Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-10-26

was very bad, the government took whole
sale measures and killed the diseased ami
mails right and left, in addition to stringent
precautions.
Still the disease spread. In South Aus
trala the government, directly they heard
the disease was in neighboring colony,
took prompt measures to stop all cattle
crossing the Victorian borders. Still, like
the cholera, the disease advanced, and in
few weeks penetrated hundreds of miles
into the heart of the colony
A letter from Alexandria says that =
I" The cattle distemper ragged in the coun-
try the last year. In the course OF few
months there died in Egypt 100000 oxen,
and as many sheep, goats, camels, &c
Three fourths of these animals were thrown
into the Nile whose water is here the only
drink for, with the exception of the Foun-
tain of Moses, there is not a single spring
in Egypt In the month of October last the
dogs of Damietta could cross the Nile with
out wetting their paws, over bridge form
ed by the corpses of cattle. Agents of the
Isthmus Suez Company have assured me
that they found it impossible to prevent
the fellahs from choking their fresh water
Government not having itself taken any
measures in this respect, their authority
was paralyzed, and the fellahs preferred
occasionally receiving few blows to dig
ging a hole for the burial of animals that
died of disease"
IT'S INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND.
A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Vienna, says that about the
beginning of May great many oxen were
purchased in Moravia, Bohemia and Silesia
and sent by rail to Hamburger. When the
oxen were bought, the sellers were told
they were for the London market. The
murrain had not long been prevalent in
Austria and therefore it was not unlikely
that the above mentioned cattle introduced
the malady into England The symptoms
of the malady which the correspondent de-
scribes appear to be slightly different from
the disease which has broken out in Eng
land The disease has been very bad in
the vicinity of Maidenhead, and meeting
was held whereat it was determined to pre-
sent petitions on the subject to the Priyy
Council and Lord Pamerston. The loss of
the London dairymen has been estimated
at Sl50,000. Two thousand cows perished
in a single month. Arthur Helps, clerk of
the Privy Council, thus describes the mat
ter :
"There has lately appeared in some OF
the dairies in and near London disease
among the cattle closely analogous to, il
not the same, as that which has of late
years prevailed extensively in Russia, Aus
tria, and the eastern parts of Europe, call
j Al hai nf Nv
phoid fever The loss of animals caused
by it in those countries has been very Sc
rious Returns have been furnished to
this Office by which it appears that in 1864,
l59,476 cattle were attacked by this dis
ease in Russia, out Of which 1O4, TIA died.
1t is of the first Importance that all farmers,
cowkeepers, or dealers in cattle, when pur
chasing new stock should for several days,
not less than twelve or fourteen keep their
cattle apart from the rest of their stock,
until, in fact, there is room to think that
the new purchases are free from this dis
ease. If a farmer, cowkeeper or salesman
should be desirous to get rid OF any AMI
mails suffering from the disease in question,
or any which may have been in close con-
tact with animals suffering from that dis
ease, it should be impressed upon him as
public duty, that at the present juncture he
should not send them to markets or other
places they would be brought into contact
with other animals, but should cause them
to be slaughtered at once, and thus do
what he can to prevent the spreading of
the disease Particular attention should
be paid to the cleansing of all yards, sheds,
and other places were cattle are kept and
this cleansing should be especially insist
ed upon where there has been any manifes-
tation of this disease These places should
be disnfected by the free use of chloride of
lime or allied compounds. 1t is also of
great Importance that all diseased animals
should be as quickly as possible removed
to as great distance from the healthy as
circumstances will allow"-The Country
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