New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-12
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
LETTER FROM PROFESSOR LAW To GOVERNOR COR
NELL.


LETTER FROM PROFESSOR LAW To GOVERNOR COR
NELL.
The following is a copy OF the letter of Professor
Law to Governor Cornell on the subject of the new
outhrsqk If cattle disease IN this State
,u: In accordance with your tele gram Visited the
farm of william Clark, near Oswego and found on III
y gaiiou that his cattle dying OF ks fever in
ri CO. 81 conta Cons peuro pneumonia, as reported. |
made pos mo TEN examinations OF two COWS That mad
de0 i!. fore AMI found ali the LESSONS OF hc Texas
disease i'll a most pronounced and uuequWocd form {;
upon tive sca but still Surviving COWS, found the same
decaed symptoms. and among The remaining eighteen
head THAI stil supposed 10 be well one showed Il
rise Of Temperature and other initial mptOms or the
dl.else.
The record OF M C!arks business transactions fully
bore GU, TN, conclusion On July he bought twenty
four Cherokee. steers IN Buffalo. ana the arrival Of
these az Oswego he drove them to lis farm AMI kept
them from Wednesday Monday in an orchard adjo!n
m his barns and comlpallc l;Iug o. them. For three
or four weeks after TIN hs dairy COWS had no access O.
tnis clo.ure tlat time hey have been ccca
sonaly in The orchard. GA che 27tn OF August tn frs
OF tncse COW, died. Tnls left ABOUT month te usual
incubation fever between the hrs, exposure Of
c COWS in orchard aud the occurrence or disease.
-oeuc apopexy which strongly resembles Texas fever
IN ~. symptoms and LESSONS excluded by tine fact
tnat pigs lad eaten the otla Nlih mpuniy Pigs are
veIy susceptible the FIRST OF these diseases. ana not at
all IA the second The idea Of Splcnlc dpOpieXy fur
ter xcluded by the from the blood, etc. OF
microscopic Organisms tat cnaractrrze mat disease,
while those betrayinx the presence Of Ic1a. fever were
abundant.
Texas fever being conveyed only by the droppngs OF
cattle from uearthe Cuf Coas, 1t became neeGfu 10
m I'd against te -uctOn OF fresh animals into the
orchard ~ question and the baras, ana as the owner
ina. already received lesson and as iusruc-
lions were gwen IN the presence OF large COMPANY OF
~.
n.s r during hc pIcbeut season, ana tue IrCb.s OF
L.. VIII thoroughly destroy the contaglOn-
urtu-r furnished advice Tor The cleansing and ds:n-
fc-tOn Of the bindings, ana lOI 'He tIciHth OF the
Ot,rr al. = outbreaks III tie district turned
Ouj mere accieA@i anieh.s a. from ali 0veiieed
So AR tueu a. regards The cattle disease O,wego.
ter~ Deed flrtlcr apprehension. IN worst that
can open VIII Dc the DEAN OF OHe OF two more OF MI
Carki- NERD. HIS gDDOFs have nOtbng 10
e., taey tneIr cattle TO enter As prescribed Or-
| c.4dT..
ag.t iIase constant incur%ous OF Texas fever Is a
much uuie dlilI.llt one than u WIS du1gg ne panic uI
I-G- IpDp fue Cfdlf Coast cattle were fecOg-
tlz-f D their en- r1Ots horns ani ank bey frames.
| 1,uv,is su,rthoIn, and Ddi-iingulsnuLle nom
Ntucfu cattle L. therefore, the Middle States cannot
he p.r.uaaed enforce tue protective avs u-hiLsl tAe
transit l. ETC. cattle north" ud duinS tie
su er -rasOn wHcn laws were ~ juciclou-1 rnaC ed
m sos tnc Northern and Eastern States Will continue
tGe M .rcY or uusci DulOu$ fd'l" u'lff, an q
u,lhUc snort OF the interference or Tue Federal Gov
rtum,l ca pTOie ct hem. would respectfully slgLcat
that In. Executives t1e various hOrtnciD hld Ii,l
-tst d. L, qucsicd Jrin In iepc,eUtinC The dang.
Ia tue Authorities tne Middle slal. and urging upon
h.iA tho necessity for a more rgld oXrcu.On Of the
laws against the summer introduction OF the Southern
a 80 Iogcihcr Win tho rcenLctL eu OF such laws
c.scs " ia tney have lapseo- E-spec. fully.
JANIS LAW.
cornea U,.isersity Hhiea, N. l., sept. :, loco.