The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-16
The british Cattle Piague.


Tie serious character Of this epidemic
can scartgy bo oyer-raiei. Though Il 10
but few mouths since its appearances IN,
Britain, the numher Of an;mais ALREADY
swept away is appalling. From The olSiciai
RETURNS published by the Veterinary De-
partment Of the Frivy Council 0fIice, Il np.
pears that, UP TO tho lst inst, the nu,nber
attacked was l20,T4O. of these, l6,74g
were instantly killed BY the owners or By
order OF tue authorities, aud T3,5Oe died
after tho utmost efforts 10 save them had
been exhausted, About $4,000 recovered,
and 10000 are unaccounted fer. Suppose
halt OF the last mentioned 10 have died, we
have an aggregate less Of about 100. 600
animals up to the irst Of this mouth. OF
these, about one quarter, or 25,0O0 are
allotted TO Scotland, Happily, ireland has
thus far escaped The scoufge, aud in conso.
quence Of the strict orders issued by the
Prlvy Council, IL is possible che may not
sulior at all. These orders prohibit the
export from England or Scotland to ireland
OF all cattle and sheep, and even their skins,
hoofs, &c., under severe penalties pending
the prevalence OF tho dseuse, On the let
ult, the general orders were SO far modified
that sheep aud lamb pelts which have been
thoroughly "limited" are excepted. pro-
viding they be packed in dry hogsheuds 10
he whitewashed on tho outside before being
placed on board ships This, IL is anticipated.
will do no harm. and the terms in which
the exception is made show the scrnpulous
determination to prevent the propagation
OF the disease. 7oua-t s e9alt l7s7s H.a-
The return fer the week ending January
9th, states that, of the counties Ia Eng.
land, Wales and Scotland, % counties were
as yet free from the ecourge; in 20, no new
cases were reported during the week; In az,
there was an increase Of 3,0s2 cases; aud
in &c, decrease of 1873. Tho total in
crease over Great Britain was ] ,T0i over
the previous week--an average increase Of
244 per day. We have stated the total
number of killed and dead up 10 the 1st
inst, was about 100000. Now, the total
number OF cattle in Great Britain has been
variously estimated at from four 10 seven
millions; suppose it to be 5000 ,000, tho
number destroyedis one'in every fifty, or
two per cent..ot the whole. Viewed ia this
way, the havoc does not appear 80 very
great; but the immense stock owned in the
couAtry cannot close our eyes 10 the serious
absolute loss, still less to the gravity Of the
scourge, which, be it remembered. is
steadily on the increase. Tho present loss
is about 10000 per week, and il ID sug-
gesied that when spring is fairly in, aud the
cattle are allowed to roam together on tho
pastures, the desease viii spread like wild
ire. l3i4 e1tl1t S1iafei lr1 117aao3 na.
The columns Of the Engliaa newspapers
are still largely occupied with commnnica-
tions aud articles, detailing the progress Of
the disease, spcculating upon its nature,
cause aud cure, and rendering advice to the
Government as to measures to DO taken for
"stamping it out of the country" Nnmetous
instances Of hardship are related in the Gaze
of small dairymen. whose entire herds have
been swept away by the fearful pcstileneo.
and a loud call is made upon tbs Govern.
ment for a general scheme Of compensation,
calculated to afford relief to those who have,
been called upon to suffer either dire city
by the disease, or from having their entire
herds destroyed for the public safety. In
many localities, however, insurance com
panies have been formed, each properly
owner IN the district contributing q pro
rata assessment toward indemnifying any
OF their number for cattle lost; and in somo
cases, these companies have been organized
on the principle Of destroying the whole
herd upon any single animal becoming
affected And this latter plan appears TO
be the only effectual remedy for the disease.
Vaccination has been tried and discarded
as utterly useless by the great majority.
A few still have faith IN it, whose cattle
have not been effected, but II is possible
their exemption may be due to other causes
In Aberdeenshire the stamping out pro
cess was used successfully. and for two
months afterward not a single fatal case
occui red but on tile 29th OF January tho
disease was again found in n herd Of 20
cattle at Piimillan, the whole of which
were immediately destroyed. Two other