The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-21
PLEUR0-P 0-PNEUM0NIA
AMONG THE HERDS IN ILLINOIS
FineJerscy Cattle Fatally Afflicted and
the Disease becoming Alarming
Efforts to Cheek the Malady
and All Sales stopped.

CHICAGO, Aug. 70. The Breeders Ga
zette will publish the following to NOR
row: At last the unwelcomc truth is
forced upon us, that contagious pleuro-
pneumonia has found lodgement in
the praries of Illinois. The evidence of
its baleful presence in not less than five
JERSEY herds in this State are over
whelming, and grave fears exist that
the extent Of the infliction has only
dawned upon us. Investigations which
were set on foot some two weeks ago by
the Bureau of Animal Industry, have no
longer any room To doubt the unwel-
come fact, The nature of the trouble
was first suspected by DIR. Trumbower,
of Sterling who was in the employ of
the Department of Agriculture. A Jer-
sey COW belonging to Mr.. Keeper, of
Sterling, recently purchased by
him, sickened and died under
such circumstances as to lead
to the suspicion. Her lungs were taken
sut and sent to DIR. Solomon, chief of the
bureau at Washington. Examination
satisfied him that thorough investiga-
ton ofthe case was warranted, so he in
structed subordinate to carefully en-
quire into its history. 1t was soon learn
ed that the COW came from the herd of
| W. VI. NldIh, Vi heutNd, anu
| that there had been other
and serious trouble there. He had sold
two COWS that.went into the herd of John
| Boyd, at Elmhurst, and which soon
| thereafter, had sickened and one died,
Other and more serious results followed
| DR.. Solomon came on in person, some
ten DAYS ago, to investigate the
case. A post-mortem examination
made last week, fully coniirmeC
the worst fears and he at once set tc
work TO learn the source of the infection
MIR. Clark, OF Geneva, admitted six
deaths in his small herd since last April
These with the cows sold to Keefer anC
the two taken to Elmhurst, made nine
/ fatal cases from this herd alone. In tht
meantime wind came of trouble
In two Jersey herds in othe
parts of the State and doctor,
Solomon, Pc rson and Rauch made &
port-mortem, revealing II perfectly typi
cal case of the genuine lung plague. Ii
the meantime sales have been made {,
various parties, one lot going to Cynthi
ana, kentucky, from which nothing ha,
been heard. The investigation show,
that an auction sale of Jerseys at Nir
ginia, Cass county, Illinois, in February
last, which was the dis
tributing point OF infectinl
in this State. The animals from this
state were taken to Nebraska, Iowa and
Kentucky, and to various other heru'
i'm this State. All the available resource,
of the Department of Agriculture are
being employed to trace, determine anC
isolate the infected herds. Mr.. BoyC
and others, whose names are not men
toned, have made no sales for month,
past, and there is no danger of thu
disease spreading further from thei
herds. In view of these development,
the following order has been issued;
Department Of Agriculture, Washington, II
G., August 9O,--To the Cattle Owners ol tn,
United States:
Owing to the existence of the diseas,
supposed to he contagious, pleuro-pneu
mOnia, in several herds of Jersey cattl,
i'm the State of Illinois, / hereby re
quest the owners of all herds of JcrseN
cattle in the United States, into whicl
new animals have been introduced sine,
January lst, to stop shipment of cattl,
until after October LIST. The disease
seems to have been introduced by ani
mails sold at Virginia, Illinois, in Feb
ruarv. 1884, aud the inimals were widely
distributed through the Western States
IL is hoped that persons owning cattle
tracing to this sale and all others hay
ing cattle affected with disease of tn,
lungs will at once communicate will
DIR. ID. T.. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau o
Animal Industry, care Breeders Ga
zette, Chicago, and clearly state tn,
condition of herds and the symptoms o
the disease. The attention Of owners i
called to section I of the act, ESTABLISHING
the Bureau of Animal Industry, whirl
makes II misdomeanor punishable b,
fine of not less than Sl00 nor NOR
than 5000, or by impris
b onmont not more than on,
year or both for shipping cattle afTecte,
with any contagious disease any es
pecially the disease known as pleuro
pneumonia, from one state or territor,
3 with another. The cordial co operation
of the state authorities and all person.
interested in the welfare of cattle earn
estly desired in order To avert thi
danger which now menaces the herds o
the country.
Signed. Gro. b. LnVING,
Commissioner of Arriculture