The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30
PLEURO PNEUMONIA.

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CHICAGO. I'LL, August q.
The Breeders Gazette publishes the fol-
lowing to-day:
At last the unwelcome truth is forced
upon us that contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia has found lodkment on the
prairiss of Illinois. The evidence Of its
baletul presence In not less than five
Jersey herds in this State are overwhelm-
ing, and grave fears exist that the extent
of the iU1iction has only dawned upon
US. Investigations which were set on
foot some two weeks ago by the
Bureau of Animal Industry leave no
longer any room to doubt the. I'M
welcome fact. The nature of the
trouble was first suspected by DR.. Trum-
bower, OF Sterling, who was in the EN-.
ploy of the Department of Agriculture.
A Jersey cow belonging to Mr.. Keefer, of
Sterling, recently purchased by him,
sickened and died under such circum-
stances as to lead to suspicion. Her
lungs were taken out and sent to DIR.
Salmon, Chief of the Bureau at Washing
ton. An examination satisfied him that
thorough investigation of the case was
warranted, and he instructed his subor-
diDate to carefully inquire into its his
tory. 1t was soon learned that the cow
came from the herd of M. G.. Clarke,
Geneva, ILL.,, and that there had been
other and serious trouble there. He had
sold Two cows that went into the herd OF
John Boyd, OF Elmhurst, and viii CHI soon
thereafter had sickened and one of them
had died.
WHAT A POST MoRTEM REVEALED.
Other more serious results followed,
and DR.. Salmon came on in person some
ten days ago to investigate the case. In
company with Mr.. Sanders, of the Gazette,
he visited Mr.. Boyd's herd, where the re-
naming living COW purchased from Mr..
Clarke was found to be suffering from
what appeared to be pleuro- pneumonia in
chronic form, and another one of MIR.
Boyd's own grazing presented an acute
case of the same disease, of only about
ten days duration. DIR. Salmon was
slow, however, to declare the contagious
nature of the disease, but subsequent
investigation and the flu rther fact that
two more animals in the same herd
were attacked with similar symp-
toms, so confirmed him in his diagnosis
that he determined to kill the two cows
which were first attacked on Mr. Boyd's
place. The post norton examination,
which was made last week, FULLY con.
frmed his worst fears, and he at once
set to work to learn the source of the in
lection. Mr.. Clarke, of Geneva, admit
ted six deaths in his small herd since
last April, although he claimed that two
OF these died of Old age. These, with
the cows sold to Keefer and the two taken
to Elmhurst, made nine fatal cases from
this h=rd alone. In the meantime word
came of trouble in two Jersey herds in
another part of the State, and Drs.
Salmon, Paaren and Rauch made a post
mortem, revealing perfectly typical
case of genuine lung plague. The disease
appears to have run its course in the
herd OF Mr.. Clark, but in the meantime
sales had been made to various parties,
one lot going to Cynthiana, Ky, from
which nothing has been heard.
The article claims that investigation
shows that the auction sale OF Jerseys al
Virginia, Cass County, ILL.,, In February
last was the distribution point OF the in
fiction in this State. Arrivals from this
sale were taken to Nebraska, Iowa and
Kentucky and to various other herds in
this State. All available resources oil
the Department OF Agriculture are being
energetically employed to trace, deter
mine aud isolate the injected herds. Mr.
Boyd and others whose names are moi
mentioned have made no sales for a
month past, and there is no danger of the
disease spreading further from theil
herds. nrT
QUARANTINE ESTABLISHED.
SO FAR as known, The injection is con
fined to Jersey herds. In view of these
developments the following order has
been issued:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., August ~ 1884.
10 the Cattle OlOnerS of The United States:
Owing 10 the existence of a disease
suppus ed to be contagious pleuro-pneu
monia IN several herds OF jersey cat |,
in the States OF Illinois, | hereby reques
owners of all herds OF Jersey catt.e il
the United States, into which new ami
mails have been introduced since January
/, to stop shipments of cattle until
after October l. The disease seems tt
have been introduced by animals SOLE
at Virginia, Cass County, H., February
1884, and these animals were widely dis
tr.buted through the Western States.
is hoped, therefore, that persons owning
cattle tracing to thus sale, and all other
having cattle affected with disease OF tn
lungs, will at once communicata with DR.
ID. Il. Salmon, Chief OF the Bureau o
Animal Indu try, care of Breeders Ga
zette, Chicago, and clearly state the con
dlion of their herds and the symptom
of the disease. The attention of owner
of cattle and railroad and other transpor
tation companies Is called to section
of the act establishing a Bureau
of Animal Industry, which make
it misdemeanor, punishable
by fine of not less than 500 nor NOR
l.