Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-20
The Cattle Disease.

Now THAT the season of frosts has ar
rived there is a cessation of this terrible
disease, which has been so wide spread
and disastrous to our native stock. The
excitement in a measure is over and now
is the time TO take calm and comprehen-
sive view of the whole matter, and adopt
some measures for protection which shall
forever prevent a repetition of what we
have had this and previous years.
AS much as it was against the judgment
and belief of many prominent men in this
State last summer, that Texas cattle had
anything to do with the disease, we think
that now, with the experience of the past
year before them, there can be found none
who doubt their being the cause, whatever
the different views of the manner of the
communication may be. ft.s st
-, This matter settled, what shall be done
| Shall the prohibition laws remain on our
statute books, to be broken as they have
been the past two years Or shall these
laws be intelligently amended, so that
what is done may be safely done
l,I. That foreign stock will come to this
State in some shape seems to us certain,
from the very fact that we are not pro-
ducing, and cannot produce, the neces'
sary amount in our own State. 1nvesti.
| kdlOnS bllOW bllhb uOb lCbo tldh 1OOyOON
head of Southwestern stock have come
into our State this season, besides all that
| from the States Immediately west of us
Our wants for home, eastern and packers
uses are now from 950,000 to 100000 head
per year.
The cattle that have been marketed
since the war have been at least year toe
young to make the greatest profit from
them, and this will continue until the
supply is equal to the demand.
4 z From what has been seen in the past
seasons, 1t is evident that at certain sea
sons of the year, cattle coming from par
ticular districts of the southwest are i'm
bued with latent principles of disease
whichsby change of climate and the
fatigue of journeys, are thrown off in such
quantities as to endanger native stock
Which this particular district is, or what
| the precise nature of the food, or other in
fluences producing the disease, are not full
! ly known but enough is known to lead
to the belief that the district from which
this infected stock comes is small, anG
that the time in which they can impart
the malady is comparatively short aftel
their leaving their native climate.
With the experience of the past an(
former seasons il seems certain that thesI
cattle can be brought into the north with
perfect safety late In the season, and that
this time must be adopted, for handling
them, if we expect to escape the disasters
Of the past season. d y
The losses of the present year have beer
large, and fallen principally upon th'
poorer classes who can i'll afford 1t, anC
we are glad TO see that some Of the larg'
dealers are coming forward with praise
worthy hberality, and settling with thos'
who have lost by their stock, and we re
gret that any are found who refuse al
appeals and defy the losers. II woul'
seem that policy alone would intluenc'
these dealers and carriers to come forwarI
and literally settle with the losers, and VI
trust all win do so without waiting lega
decisions.
Our State laws need revision, as we'll a
those of neighboring States equally inter
ested, and we are glad to see call for
convention of State delegates to meet a
Springfield, Ill, Dec. 1st, the object o
which will be to nx on some uniform leg
islation to be adopted by all the States IN
terested
Unless some safe and uniform law gov
erning the handling of this stock can b
had, and In such shape that all will re
spect 1t, we are for entirely excluding Al
stock south of fixed line of latitude, sa,
IS or SO degrees, from entering our boI
derS-Prdiris FdrHer.