, 1879-05-07
Il Extends from the Hudson to
the James River In Vtr-
gfnia.
Measures for Its Exterminatiou--Hun-
dreds Of Oat,1o Killed In NV
York State.
Dnngcr Of Propagation by Sn,cs Of Fine
Stock-~-No Cases Known to Ex-
LIST In tho West.

taEtOtH pfEtIf0hnGftQhfR among cattle has how
lasted In thls city for fourteen weeks. It began
Jan. 81, witt, the news about the killing Of thu
cnttle which wcru landed hy tho steamer On
inrso from Portland, Me-, OIL .lan u, at Liver
poot. Agricultural tfcaitft-O Officers were ap-
pointed under tllc Contagious Dtseascs act Of
this State abuut q week tatct, an.i ever stnce
there has been manifested tic utmost energy
AMI vigilance In ths fucntttv in rlnEing 10 light
every case OF contagious p1cuso,pneulnonta
wherever it exists, and III crAdicatug tho dis
eatc, II catl he slntcd ne llle rcsit of the un.
tagging researches OF tlen. Patrick md Prof.
Law tElat Il tB not known that solitary cnsc OF
pleuro-nncumonia has hecn brought to This port
from tlIe West. As far rs the Officers Of the
stnte have auy tnfor1uaton there Is not single
casc Of tho discqsc west Of the Aiiegbcuics. On
the other l,unI, the state OF things III THIS roast
Is very much WORSE than was dreamed Ut when
thu excitement .frst brose ont. ltta worse Than
most people tlcre even vet suppose.
Veterinarians have becn perfectly nwarc o,
the continued existence Of contagious pleuro.
nneumonin In this part Of the country ever
since 1873, 1t Is known cxaetty wien It was In.
ttodMccd, nM,l how. Tie disease WIS brought to
America for the first time in tte tys,csns OF
Sotnr Dutch COWS which were landctl IN i,rook-
lyn IN 1S43 Tile new cows were great ti,tlkers.
1t In remembered to this dny that they made
greut sensation among datrymcn. The owner
Invited nil ills friends to come tn alMl SEQ the
COWS which garc s,,ch wonderful quantities of
mills, But pretty suou It was noticed lint the
wonderful COWS began to be esrk, and soon one
or two Of them died. 11cn other cows In l.e
same dairy we're tnkcn sick nm! died. and hcforc
lnnR tho cattlo in the nctghborlood were taken
With tho s1u1p SUMMONS, The disensr WA
nav mi, ,,nusno,! yctcrluar,o,s dd mt o,,,,rc.
" A., ~. ,,.',, ~. os apas
The srread Of tho tltsrasc, nn.i they did not
check It. mud never h0yc since. Again In 1877
trc couta9iou was urougtt 10 New ,Jcrer-.
wh,c' ,,ns nI,roxa hccn n aairv srn,n ~, s,,9o
rows i'hpotteu " 'holnas hehnfdson. Ihc
eontaglon wps 50 violent In t1Is i,stanrc tint 1t
sprcad rapti1y, aud cattfeworth SIN UJJhnd to be
Killed OF "erc rarrictlnit ny tr 1!sGasc. English
COWS brought tl,e discase to hrnoklyn ii, ls53.
Il sprcal thereafter quite ranit!ly throughout
Long Island and Into Connecticut. 1t wns i'm
pprte.l to Massachusetts IN 1850 by fur cows
foI!! Holland. which belonged to ". ". Cheney,
Of Belmont, Mass. Active measures ip cxtrr
.n!hatu this t'iscnsn wctc neser taken III this
locality Until the present year. Connecticut bas
twlte clenrcd every trace Of 1t from her nr,lcrs
n!,d Massachusetts has coinpl:tcl suppressed it
nlsn by state authority, but New YnrK has been
lrhinl the times. i1niryncn llayc concealed
4" fact Of The cxlstei,ce Ut the d!sensc among
their herds for fear Of luas. md III tlrir efforts
to save themselves by preventing publicity s.tey
have allowed dangerous coitaCion ~ flourish
among tllcir stock Until tle lr1sde Of this wholo
country aas becn affected W It.. IT Is utsreH-
sntion ot rrovldcfice alos,e which lms kept It
traln spreading Oyer thu Wtlolt country.
