, 1879-05-07

until Tho present year, and her system is not yet
fully IN operation. Ths most important dLtenv.
onc Of til. principal cattle.yarts lresnugng 10
tho expor:crR nj bccf nf.tl live stuck Ut tia
port there Il large building uscd for The pen
nius Of sheep u ilc killing Of beef md INIT.
he1one.s to peue'e IN torn. The 4,gf!cuitura!
I1caliI.UIIlrtts ot New York have discovered
eases Of t'lruro.pncumnH1a among thrAe cows.
The trouble alitf INT extend 10 the stor1s.. ards,
West. Tic e'ck COWS ase ot local brcc,iIs,, nn'1
nta lew IN nurniWr. The anIpurtafi:s nf this
discovery does not consist 70 much 1t, the fac.
nf tho existence of t!Ic llscase tn tho building,
Injected by It, a,'l that. unless ile 'nost s.rl,R-
cut precautions nrG lsetl, Alrl iiisinfecants nte
thoroughly used, tho ErulIdng Itself may some
day Infect a herd frotn the West a,nl semi ,lsc
y y dur to thu public to know tint Gen. Pat
rick anl Prof 1+aw ARC titrcmttlHg In titcir cx.
crtlohs /" c1terrnnate every germ 81 fl!e con-
tayiDh III ills stHt anl 1t, all others WIIGEe
now '' c"naes's @ enpess y s hava a' ce.r .
Cd every yrssige Of It from the border
Of 1lIts state Within the nrxt four Or five
mouths. 1hcy do expert to accomplish this
giyc TIL. State clean bll Of hcalti, until IRON
two "a three months after tile last sick COW had
been KILLED. They have great confidence n TIM
elcacy u1 their operations, however, and hopc
~ VIZ AHEuuEu ktHiIE At1E HE1L IIIl,
Within the lust two weeks 4 remarkable
change tna fAkcn place III te feelings nf deify
men HtAi eatilc-tlcalere III regard to this tai-
pafgn aEAltlti plcurtrpncununln. At 'rst, the
q live stuck to rrttst the unarantining Of sta.
IlcS n,l the operations Of tsn l,enlttl. .ON1ecss.
Tllry droyn oil tlleLr cattle quietly In the night
a'"i Tor while were otI thu point VI spreading
ts'e cun1agiun to II large, number ol count'cs
whcl! have SO far cscAncs1 It's raya2cs. They
would lave dnno 80, except fur the old Weht
Pointer, who discovered what they were at u,nl
stopped tflrT. There was also much resistance
to tnspeetton. ten. Patrick md Prot. Law
hnve been encEget!raliy denoaneel from ts1r
very s1art. Their operations Bcc!uel to tie IN
unwarrantel interference with private rights,
LatesIy, however, tie Wopslety Ut vigorous en-
!orcc'ncnto the Contagious Diseases law has be.
CONG manifest to everybody. It easy tosee that
II this conta1lon should once lind ltH way 10 the
great herss of Tic West {un.l It never can ret
thrrc, except by imporsatIon), this country
would never ~ rid Of 1t. Cattlc-trains once
Infected would contaminntc every hesll tranh-
ported by tlcii,. narns MID yArlis wHuld cum
tinually propagate the trouble, nl!tl t!lcre would
be no earthly Way Of preventing cnttle In the
fields n,i IN The plains IRON itnparttng t,r ror-
Of thu plague Itself Is unlctstood. owners of
livestock nrc tnnrt, more willing 10 applaud
thah lO resist, nfnt the chahgo Of sentiment IS
helping The work Of exterm!nntins the pleuro-
pneumonia flnm ttese Eastern States.
There is Hfc circumstance nov under lnyeAti-
gasion w:ltc! perhaps ought to br slent,ouc,i.
The widest publicity nugnt 10 be riveu to this
whole etlojcct. II Ii known that this test!lcHce
is urupaga.etl only by cnntaglun. il Is not
plGuro-p>eullonia proper, hnt d contagious
lung fever, the counterpart Ut the Llugc,,-
tei1chc. BY Which tlatlle It Inns long been known
IN Germany. II - not a p-odurt of ltfc IN bad
atabes. NO local or general cut1scs UrM3uce Il.
1t sttenls only hy eonta1toh, and a region which
Hevrr imports rattle, but alfays exports, nercF
has IT.. The immunity. VI suatn and
!,ostugn'. !ha ',.,,. o, The Chnn1u Islands,
brittany nnd Nornandy, md o.ler regions
which 1lsyer Import cattle, s duo to this fact.
Every outbreak Of The disease in tllc last thou
snla years Inny be traced tti importation. II
thrrciurr becomes important 10 watch tic trails
fer ol cutie iron. Injected districts to those
which ilaye enjoyed immunity. The State att
thoFlties Of Kentucky flayo recently had their
attention called 10 this tnHtter Autt Il csrcunl-
starra Whit, may be ptsaib1y worthy Of their at-
Lonr Island, reg!0h vlsitcd hy tttt prevalent
rlugue, were eotA not tnng ngo 10 gentleman
III Kentucky. 1lin Agricultural Heaftt.Olcers
hcre, having nsccrtn!1r this fact, have felt It to
lucky thereof, not hetauee they lsnow thu plagn"
to liNTc bcrn carried to kentucky by this tll!e
Btpr]s. nr het anse they bt}ieYr It 10 lare been,
but beeausc 1t ,ny haye BEEN, and the possihIli-
ty WIS too SERIOUS to be p4sscl by lightly. Moth
Ing has 1cen learned OF the results OF the inres-
t.atim, IN Kentucky; hut your correspondent
WOuht ndrtsc tnt gentlemen In the West should
rclt:lI fruln buying tlnn stptI: in TIL. East for
lew months, unless tilt OWNERS here will pro-
llucc Glenn hill ut iIcalt, {ur lie animals from
tllr Agricultural I[rattll.O Otrcrs of this Htntc.
Gen. Curtis, Chlct u thu stretal Agents Of
the Treasury Departluent ut th!k port, who Is n
lurgc owner uf tiia stock In New Jersey, has
taken great interest III tho ineastrrs for tho ex-
termination 0f the dtscaso In thls part Of the
country. 1l,H tiencsaa, liz we'll rs trof, Law
atnt (icu. Patrick, hare hecn e0llctOus l0r the
enactment OF a national Inv tor stamping out
the disease. They have repeatedly visited WASH
inEtuH II rvgarl to the matter. Tiny urc Ww
houGcss nf securing any usctui law from Cnt'
gress. They say TINT they we're told BY Western
Scnatnra that Fuch d Inv rUlsin probably b.
scrurel irn.n the SENATE, but that u would hB
llunde. 1t ean be proved thHE n national system
Of inspection au quarantine would le less e1-
ue1lk!yo anl luurc clficaCious t!Mn twenty OF
thirty different Statc systems, but this cuust0-
grafton ens becu Of no ayAll. Our Hentst-
OilIrers hnse returned from Washington con-
gtncrd tl,at tllu country must dcprad Upon the
efficiency Of thu systetns Of tn" different States.
This l,1an III operation III thta locality Is to
slaughter The sick ar HooR as detected anil mako
Il most tlnr0ngll.gung disinfcct!oI,, both ri thu
prGtnises urd VI the surviving animals. The
fortA from ile quarters to thr quarters Of
The healthy cattle Is forbidden. Owners art re-
tnunrra1esi fnr 1le killing n! their st0ek out Ut
fund set atart fur the purpose. In NeT York
NN New Jersey this policy IL Oclllg carried out
with zeal nstl intelligence. Il. II.
pOINDEXTER SENTENCED.
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