, 1865-12-03
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s4eeFa> Med tsAsreed'eus 1aesr Rec:o-a-
mtsaar4TNs Food for 500.

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n a> Nee Agreed en- shetr Re1ort-
aaaf4Hs Food for BhecR.
correspondence Of tbs Chicago TrIbune.1
}-- LosDos, Nov. u, 1865
n11o@f VI TIE ROYAL coAA1ss1oS on TIE
CATTLE PLAGUE.
We arc at length favored with the prelim
mary -eport OF our governmental -Tctertnan
commission and, true to our good old Eng
.sn reputation for grumbling, We arc dissSsf
:isaeo With t-2hls :: g lst,aet ~ OIL.
future report y s.yolumlnous,-aad.a .admiitinq
thas We 8ares content wifi the tnnsormitior
Afforded Us IN regard to the origin md 4her
setetnAAes ~ otthe Cattle; Hlskns, 3e III d.
PM unanimously opposed to the Suggestion.
Of the Commission toi'th Goiyrznmcnt 4
reference to tho mode Of treatment. 9u1n
gent !ime haa, not yet. elapsed lor NJ TO b
Ih BE But SuiaaPse iqeaa EafjSs fSsa 1 e.
quantity Of details which WIi proYa e1csn.
tionally valuable to the farming 1nterest
eveFy~hese- At the outset of the report,
the Commissioners declare that her
can be no doubt as to the disease bcine rn,:
tag1ous, NOT. that the contasaon il "a ,1nr.
4 dlnnEily aWtlti subtle and most destrurtfve IL
It's ehects Some Of the Witnesses c1mined.
.ne13aa mh9 afid to the theory Of spontaneou;
| a
Il is contagious, and the Commi,sioners er.
prcss their conviction with the larre m.inr;.,
OF the witnesses that the Epidemic f. III
same disease as tlst heretofore known undur
enf ~ nsGe 9emmi.3er n1 StadezrF Or sps 1srrata
1 yentivc measures hitherto adopted br and ~,
der the authority Of: the Pity Council M ~ e4.
pressing their unanimous opinion that the
Ordets" Issued have failed to produce anr
beneficial result. The system :of Inspectors
ere thereupon made n which have excited n1ncis
discussion throughout the country dnr1ne1 he
present week. The majority Of The Commis.
sion recommend an Immediate aud 1fniraras1
sioPpage or the cattle trade throughout
Sfeat Britain. expressing the conviction that
Of eradicating the disease" but, feclin9 n
advanee that such proposal is not Ijkeir tn
bc adopted, they {the majority proceed IN
suggest minor, or secondary measures, whiei,
trsdeq ia sand sed1n IT., to paazs the cattle
these "palliatives i prohibition nf INV "
sale of "1ean" or sts.ore" stncE. \. ~ nay
that cattle should not be driven from ont H. -
cality to another without "a license from
msEiSIa.es ma ~ n petty sessions" which shall
9hieSy 10 10 ine healthiness of the district from
bltion include. transit by railroad and e. coa q.
lE NesseH. No. requires that every animnl
so.d ior butchers meat shall be slauchtered
nMnn nIea ,I PERIOD, that stsughter>houses
.nau; dHta oe licensed, and that animals once
Inc majority, report Is signed by Roberl
Love, Lyon Pltytair, Richard Quain. + 4
farkes. Ihomaa Hofma1d, Kobcrt Cree,yan
Chafles spooner. Four OF the Commissioners
m1aa 1a.ne'S, L9sds spencer md crnnbone, aud
arc strongly opposed to the reco,umcuds,inns
Of the majority. Ata
:- eMusTARD FOR suEEp. :,
eut tie following. fnom The Mark Laas
EIpre*s The information II contatus il sent
to that paper BY Kenlish farmer
saw letter In your last' publication iuoot.tur
eeptase 1 yao Iatiss fs e. 10 y Nd sspasns e
20 ,ts re &c r. 1se9 Wa Eeedine so<1k sery Wet
luEs9t. luE%1Gse Iod With shecp had them folded on
ausni1 easse hat aed p'eSy p'ssy % e.
@soeksalt @ 10 rgn 70; cared Them from rottinS.
- the ewes when feeding On mustard take tbc I'M
very freely. It Ia also useful foT nttinc broken.
mogthed ewes; also = very useful eaan1s for
lambs hsse ben doing Badly pat on nns naye
i.Id 1 ana have tmpeo.ed decidedly. an nnw ced-
thlek as II can stand+ fosn after three eowtuns Of
| tuEnips had been cleared by the turnfp.nT II c1n
ne eoMn At any time between April md September:
lind. II uay town Oh "a craen, or sSms s;es
early cleared winter oats afer baicJ, he C1gnnd
he1nE ant hso.dshatea i Is best moi to lei It eet
4
come 100 woolIy TO be eaten. usually SOW two
gallons Of mustard mixed with one gallon Of rspe
TO drop. >s'1'
TIE GREAT CATTLE rLAGuE. e..
