The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-26
GOVERNMENT GAS.
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news NorEs Haou rHE-NA1IoNAL
CAPITAL.
What Has Been Achieved and Accom-
pitshsd by the Department OF AZ
rIeuIiaro-sonethIsE, ,Abptt
Stock andIts Diseases
-Rurcau Briefa.
our opRSicraL RSn dRAxaER.
The Department OF AEricuiture, what II
Has Done and wants 10 DO.


Has Done nnd wants 10 DO.
wAsmSoroH, November 24.-Commis'
sioper, ,Le pnc, in his annual report, will
Stropgly recommend thata new building
for the Department Of Agriculture be
erected. Tho plans OF the proposed struc.
ture have already been furnished. In up.
pearance the building, as shown in the
plan, reminds one OF pictures Of the Syn
denhsm Crystal Palace, The Offices and
work rooms lof the department. are ar.
Ereb ged upon the four sidea Of say hollnw
parsIlelogram, l 900 ieet in length by 500
10 depth, the enclosed space to be made .,
conservatory for Misrepresentation Of speci.
meus OF plants aud trees valuable for
economic or ornamental purposes which
eau be grown In any portion OF the coun.
try. It is proposed to place these In the
spaces sllotted 10 the States where they
can be most easily and pro6tably grown.
An exhibition OF agricultural implements,
40 DO furnished by the manufacturers, is
also Ipfovie eed4es.g ss rs ~ .F
p Con m ssioner Le Ddc will use his in.
fluence In opposition to the scheme Of the
stockl aisers and cattle dealers to get an ap-
preparation from Congress for the investi
gallon OF the diseases OF animals. This
work, the Commissioner says, has been
progressing under the auspicee OF bis de-
partment for the last two orythree years,
and has been performed by the most re-
nowned and skillful veterinary surgeons
In the land. The original work is, 10 fact.
nearly flushed, and all that the proposed
commission could do would be TO 60 over
the same, ground again. ,4.A,.ygs
} SAs result;of the work performed bythe
sgenis OF the department, q bill is now
pending before the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, embodying the remedial sug.
gestions OF the gentlemen who have con-
Quoted the Investigation. This bill was
introduced last April, BY Senator Johnston,
Efo says he will endeavor 10 secure its
passage at the approaching session OF Con.
gress. By its provision It Is made an Of.
fense punishable by fine and imprison.
ment Tor any person 10 deliver for trans
portatiUn or for any railroad ofiicit TO re-
ceiye for transportation live cattle affected
witht any infectious disease, and especially
With contagious pleuro pneumonia.
Section provides for a commission, to
be composed oi the Commissioner Of Agri-
culture, the Second Assistant Secretary OF
State, and the second Assistant Secretary
oE the Treasury, whose duty II shall be 10
take measures for The suppression Of in
ieclious and contagious diseases Of domes.
Eppfopriatioh5toibss msde,by Congress
are 10 be awarded 20 the several States
which shall signify their acceptance oi the
|rulasand enthusiastically ths board,
imsums anfiieientsto purchase all diseased
animals af twotliir,ls the valne OF sonnd
ones. whicha diseased animals are TO lie
killed.
Commissioner LIE Due says the inyesti-
CATIONS OF. the agents OF the department
hgyeresuited In The discovery OF the pre-
sent territorial limits of the pleuro. pneh.
monias and have proved that the disease
\ is not remediable.. II Ia. gradually bot
slowly extending South, being communi'
cated' from farm 70 farm. gl9 eradication,
Dc Believes, may be easily accomplished,
but It can only be done by killing all dis
eaRsd animals and all who have been ex-
posed 10 the 7disease. A comparatively
small sum will be sufficient to accomplish
tbisl now lA,S2& ~ r'4fAAA
Among the later results Of the work oi
4he veterinary surgeons working under
the suspices'of thGD Department o! Agricul.
ture, and which have not yet been pub
lished, are the following:
DR.. D L Salmon has made valuable dis
coveries 10 regard to chicken cholera.
PfoE James Law has been Experiment.
ing % zee Il 4 diluted preparation OF the
virus OF the swine plauge will not givethe
animal q slight attack OF the disease, re.
sIltiug In the exemption OF tho animal
from the more serious attack. He has
met with only partial success. DR.. Il. j.
Detmers. on the other hand, has been ex
perimentine with preventives and believes
lis has met with success. There is no
rseieds iior the diseise,i but the discovery
OF q preyent;ye, II It 10 effective, will save
many millions annually. ,s.j :, ss'l
L IA new disease has also been discovered,
It's presence was not suspected till 1t was
noticed that tho Euglish Government
"sohedtedn American cattle and sheep.
It Is known as apthAns fever. or the loot
and mouth disease. Sheep, cattle, hogs,
horses and poultry are liable TO the at
tScks Of this disease, and az long as It ex-
ists animalGshippedir from American ports
are. liable to be placed at q disadvantage
In Eoropean markets. dl
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