Two years ego. i'roi. Law, q corucii Univer-
sity, madc spscclt 10 the statc Agricultural
the STATE OF The danger which Threatened
them. 1t settns that contagious p1cu1o.pnctt-
n'onia had ncen introduced into Auhsra!ia
III 1888, ,a1ili lad spread at unco 70 the
the diseaHo b1 stnTc nut.'otlty until an Immense
tie Of thu island .wern In danger Of cxturmtnn-
tlo1'. They have tsever got rid OF the uiscase
soclety ,lso its Influence to secure the l,assnuc
OF lazy which would enab'o New York Stutu 10
get rid OF this dangerous pest. A vcar ngn
Prof. Law avan appeared beinrs tle Society III
SaSoeay "1 ti1 pfo]sst a H., finally tls sgcisty
lnw. Nothing VAS donr under the lazy, how
evsr, until last February. when England issued
her ost!ers III Council stopn!nK The i!vc@Rttlc
tratln from this country. Gcn. Patrick, nn old
Wcst-Postcr, and Frof. Law we're tltrn appant-
ell by the Governor to go to work NH! BCu II
contagious r1curo-pncunlonta could not be
crnli!catsd 1roul this State.
Few hetter niesl cnl hare been chosen for
tl!s important work. Law Is III, txperlcucetl
nan uud good at t4e DETECTION Of etscs of fitc
disease. and ten. Patrick Is man oircn,nrkallo
executive ability. An 0Itl gentleman with long,
wlItc benra nll hnLr the Ncneral rctains al! tic
frs of hts youth. llcnsionlshcs the lsa f Ills
Inshlonahlu bnArdllg-1lo1lsc OIL West Twenty
ninth street by arnl.sins Ills ass!slunt, Mr.,
Whitney, vcltIns breakfnst, mil leaving the
house ty ! a. III. Il9 !nhors l,arl Nil tlnY o,ltl
sits IN lato into tic night, busy with his puuy.s
uni reports. lie has pushed ll,e work iv hus
tlccn eet 10 perform with military slceplessucss
anl energy.
1t was nt irst supposed hy tho public That the
disease existed only in ono snot In the suburbs
OF Brooklyn. III te Village of Ditssyillu, L.. T..
u herd at over HO0 rows were stabIcl by thrr
owners lu tho larEu lIarDs at,ar,1cu to {hr dis.
ttl,cry uf Gall, FiCiscmnnn & CD. This was
Ills plact. lv inost l,aily infected, Cattlo wcru
IyuE ,l..ru weekly Calf FIetsrI1nut,n
IL CO, atout|r icuIel Ihyt there ,yas aut r0i,.
tarous picllfo-pncumon{n In ile stables. n1,l
tl,vy uatlrrl 10 ret certificates to Tint ctfrrt
from DR.. Goiug, ur, ii, L, Brsrs, md Ur. II.
W. FInlley, thu lattrr tile Veterinarian Of
COLUMBIA Eo1Iupc. Tie firm tn,!. jI0wnvcr
carefully removal nil Infected nnnols ,efors
tl,v ductors I,nI0 ,lrfr irspcctIon. In knitH Of
DENNIS. lila JIsrasu was coutinnntlr brralrGTr
out IN tl,u stnos. AMI. II, suon M ficn. fntrjri
had orgauizuii n syStrn oi inanecttou. tl,..
dlsrasu 4 IA fund In a lurre number of sfuhlns
aid herds n[so. iii nrtulnI amonw I'm snn,,rEs
Of ;h,. C1ly0f nrtM,kIvn uInl far lnn,y tistnnrH