New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-22
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
snportaut 10 All Having Cattle.

Tie Country Gentleman of Feb Is, publishea
tie following very interesting article, which Should be
at once read and properly considered by every stock
owner in America.
Under our Foreign Notices and elsewhere tie yeade,
will have been kept ioleraby wen advised oi the iearus
Increase Of late IN the Cattle Plague or r1Rappfs.
throughout England Scotland and Wales. 1t mas zoo
vet penetrated into Ireland and under the SulDsent
measures adopted it is hoped that the eontasoh may
no, cross the Channel.
A friend now visiting England writes us under date
OF Sheffield Jan. 2j The exciting and absorbing
topic among the farmers here is OF course the eaii %
not reach our land. | have Lad many eonNersatlohs
on the subject with intelligent who advocated each
theory OF his own. surgeon OF large praciice a-
position who not ashamed to strive to heal Diue
told me of post mOrtem examination he had maze VI
cow and also explained the symptoms OF laIgs
herd Of affected cattle. He was ncned to tnbS mas
the rindrpe was smallpox. but did not wish to LAY so
positively Since that conversation. the same theory
has been advocated BY Others and letters rom .aiUu'
persons have found their way into the publc prints
We have already alluded to this theory OF the dse4se
and number Of letters to The London Times published
from Jan. 18th to 18th inclusive and sent us by our cor
respondent certainly very strongly IN support OF is
hypothesis. One writer says that It seems daily to Ds
more and more clearly established;
"I That the cattle disease aud no less than snan
H That in cattle the thickness. Of the hide prevents IN
the be thrown of in that way the animal
inevitably dies ~ -, . ,-o,
which has in grea. st ms free non what wes iot
the greatest Of all in this land 70 man Is .iaIy
efe ia the of cattle o. IN na wneIe y u pcpery
administered and whee takes, as appears 10 10 ia tHs
great majority Of cases. - q, ,.,.
Lancashire takes q similar view. and adds, as oths
benefit 10 be derived from vaccination that he has
cinaed nearly 800 head and some IN all Stages o hs
disease except the last and m all cases. wnere success
fu the animal has been saved Not a single deatn Isf
occurred have those which were free from the dis
ease taken it," Another who does not give bis name,
intimates that the thing fuy proved by N.
experimental treatment Of nearly 10000 cases IN tEm
Tdrtary and Bulgaria, nearly II years since but no
adds the use OF vaccine lymph iur vaccination was hol
efectual and gave no protection; he mentions medi.
cal man having used tho matter from tie disease.
beasts themselves IN above eVO cases WitI PeIlsc.
success Mr.. Tollemache, High Sheriff Of the great
darying county Of Cheshire writes under date OF jan
uary l6: Ill, .....-.
viii possess deep ntsre.' Win msny oi your tsef az
Thursday morning last the llth had Is months oa & aas,
into knd of loose place zee. square, in which vas on,
cafyery III from unsiakable rinierpes ana another es
removed In about hall an hour after my calf pot into tie
place The sick calf died the following day since ihtn I've
more calves III from rnderpest have been placed wrh my CAV
aud have since died from the disease. ay cali q: beay
and sharp she was not" thstaning 'he h- o.s A
1--WE days ,nd nights IN most ied atmosphere and con-
INK in immediate contact With these iour dyg and deae
| calvrs."
lie also says that after dhgent noury vaeeings,
ton he has Jer able q hodr Cf fatal case ~ IA
asgL5orhood ke,e re op>ratioa had bcn successfnL
Many yaccinated COWS have died but not one, a. IA
| as / can hear, where the vaccine had taken.
On the other hand. there are some who dispute quite
earnestly the correctness of the above POSITIONS, ana
from The L0Hd0R Field which reaches US IL the SaDs
mail we see that The Medical Times and GG:eIs las
published very strong article on the other side. MI
John Gamgee the well known veterinary surgeon has
an interesting letter dated the 2jb IN the same nunl-
Der OF The Field in which he denies n toto tnat Naccl
nation has proved preventive on the Continent snI
states that il is unoculaoR that has there been prae-
teed-most extensively in Russiabut very ineaeciu-
ay The losses from the rndorpest in Russia ID years
ago are said have amounted 10 ten mlo OF rouoes
annually; and ia lsj2 the Car appointed conmssiof
| ullv IN inyp
ments with nnocuation, 70 test It's value These e1'
perents began in 1853 and have been continued 70 he
present time without involving results TO convince NJ
Ciamgee that any faith whatever may be put IN The
practice. Mr.. q. also says that Mr. IolIenaches
Weighing all the facts have found them, there
seems really very little 10 hope except In the eJftdfDF
Of the disease by the killing of the infected animals ana
the complete destruction OF everything which can have
been tainted by them. An example Of this mode OF
treatment comes TO from Scotland. An association
was formed in Aberdeenshire in August last for the
purpose and to secure compensation 10 the own
ers of slaughtered stock. funds being contributed by
voluntary assessment OF penny IN the pound on mo
rental OF both propretors and tenants. A report has
just been published from which we learn tnat severn
times in different centers of infection has the rim
derpest appeared in Aberdecnshre, and seven times
has the plague been stayed and slaughtered out and orr
the 2ih u the county had, it stated. clean bllt
of health The cost OF this has been but ~ 800 whld
1890 of this has gone directly into the pockets OF he
sufferers as partial compensation. Mr. Gamgee urges
"A similar course and full discussion took place on the
subject at meeting of the Highland and Agricultural
Society JAN Il. resulting IN the adoption by large
majority in q crowded meeting. Of the motion proposed
by Mr. Hope OF Fenton Barns" First, that experience
has proved that the only efectua method of exrpat.ng
the cattle plague by slaughterng at once all aiectet
animals and cattle in immediate contact with them
second that the Society memoralize the Government
10 make such action compulsory. and 10 provide IN =
manner the details Of which need not give for tbs
remuneration OF losses; and third. that the Society
urge the voluntary adoption Of these measures previous
20 Governmental action upon them.
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