Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tic Hospital FOR Cattle ana How Dis-
eases arc Treated There.
Practical Experiments for the Prcyen-
ton Of Texas and Lung Fever.
Scientific Notwithstanding the Few
That the Many Mny Live.
ny Mail and rolcrroph,

ny Mail and Tolcgtaph,
Washington, November ls.-~Thc
United States veterinary station, estab-
lished last spring ut the suggestion of
DIR. Salmon, promises TO promote auc-
ccssful cattle raising and accompliah
the purpose OF Its founders. Similar
stations in charge Of practical and
thoroughly educated mon have
been established on the con-
tinent of Europe. These, like ours,
are under the supervision OF govern.
ment officials, and they are alleged 10
be of incalcnlablc advantage, espec-
tally To farmers who are often abso-
lutely ruined 10y the loss of domestic
animals, In addition TO government
veterinary relations, universities In
france ana Germany have special de-
| partmcnts In which young men aro
instructed In veterinary surgery and I'm
curing cattle diseases and in discover
ing their causes aud tho hest manner
OF suppressing contagion. Annual re-
ports are Issued containg u vast amount
of newly-acquired information.
Dr. Salmon IL thoroughly ncuuaint-
ed with the the treatment and causes
OF cattle diseases both In this country
and In Europe, aud in establishing
this veterinary station was careful 10
profit by the experience and knnwI-
edHe of others. Ample means were
| placed at his disposal and tho methods
of injecting cattle and watching Tho
influence and progress of different dis
eases are rs perfect rs those in vopue
In any country ON the globe.
THE GOVERNMENT VETERINARY
STATION.
Tho United States veterinary station 10
branch of the agricultural bureau.
1t Is on the JENNINGS road, n few HIM.
drcd yards beyond the northeastern
boundary OF the city. In the center of
an enclosure of ten acres Is the auper.
intcndents spacious brick residence.
surrounded by stables, cattle pens
barns and other buildings, all foored
with concrete, scrupulously clean and
well ventilated. An average of twpn.
tymilch cowsnnd oxen and eight calves
aresubjccts of continuous experiments.
and while In n healthy state, before
inoculntlon, they are driven into
stables every afternoon at q
| o'clock, and fed and turned
out early In tho morning to Craze In
the posture. They are supplied most
generally with "hay,N cracked corn
and middling. Salt IL flrnlshed twice
n week. ~ securing cattle for the
station only such m are perfectly
healthy, In good condition. and have
never been In contact with others
that are diseased are Aelentcd, linus
the precise effect OF the virus can lie
nscertninnd.
POISONING THE iiAPLEss CREATURES.
To infect COW IL IL necessary 10
force II into n marrow and strongly
built enclosure, whore tho head
and feet are firmly secured.
Then the virus il either Injected into
the veins by means of u hypodermic
syringe or inserted In the akin, ns IN
vaccination for smallpox. The animal
seems 10 understand the consequences
and anticipates and breads the result.
When the vial containing the ylrJs Ia
produced II trembles and struggles des-
pcraiely TO escape. 10 bellows aud
gives every sign OF namelosa drend..
For lung foyer, tuberculosis and
Texas cattle fever, n virus ~ injected
IN this manner DR.. Salmon has dis
covered a process OF forcing the virus
lung fever in spray into the lungs by
means of peculiar syringe inserted
In the nostril. After injection the am
lmal ~ separated from All others and
supplied with the same food ~ before.
The effects OF Texas cattle fever virus
can be seen within week, but COM
monty a much longer time Is required
for It's development Tho animal
"poisonod' becomes emnclnted. rejects
food, It's eyes are wntery. This con-
tinues many weeks and IL fnnlly dies
or suddenly RECEIVERS health aud
strength, Tho time required
to test the effects of the
oil
treatment To which IL hus been sub-
jected, and on the state OF the blood
and flesh of the animals. The virus
of the other diseases causes Infected
cattle IN like manner 20 waste AWAY.
The yiru.I of lung fever operates
more rapidly tlan that OF The
other two diseases now receiving most
attention nj the hands of these experts
aud its effects are found to he much
more fatal. To either OF the three dis. .
eases mich cows suceumb much more
readily than calves or oxen, perhaps
because of the greater relative thlunoss
of the cows blood.
DADGEs or SICKNESS.
Each infected COW has a Tin ta9 IN
serted into It's ear, indicating
the numbcrof the COW and date and
character of the Infection, and every
COW 10 examined each day by Dr.
Rose, the superintendent, who makes
a weekly report forwarded to the ng-
ricultural bureau. There, too, the
and date OF the Infection Of
each cow IL kept. The progress Of dis
eases II hourly watched and accurately
noted
HARD FATE or THE SUBJECTS.
Animals that recover are sometimes
Infected second time. When
a COW dies IL Ii always
carefully disseetcd and internal organs
showing the effects Of disease taken
out and preserved forfurther oxauniDa-
ton. The lungs are more commonly
affected thhn any other organ, and
often found to be hard aud greatly
swollen and 10 have reddish, uDnaf-
lfal color.
IsS'T ~ plgIguIS
The lupge OF many cows
dying.o lung fever were found 10 be
decayed on the out N edges