 this interest in
volved value Of products aud property equal
to s4o0 100000. The average increase in ten
years may be safely estimated a. twenty per
ceutun,, and this would mako the same values
equal fer the present year TO $54u, 900. 900.
These are formidable figures, and We trust
will have tie elect Of a;restiug the attention,
not only Of the authorities, but Of the agricul-
turs1 socieies which may do u great deal to-