The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-17
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

The first 'linmber of the Journal of the
American Agricultural Association, gjust
published, contains among Hsavaried and
interesting contents essay upon the
Bovine lung plague by, DIR. James
Cornell aniversity, HewI York, in which
the diseaAe 10 accurately described, its
ravages~ noted and the danger alarm as
regards its extension, sounded with great
vigor. .ssf .s-ia.r ,.fs -,,ey sss, -,.,,,e,,
Prof Law expresses his belief that the
propagation Of this plague to the western
states has been greatly increased during
the past year lby the, shipment of calves
and yearlings from our eastern daEies to
the, markets of the west. Previous to
1880 the cattle, trade did not take this
direction except in thoroughbred animals
to 2, limited extent last year, it is alleged
that from 1000 to, 81, 900 young animals
of common stock were purchased In the
beast to consume the rich vegetation of
the Mississippi valley, and, in view of
heavy losses from the seyere, winter, the
western dealers in this class Of stock are
NOW anxiously urging renewed shipments
in the present year; ~. ~.
Thus, tar the foreign cattle disease
known as pleuro-pneumonia has never
made its appearance In the west, although
for SO years it has maintained, q foothold
in some localities in the eastern states,
| for, the reason that the direction of the
trade In cattle was not favorabie to its
propagation, but, In the now changed
condition Of the trade, there is a present
peril which cannot well be exaggerated.
The Infection Of our great eAttle-raising
district west Of the Mississippi Prof Law
regards as entailibgl the permanent infec.
| tion of the entire country. e'U y zslAan
Should this time ever arrive, he says. /.
%We shall be reducedlto . worse condir
tie1 than Europe, and shall suffer .propos7
tienai4yu more Great Britain, Mithn6,n
oOO.0oo bead Of cattle, has lost tlQ, ,0QQs-
600 per annnm from this plague, thengh
the great cattle-raising district ,ef 4hs
Highlands escaped We With opryr3z
100000 of cattle cannot therefore hope t0
lose less, than bs65 900 900 yearly. Tor
day, the United States government may
obFiate such 3 teEiblei consequence by the
well-directed expenditure of q, ,0oo, 900,
Let her neglect il and abe must. soon see
her fair territory, 81 naturally % salpbriqus,
rasaged ibY, o. f0geigp plague, the Losses
from which will sePreseat = debt Of it1,r
300, ,OO0, 900 with NO prospect iofI sbatss
msnt. "'Toaneglect such = matter - oue
ofthe Eravestsf crimes !; to- let 10 await
the leisurH oflegislatorsi 10 the most fool
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