THE ORIGIN OF TIE EPIDEMIC AND now 1T
REACHED ENGLAND.
The following Is an extract from d speech
delivered before the "Centrnl Farmers Club,'
in London, on Nov. 7th. by Professor 81.
rnonds, the eminent veterinary authority:
IN Consequence m ct don. having been
bought 1t very low 1sto ia Esihonis, ecs ~ on ~
went out On Commission to arrange for tic mr.
cha.e OF so9e. md Be secured nnpabcr 1hich
were put On board steamer which came dnT.n fhc
nal,1c; that steamer called at copenhseen for o.
Sfs 81 o H. H. &C., M'K sT I'd Nan .Id ;1 o% a
thcn, wa direct importation in Blx days ffum
hessl ths dsst md only one We e1es had. Now, il
,heze by the hafun' and that Il Il iposstble thst
they can have had the dracase; Tor hot only had
ed{ ssa for 'ss s sa oa no hs Es = 81 e. f.
kind e1l.,ed m Esshonia. Tbs Government
hs. h been blamed, nd m Il hss been praised. Eow,
question ot looking Into the condition OF the Rns
rian cattle In the aut instance: should nv hat
,s Me Questioned ths Russian authorities Is 10 tho
county. AZ We anticipated, the reply Was that
should 'hss / 81 po I
al probable lht they would kaJ ihat disease *
there ID smother &c, connected Nth the.e ca,ie-
nss Sen en- 'Go l nsa LIT ssh Of nse hat
weighed LOCO us each. llyc weight. When The mi
ntl. NeIe brought down to The individual who
them did not come up to that weight, and con=e-
qucntty he refnsed to take them. sWen' said the
barons, 'nyon will not take our eatte, We Mill 70
make mp the weight" They xrut In search Of
other animals; they went nobody Knows
burrh or to H1ns; and the result vas n,ss1 thss
number Of fresh cattle were brought down In Wa.
ons 10 Rere1; They vere four days On thelr journey
when the naan who hsd engaged 10 cet hen ,bin.
ped faw then, be said, Il cannot take them they
bc eSs nu ua sst ,be e sss sd ss ona
a sssss e Rssss; f. as1esf e s,s ss
iook thirteen Of them, Which wesr put On board he
vessel with the others. to make up fhs CARO- Of al
Now, without layine too nnch stress On this mat.
nectlon with these Re7ci cattle, That une Of he mi
% eve hat It dsd II he ss se,ooe on .ns .as
sntnl was ii on bond ship The ines, aof'nee of tbe
Inst animal gould not be attributed to the yoyace,
.s saas sn, co1la H., b sHeE dexn
have been the onl animal out Of III which suffered
Gnm 5 that @n.e. We Sc here something like .pc-
ordinnIy treatment on board for brandy and water
and other st1mn]ants were administered to IT, We'll,
!hese 81 s anim.ls aH,ved IN Hun hc ssh q
Ssak oat 4 nun i Sons of dem Ten. u INTO IL H.
.-out some Of ihen were bought s. q bateher At
Manchester, while Others vent 10 Derby a.d
e = a. na6s them
Convenient pIsse, where hs ooad iook sp oTer them
not pick ont he SICK anilas which ns!o men.
toned hut It Wis eeut to Loudon whcrc II arrircd
~ Ma On Sses !, ss xs1
Eet o. ths iii of june. afa Tasass ef tsese Iese
ernt down to PORTSMOUTH fose The ths ebinntpr d
and ihe number. thai went into The Efst:o.
10 consequence Of thoee animals harinE ben sold
in tht Metropolitan market m s1st june Wc could
81 no snbss9nsas tnia;.nation will ressea to them
TO the whitechape1 ,aa1set and Ne could obtain 10
information a. to whether they rere then sascct to
pie 'tact Of aniuaale thai came trom lSns7ia. the
Day: before he pes,od q incoss'lon had elapsed
The time Of the dlsease declaring llselG The drsi
thing which re hear Of this disease l. TIM. il has
snSxn sst II ; s,o,s e = The
Cd with layesr used for English cattle and also 70.
io:c;2n cattle Mhesc It hid Assumed very sa;fou.
loln, and that the attention OF ycte.nari eu,reoa
Was d1;es I'd to II lor the 1rss time on The ets Of
Juns, Having described the outbreaks al IelIuc-
fcsecr said: II wc look AZ all these i*o.tcd out
oresks: T. one an hardly enrpote that this dis
to the conclusion taa In each case the same c1use
Was IN opsrtpon, that Cause being thlt aninaal<
%ete Introduced the several prcnsecs which c1uc
atfee1 rom nc Metropolitan market. Tbs oaly
Thing W.ntmc IN ihe chain f some connecting ink