The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28

AMONG rpe HERDS IN ILLINOIS
IlurLsrs,y Cattle Fatally Nhli'ird aud
the Disease Ir'uWiug Manning
iUorts tu thprk tie haindN
aud AZ sales stopped,

ru.NDn, Aug. "a, The breeders Ia-
l,ttr vIl, publish the following To- NOR
rows At last the mwylcomc truth i,.
forced upun us, tina, contagious plcuru-
pneumonia ha, found a Judgement iu
thcprurir- ul Illinois, The evidence ul
lis hnlrful presence in not less than ave
Jersey herds In this state are over
Nhrlmiug, and grave Tears exist lhul
lac cNtcuI oi the iuilirllun mas onIN
.lu,yupd upou ~, Investigations which
we're sci ON foot SOME two weeks ago hN
tho bureau uf Animal Industry, hnNcnu
Longer any room a. doubt the unWrl-
connie fact. The nature ut the Trouble
Avn, FIRST suspected hy nr, Trumhuwcr,
.,r sterling, who WAS In the employ nl
the BrpaTlmout of Agriculture \ J'r-
Soy COW belonging lu Mr., .hevp'T' ui
sterling recently purrhAN'u hl
him. -lcEen'd ana nl'" "Tu,II
-urh circumstances %, 10 !cHu
to the suspicion. Her lungs were token
put aud sent tu Dr. solomon, "h'rl nl lhr
aur,tu M Washington, Examination
satisfied him that a thorough ihNrNlEh-
lion of the case WIS N.lrhuttu' so hN ll-
-trurtcl subordinate u rar'luIlt Nh-
.uirr into t- history, II was soon Ir"fh-
"I that the cow came irnh the h'Il "i
". a.. clark, of GrurN" ANA
md s,riou, Trouble there. lie hat a.N
decentralization mlutHe herd uI John
E.yI, al Eumhur,t, and NN.v" soon
Thsrrnftcr. hnd -irl,ynri ANA one died,
,tbnr and moro spriuu results followed,
pr. solomon rumo uu ia person. -uiuo
ION dnNs ago, io investigate lhr
rusc. \ pp~t-mprtrm examination;
made Inst week, fully confirmed
lac worst fears aud Ae AT once SGT 10
fynyl, 90 learn the source uI The Injection.
MIR. rIurk, ui Geneva, admitted SIX
death, m his small herd since last April.
These with the COWS sold Ia Rector ana
lbr two taken 10 Elmhurst, made nine
fatal eases from this nerd alone. IN tit
meantime wind came OF trouble
in two Jersey herds III "lhor
purts of the state aud doctors
Solomon, Pc rson and Rauch made q
revealing perfectly lSpi-
cal case of the genuine lung plague. In
,hr meantime sales have been made 10
various parties, one lot going To tNnlhi-
ana, Kentucky, from which nothing mas
been heard. The investigation shows
that am auction sale OF Jerseys NJ NiF-
giuia, Cass county, Illinois, IN February
last which was 80 inc ;,,o.tin rS
tributing point OF ihle'lihS
i'm this State. The animals from tins
state were taken to Nebraska, Iowa and
Kentucky, and to various oiher hefus
i'm this state. All the available resources
of the Department of Agriculture are
being employed 10 trace, determine ana
isolate the infected herds. Mr.. BOYD
and others, whose names are not neil
Toned. have made no sales for months
ntal, and there is no danger OF the
disease spreading further nom their
herds I'M view of these developments
The following order has been issued:
nrrartmcnt OF Agriculture, Washington, ID.
g.. August 2n-'.o the Cattle owners oi the
United States:
Owing TO the existence Of the disease
supposed to he contagious, pleuro-pncu-
luoIiia. in several herds of Jersey cattle
IN inc State OF Illinois, | hereby re-
quest the owners of all herds oil Jersey
cattle in the United States, into wnich
new animals have been introduced since
January LIST, to stop shlphonI OF cattle
until after October LIST. The disease
seems TO have been introduced by am
mails sold ut Virginia, Illinois, in feb-
runry. 1854, and the animals were widely
distributed through the Western states
Ii is hoped that persons owning cattle
tracing to this sale and all others nav
ing cattle affected with disease OF lhe
lungs will ut once communicate WIN
Dr. u. T.. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau OF
Nnimal Industry, care Breeders Ca
2cltc, Chicago, and clearly state the
condition of herds and the symptoms OF
the disease. The attention of owners IL
called TO section of the act, establishing
the Bureau of Animal Industry, which
makes il misdCmcanor punishable by
II fine of not less than 500 nor more
than $1,000, or by impris-
0umcut not more than one
wear or both for shipping cattle affected
with any contagious disease any es-
pcciallv the disease known as pleuro-
nneumonia. from one state or territory
With another. The cordial go operation
of the state authorities and all persons
interested in the welfare of cattle earn
rstly desired in order to avert this.
danger which now menaces the herds ot
The country.
Signed. GEO. u. hnNiSo'
Commissioner Of Agriculture.