The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-06
PLEuRO,PNEUMONIA
me SYMPTOMS Of TIE Disease-How Detected.
The: duties Of Wyoming stockmen. An
Interesting Letter from the Secrsta-
~ Of the Laramie County
Stock Association.
CHEYENNE, WYo.,
March K 1870


To the Editor Of the Leader:
DEAR SIR:-I have read with inter
est your recent leader on Pleuro-Pneu-
monia and hope you will continue to
agitate the matter by quoting the most
carefully considered articles that reach
you, say from the Stockman of Chicago,
the Chicago and New York Times, and
from the Mark Lane Express and Lon
don Times, abroad. Give themlas fully
as your space admits, so that our stock
men may become thoroughly alive to
the II will not say Immediately danger
but to the vital importance of this
thing, IS concerning the safety of the
largest Wyoming interest. Let me
present the situation briefly. Mr.. N.
Il. Davis of this neighborhood. when in
Washington last week, met Prof. Gads-
den, of London. England. Gadsden
wa the head of the well known commits
sion that examined into, and extermin-
ated, the fatal German rinderpest in
Great Britain recently. He stands
among the highest authorities in cattle.
diseases, and is making tire examine
tion of Pleuro. his especial work in this
country. He. shows no desire to exag-
gerate the extent Of the disease in the
United States, and l will say here, that
from what l learn from this and other
eastern sources, l believe the beef pro-
duceis Of the United States may rest
assured of this, that though some of the
butcher and beef interests of Great
Britain, and of Canada, would rejoice
at the destruction of our beef export
trade, still, the great mass of the Eng
lish people, and their exponent, the
privy council, are as deeply interested
as ourselves in its success and contin-
uance; and will allow no needless OBJ
stacle great or small to stand in the
way. The poor sof England, for the
first time in generations, for the first
time in the lives Of many, have this
year been able to buy and eat fresh beef
freely, and they will allow no tax, no
import, no restriction, in favor of a
small class. to again close the gate.
From Prof. Gadsden, Mr.. Davis
gained the following facts:
LIST. That pleuro-pneumonia actually
exists to "a slight extent in some east
ern localities in the United States.
ri. That in its true form it is infec-
tious and contagious in the highest
degree, and that, like Asiatic cholera,
1t is communicated not only by contact,
but exists in the facies, and in the at
mosphere surrounding the diseased ami
mails.
Sd. That it is carried by them long
distances from the spot where con-
tracted, and may be communicated in
a climate and surroundings totally diff
ferent.
4th. That it has existed and caused
enormous losses in Australia, among
cattle handled entirely in the open air,
and on ranges very similar to our own.
9Th. That it may be mitigated,
where It's presence is suspected, by in
oculation in advance, as in small pox,
but when fully developed fifty to seven
ty-ive per cent die. 4
From this ] deduce, that the stock
men have before them the possibility of
a great danger, and cannot afford to
rest in complacent security that our
altitude and climate will form a perfect
safeguard.
To them l make one suggestion, and
n easy to comply with: We bring,
as a rule, but one class of horned ami
mails to Wyoming from the east; name
ly: bulls. These have been usually
bred in stables and are a likely source
of disease. Let every man who, hence
forth, makes any such importation, see
to 1t that the animals are carefully
and thoroughly inspected by the best
medical authority before shipping, Let
them be- sound beyond peradventure.
| urge this emphatically. Mr.. Davis is
having his eastern purchases examined,
and tells me he will give them up at a
loss should the least faint be discoy-
cred. Let this rule be applied by
everyone, whether his stock comes from
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, or the east.
The expense is slight. The good to he
secured immense. 1t is u duty that we
W to the territory, TO our n%eighbors,
and to ourselves.
Very trnly ynura