The New York herald., 1879-03-12
THE CATTLE DISEASE
Continued Slaughter Of the Cows in
the Blissville Stables.
ANIMALS QUARANTlNED IN JERSEY.
General Patrick Preparing to Change His
Base of Operations.

The slaughter OF diseased cattle was continued
yesterday at Bssville under the supervision Of
Professor Law and Drs. Mclean and Bell The num-
Der OF cattle remaining in the stables is 1b4.
Professor Law. whom asked yesterday by HERALD
reporter whether the cows which are not diseased
would be disposed of during this week. replied that
in consequence of the Ienen the sale OF meat
was necessarily SLOW Tho quarantine order has been
so modified that Sheriff Rushmore allowed to
disband his deputies with the reservation that Gen
sral Patrick may at any tme issue order for it's
reinforcement at his discretion. Tho cost to
the State Of tho deputies is $5 day.
which is the principal item of expense.
Sheriff Rushmore. however, has incurred other
penses which will be submitted for audit to Governor
Robinson. meeting Of the owners Of cows killed
at Blissvie during the quarantine has been called
for next Tuesday evening in order that there may be
concert Of action in relation to the supplomen-
tary bill before the Legislature The May Brothers
state that they will give the of their yards to
General Patrick q quarantine shed for tho Eastorn
District but the General states that he prefers To-
cation moro remote from the Brooklyn limits. The
conference between General Patrick and the cattle
owners Of Kings, Queens and Suffolk
ties, which was set down for Monday
evening. has been postponed. The raid
| Staten Island will rot be resumed till the
| Blissvlle cattle disposed Of. Should another
| quarantine on Long Island become necessary Gen.
eral Patrick will appoint his deputies instead of leav
ing the choice to the shers Of tho respective
ties. General Patrick has transmitted reports to
Governor Robinson of private nature in regard to
the in which the quarantine regula-
| tions have been carried out at Blissville,
as well as copies of his correspondence with Gov
crnor Mcclellan of New Jersey. The General has
addressed another communication to Governor
Mcclellan urging the necessity of Legislative action
in view the threatened cattle plague. OF tho forty
diseased cows slaughtered at Blissville yesterday
thrty-four suffering frcm advanced stage Of
pleuro-pneumona.
LECTURE BEFORE THE FARMERS CLUB.
At meeting Of the Farmers Club, which was held
yesterday in the Cooper Union. DR.. A. s. Heath.
president Of the club. read paper the subject Of
pleuro- pneumonia. He said:-
Pleuro-pneumona Of cattle is o specific contagious
disease peculiar TO bovine animals. 1t is insidious
tenn through the air created by cattle in which the
contagion exists Early in the attack the tcmpera
ture rises from os to loa degrees; This de-
gree of variable temperature it is said
With this rise of temperature the appetite flags.
and the rumination becomes CLOVER according to
the thcrinometric degree reached Then dry cough
appears, and in the progress OF the disease it be-
comes painful and the animal seems TO try to pre-
pain by thrustng out the head and arching the
back, throwing ali the strain upon the muscles OF
the body and chest. close observer will
from fifteen TO even thirty per mn-
ute. and is labored and the heat of the body has m
creased AS this increases in severity the nostrifs
dilae at every breath and the fanks heave. Next
comes deadening or loss of lustre OF the hair.
decreases and the secretion Of the milk greatly d
m$lisles sticky sringy discharge from the nostrils
occurs, the animal groans aud weeps
when removed from tho chest leaves the carcass ap
parcntly healthy. But the flesh is dark and harsh
the fat yellow and there is bloodlesa appearance Of
pREcAur1 Ms IN NEW JERSEY
The Board of Health of Jersey City will hold a
meeting this evening for the purpose of adopting
measures for the the disposition of the dis
oascd cattle found by Inspector Cronan and
also to appoint committees to visit tho
rious parts of Hudson county and examine al tho
stables DIR. J. j. Craven United States Inspector of
live at the Jersey City stock yards has assisted
the Board considerably in their efforts to rid the city
| of swill stables. The reporter yesterday called
upon him to learn the result Of his labors.
He said that the public should feel very thankful
that this crusade had been commenced against these
vile establishments known swill stables, and also
to the HERALD for its valuable aid in showing up such
places. He said that in should the milk of a
| diseased animal be used as food that he did not
agree with parties who have stated that there were
| stages of peuro-pneumonia any other disease
| when the milk OF tho animal would not be perni-
cious.
WESTERN STOCK FREE FROM DISEASE.
Haven't you alycady declared, Doctor. in of
your reports to the authorities at Washington, that
there is peuro- pneumonia existing in the coun
| try?" quericd the reporter.
mo- SIR" answered the Doctor; ''but have de-
clared that the cattle coming from the prairie lands,
grazing fields and fattening farms of the West have
been free from it. During the time that have been
sanitary inspector of the Jersey City cattle yards
have found such cattle remarkably exempt from all
contagious infectious Diseases
Then you believe that these sanitary measures
have been timely %,
great deal of interest the movements of this reform
and consider the work in good and able hands. and
hope the field Of this reform will not be confined 10
and Nour ynyc fnp lnexs hat
other places along the Atlantic board, wherever In
cities animals crowded together in such estab
lishmcnts this reform is necessary.
Health Inspector Cronan of Jersey City, yesterday
visited tho Fourth district. the Heights and out
of 1856 examined he found twcnty-six in the first
and second stages of pcuro- pneumonia. He carcd
the animals 20 BIO qnarantnod in each stable. The
inspector states that in nearly every instance lie
found tho food to be Of very poor char
actcr, being generally Of grain and
rotten potatoes. He says tho grains make whole
some food but in the majority OF places they arc NJ
lowed 20 become sour before given to the animals
Only of contagion is reported and that was
in u stable Tcnncllc avenue. where riilEinan
Others and yesterday all three of the animals wcro
sick.
PROFESSOR LAW ON OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GIN AND EXTENT OF THE DfsEAsE-ExPESsE
OF sLAucgTERrSG AND QUARANTINE.
To THE Eprror OF THE HERALp:--
Az legislation is pending in tho various States
infected with the. contagious plcuro-pncumonia of
cattle and there is danger that legislators
who have not for themselves studied tho nature Of
the maady may he betrayed into s1nctioning enact
mcnts that will leave tho States in question helpless
to extermnato the plague. and continued source 2f
danger and cxpcnsc tho ohlorina States. HOG