, 1879-05-27
THE CATTLE.PLAGUE.

Three OttIer Stntes Wl,ere tho Disease II
Ncx1oclod--DnnKer to the liortiA OF the
West. '.....
Etp york Tribune. Nav7t
4 conference has just been held In Phlladcl-
phln by The Agricultural Health Officers OF the
three States Of New York, New Jersey, md
Pennsylvania, ut tic request Of MIR. Edge. the
rrceutly appointed officer OF tie latter State.
The best Ut harmony exists between Gen.
Patrick anl Prof. LAW, who are trying to ex-
terminate the cat.lo disease from the State,
Col. William II. Sterling, the Agricultural
Health Ullleer Of New Jersey, aud Mr. Edge,
anl IT ia proposed TINT the three states ehall
work In concert IN tho campaign sganst the
dreadful malady which Ia prevalent among tic
cattfo OF this region.
It Is tic opiuinn Of Gen. Patrick that tho
sick cattle on tho steamAhtp Ontario which
created so much alarm in England III January
last, and whose arrival at Liverpool drew furth
the British Orders iu Council, were not infected
With contagious plcuro-pneumoni Nevesthc-
less, tic contagious typo Of tho dtseuso has
really been prevalent ln certain region Of the
United States for thirtr.six years, and IA now
raging violently, and there Is eyory reasou in tic
world for the active campaign now In progress
for the suppression Of tile disease. 1t Ia not
believed tint tho public arc aware Of The
serious nature Of tho eontagion which is now
devastating the herbs OF cattle In this part of
the country. The latest information received
BY t;cn. Patrick, Col. Sterling, anl u!c
Department Of Agriculture ut WASH
| tnston shows =. tint cnhta9'ons pleuro-
pncumonfa proyale from FAIRFIELD County IN
Connecticut, Suffolk County on Long Island,
una Wcstchester County, On thG nsnEn lha,u,
throneh a. .hs .t Atlantic toast atn.eS ~ 1as a.
Connecticut. New YorE. New Jcrsey: fenpsrl-
| vania, Delaware. MARYLAND. and Virginia. How
much farther South It goes no one YET Knows
40 1t exists tn Yirulent iqrtn a. Lynchourg,
| w., a1d south thcreOt t'l Halifax County on
the border Of North Carolina, 1t Is feared TINT It
may have crossed tue border, nnd that inspec+
| tlon would reveal its existence n North Caro-
linat too. Prol. Law Wills a. washington re-
GENTLY, was supplied With Z list Of tTonty.live
1airies IN Fairfax County, Va, alone, ut cac! ut
which dalries from ttrec to fourteen cattle haa
\ died with contagious pleuro-pneumon!a within
The past year. .,
This Ii q serious state Of nsfairs, for these
sewn States contain more than U, COO '0o0 head
Of cattle, and they nre tie slntes ntieh alstrib'
rest Of tho country. -.
| In this State, where tho disease wAs Intro
duccd in 1873 a,ld has existed ever since, there
have been Killed BY order Of Gen. Patrick, On
Long lslana md In and around New York CITY,
about 145 cattle 50 badly Of with the contagious
pleuro-ppeunouia tlsut their bodies had to bu
destroyed and their fiacs cut to plecce with
knivcs 90 that they should not bo carried on
l
Of cattle hare bcen Killed by order, IN order to
sayo them tor beef. They we're slightly infect.
About @ aa nays nse, kra By se
for beef.
When Con. Patrick began operations enrly In
February, us nuny rs eighteen or twenty l'ead
were Killed every week. TIE eontaglon has been
80 cnerretscally 1cn1t With that until tately tlc
mum bcr killed per week has been only two or
three. Just now II Is about ten a week. slx or
seven cs'antics IN this vicinity have been PLACED
unGcr what is almost 1nurttal law.-thc removal
Ut cattle from oI,e to tho other havnE been ex-
| prcssly forbidden, unless the cnttle lad tlrst
been Inspected anil received special permit.
Premises have been dis1ntected, and MI acttvo
inspection of herds ansi stables has been prac-
ticed, In order to bring to light my cases of dis
| casc in quarters not previously suspected. Thrsc
mrasurcs have bcen effective, and much progress
has been made toward extirpatinE TIC disease. t.
glotl, however, md how easily 1t may be spread,
It may bn stated ,hat within tho past week there
has bcun n fresh outbEeak ID Suffolk County
tirpatc1. 4 drove oi calves, taken into tint
county last Janunry, carr,ed the plague with
% them. aud tllu new outbreak hns taken place
where these calves have been. There Is a!ao lew
trouble III Wcstehcstcr County, and at Greeu-
wlyh tn Connecticut.
Sterling has found tIc contagious puurt,-pncu.
snonia III the Counties OF bergen, HuLson, Nor
they hayc inspected 225O0 heau Of cattle. by
order OF Col. Sterling, s!rty.soren herds havu
been uunrantiucl, couta!ntng AL head Of
stock, lis Of which were sick. Fo,lr-
teen bend llnvo uecn Killed. The con-
taylon Inns existed in New Jersey snce
lSlV, mud Ias al all tncs been yirulcnt. Mr..
Thonas Richardson ut,cc lost $100o0 wurth Vt
yaIuablu cattle In consequence Ut this disease.
AItIOurl Tic annual losses IN Now Jurspy layo
been laTcc, there llns bccs no orgauizeti effort
to slpprcss the disease until this sprIllg, und
the result is, thut Col. Sterling now bias d work
Of rreat gravity on bls hl,ltls 1 tho cxtirpatton
Of lin co11tario, from Ills State,
In tho othcr four States little or nothing has
vel ncer done In Delaware, Maryans and
Virrinin nothing ut aI has been topu, because
tIosu Stakes have no laws concerning cont agtous
,iiseaans nmnnr cattle, aud very Iittle muUcy III
tiIu pub!ic treasury to carry out laws With cyc,,
| II tbcy lad tiIefn, The great stock.raisIuv
ninteiy nt tic ucrry Of lie owners
of niek cattle In Delaware, MarJlnnI, and
Viruf.ia. ut,.i Of cou.cicucgluss smuli Jcalcrs
,ri,n wn,ld MT hesttntu moment to curry d
Ink t,rr,t westward aid infect u now reglo,,, ii
iiny rnuld maku n few lollars' prufi, from ihu
tTansar,iot,. There ure bcyoad tiu iailugJ,enics
nn,st ~ ~, mn i,cnd of raitlr. Tjs sccsrify ri