Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-08

We copy the following frem an article
from recent number Of the Western Raii-
road 0azstte, as containing information
highly important to that large class inter-
sstsd in cattle. A little INQUIRY anone
parties well informed with regard 70 the
facts, IL not the science Of the subiect. On.
ables US to say that the disease is found ~
here stated in the track Of cattle coming
from the Gulf, and, though II cannot Be
positively asserted that Texas cattlo coming
through Kansas do not cause the disease.
yet no instance is known in which it could
be traced 10 them:
There is no doub. that disease exists. and
that it was communicated by certain cattle
from Texas. But q great mistake is made
by those who class all Texas cattle together.
southsrn cattle are sent to the northern
market by two routes, and from two lscali-
ties. By the Mississippi River W
receive cattle shipped ct Galveston,
and collected from tho pastures aear
the Gulf, where they browse upon the semi
| tropical vegststion and evergreen trees
| peculiar to the southern sea coast. These
| cattle are liable to disease, and these il is
which have communicated tho disease to
cattle on the prairies Of Central Illinois.
"But tho most Of tho Texas cattle are
herdsd on the high. breezy plains Of central
aud northern Texas, where they feed or the
rich mssquit grass, breathe pure air, and
| drink pure wator-in short, live under the
same conditions ~ the cattle on our Illinois
p.airies. Among those cattle the Spanish
fever is unknown. Immense herds Of them
are driven across the plains of the South
west to kansss, and arc shipped to the
East from Abilene, CT The ksssas Pacific
railroad. There arc now, and for two ears
thsre have been, countless numbers ofthos O
cattle in Kansas, ard herd. III many ,ecal
ties in Missouri ard Illinois. Great nun
bers of Thorn have been shipped TO Chicago.
chiefly by WY Of tia Chlc.go. Alton ard
s.. Louis railroad, and nc case Of disease
| like that which has been 50 fa.4l il TIC Vi
cinity OF Tolono, has ben Known among
| hem. They have been, ard they ara, ss
| healthy IS native cattle, and natire cattle
have taken 10 disease fron them.
Nv han the disease first became known,
1t was feared that the owners CT the Gulf
herds, forbidden to land them at Cairo
would take them to st Louis, and attempt
to forward Thorn by the routes hy which the
Northern Texas cattle were shipped. But
the railroad officials were on the alert, and
| orders were issued forbidding the transpor
tation OF Gulf cattle over these lines. 4
| cargo was taken to East st. Louis, but was
| not permitted even 10 land, and the ship
pers havo given up the hope Of
sending their infectious cattle by these
routes.
"But the cry against TEXAS ea,tle is in
discriminating, aud the healthy animals
from the uplanas sui''er ccuslly with the
| infectious imporiat.ors from tbs Gulf. The
immense herds IN the vicinity Of Abilene
ara growing greater and greater. Stock
owners cannot sell, consumers are deprived
OF their supplies, and The cattle trains cf
lying idle, simply because Of Inis.ppro-
hension OF facts. The public must learn to
discriminate between Texas and Gulf cattle
10 confound them is like oonioundiag the
herds Of Virginia vith those Of Florida"