Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-06-06

very important interest. an Of the New
England States haze taken action upon Ibis
subject, Gov. Banks of Massachusetts has
has called an extra session o. the Legisla-
ture of that State, for the special purpose,
at the request of the State Board Of AZ
riculture. Thousands of cattle have been
already killed to prevent, if possible, the
spread Of the disease.
From the State Journal Of the 18th.
ult, we learn that in view of the large and
important cattle interests Of Ohio and the
West, AMI upon consultation with leading
agricultaralists Of Ohio, Gov. Dennison has
appointed Messrs. John II. Klippart. Sui
Ivan d. Harris, and DR.. Robert Thompson,
to proceed to the districts in New England
infected 10y the disease, and report on the
following points, viz:
Frst-Ascertain the history of the in
PRODUCTION of the pleuro-pncumonia, or
'~'cattle plague into New England. As
certain fully the diagnosis of the disease.
by personal inspection Of diseased cattle.
Secoud-Aseertaiu fully. by personal in
speytion, the morbid anatomy of the affect
cd parts; and attend as many post norton
examinations as may be either necessary
or convenient.
THird-Ascertain what effect, if any,
and what kind of medical treatment has
been administered. Ascertain also what
sanitary measures have been adopted, and
with what success; also what measures
have been determined upon to arrest the
progress of the disease. Determine as ac-
c%urately as may be. the manner of infection
OF communication Of this disease from one
animal or herd to another.
Fourh-Collect statements of the prog
ress of the disease, and the action and re-
suits of the committees appointed by the
recent Legislature of Massachusetts aud
Connecticut.
The gentlemen appointed on this COM
mission are well known in this community
as scientific and practical men, who take
4 deep interest in whatever concerns cur
agricultural affairs; and we doubt not their
report Will be thorough and satisfactory
The Farmers of the State, and especially
all who are connected with the cattle trade.
will look for their report with deep interest.
The cattle plague has extended into New
Hampshire, and the Hillsboro NeWS says
that two hundred diseased are in the six
towns adjoining. That paper calls upon
all the people to organize a guard to pre-
vent the driving of cattle from town to
town.
The Tribune gives the following account
of the rayages of the diseascin England In
l744, a farmer residing at Poplar, in Eng
land, imported two calves from Holland,
under circumstances exactly similar toI
those which attended Mr.. CheRery's impor-
tation. Starting from this point, slowly
at first, but more rapidly as more means
for its propagation were offered, 1t spread
over the length and breadth of the land.
destroying hundreds of thousands Of cattle,
and continuing its devastating effects with
almost unmitigatcd severity down to l754-j.
Notwithstanding the deep and painful in
terest which this disease excited. and the
efforts made by the government to stay its
ravases, it was ascertained by ono of the
commissioners appointed to investigate the
matter, that IN Nottinshamshire alone
10000 head of cattle persisted in six
months, and in Cheshire upward Of 10000
in the same space Of time.
By 4 special act Of Parliament orders
were given:
LIST. For the killing of all the infected
animals, and burying them entire with the
skins on, 'slashed from head to tail, that
they mightnot be used for the purpose of
the manufacturer.
ID, For the burning of all the hay and
straw used about the animals.
ID, For the cleaning and fumigating of
the sheds, etc, and for no sound cattle TO
be put in them for two months after the
removal of the diseased.
18th, For no recovered animal to be al
lowed to 90 near others for a month after
its convalescencc.
9TH For no diseased cattle to be driven
to flirs or markets, nor for the flesh to he
used for dogs, etc.
9th, Fer no healthy cattle to be removed
from a farm where the disease had pre-
vailed in less than a month after its disap-
pearance.
And lastly, orders were given for the
notice Of an outbreak to be Immediately
sent by the farmers to the proper authOri-
tics.
In n year. the third of the existence
of the disease, 9l35, 600 were paid out Of
the public treasury as a recompcnse for the
cattle killed according to the prescribed
orders. During the year $4,000 head of
cattle were killed because more or less in
fectcd. and nearly double that number died
Of the disease. The prompt action Of the
Government, although it did not eradicate
the disease, yet much diminished its rava-
aes, and undoubtedly shortened the period
of its %sojourn III England.
In 1867 over 1900 head ofcattle were
slaughtered or died, in only forty-three vii
lagos IN Holland. causing a distress among
the peasantry Of a lameutable nature
What distress an equal mortality among the
neat stock of American farmers, most of
them not over rich, would occasion, may be
imagined. Let plcuro-pncumonia once get
to the prairie country of the West and sweep
away 20 per cent, of the cattle from which
the city is supplied, and what would be
the effect upln the railroads and cities.
that even under existing circumstances can
barely hold their own! We therefore
think it highly necessary that Ohio. lndi-
ana, Illinois, and, coming eastward, Penn
s~ylvauia, New York and New Jersey should
take their precautions before they are in
vaded by the disease. 4 competent COM
missioner should be chosen byeach Of these
States to 90 to Massachusetts,, investigate
the disease, and report to their several
Legislatures the means of prevention found
e~ffectual. that the necessary legislation
might at once be taken"
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