The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-21
WY HERALD THURSDAY. AUGUST 81 1884.
3 p1nEU,ko-PNEuMoNIA.
we Have it. sure-niinois is the
Point.
Precautions Against its sprea d

L OiAb.
Against its Spread
Chicago. a1.-The Breeders Ga
zstte will publish the following To-
uoorrow morning. SAT last the un-
welcome truth is forced upon u,
that contagious pleuro- pneumsUn;as
has found lodgment in the praifles
of Illinois. The evidences OF lts Deie
ful nIesence In not less than hSE
Jersey herds in this state, are over
whelming, and great ieals az
EXPRESSED that the infection n"s
only dawned upon US. Fears Neae
set on foot some two or three weeks
ago by the bureau OF ahiinsa
industry. Facts now Leave 10 io %n
10 DOUBT the unwelcome truth. me
natur. OF the trouble was trst Gus
nected by DR.. TrumooWef, Oh
Sterling. who was in the employ
ment Of the Agricultural jersey
Companv. A COW belonging to air.
Kaifer. of Sterling, recently pur,
chased by him, sickened anu u aeS
under such cireumsta Ices as 10 ieau
70 suspicion. Her lungs were TAKEN
out and sent to DIR. Salmon. CHIEF OF
the buresu at Washington, ara
examination satisfied him thas q
thorough investigation OF the case
was warranted. He therefore IN
structed his subordinate to carefully
iuouiry into its history. 1t was
soon learned that the CO" caine
from the heard of M e. Clarke, OF
Geneva, Ills, and that there hso
been other and serious trouble there:
He mad sold two COWS that went
into the herd Of J ohn Boyd, OF Elm
hurst. which had soon Thereafter
sickened, and one of them had died.
Other and more serious results fois
lowed, and DR. Salmon cams In per-
SON some days ago to investigate the
case In company with Mr. saSoeIs'
of the Gazette. They visited MI.
B,yd's herd, where the remaining
l living COW purchased from Mr.
Clarke was found to be suffering
from what appeared to be p'euro.
pueumonis in chronic form, ',no
ano her one OF Mt. B lyd's presented
an acute case Of the same
disea.e of only about ten
davis duration. Dr.. Salmon was
slCw, however, to dec ars the con-
! tagious nature o. the disease; out
subsequent investigation, and the
.urther feet that two more animals
= n the same herd were attacked
with similar symptoms, so con
!, firmed him in his diagnosis that n
a determined to kill the two COW!
% which were attacked on Mr. BOYD
: place. The poet moriem examlna
> lion which WAS made last weel
:. fullg confirmed his worst fears, an
10 ne at once set to work t
= learn the source Of the infection
Is Mr.. Clarke, of Geneva, admitte
~ six deaths in his small he'd sire
~ last April, although he claimed tnS
=" two Of those died of CID age. Thes'
= with the two he sold AID tie tw
&C. taken'to Eimhurst, made nine fat'
&c cases in one herd In the mesntlm
" news was received OF the disease
80 two herds in another state, snd Dr
~ Salmon, Paaran and Range, made
post mortem examination, and ID
!. eli ed the cases to genuine lun
-, plague. The disease seems TO hay
nc run lis course IN the herI OF Nj
y "a Clarke; but in the meantime, salt
~ had been made to various pa
-. ties, one lot going o Cythisnn
y XIV. from which nothing had bee
~ 1 heard. Tie article claims that tt
e. investigation shows that the eu
=, ton sale o. Jerseys at Virginia, Ca
~ ~ County, Ills in February last, Y
t a. the distrit uting point OF the infe
~ ton in this state. Animals fro
ae, this sale were taken to Nebrash
lse Missouri, Iowa and Kentuck
u u and to various other her
~ in this State. All available I
,th sources Of the Department of Ag
' culture are being enel getically us
to trace up. determine and isolate t
infected herds. Mr.. Boyd and othe
whose names are not mention'
he have made no sales for months pa
net and there is no danger OF the disc
t, e spreading further from their here
on So far az known the infection is G.
lee fined to Jersey herds. In view
AZ lueSo UcfcIOpAOAUo tA0 ANAA0W
unit order has been issued:
90 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
des WASHINGTON, August 20, Is
. aas To the c1ttle ownerS of the Unt
c States:
lat. Owing TO the existence of G
ate, ease, supposed to be pleuro-pn
rer, 4asnia, in several of the Jer
Il herds Of Illinois, / hereby requ
ion, ali owners of herds of j ersey cal
pint in the United States into which I
was cattle have been int: oduced 81
,en- January 1st, to stop all shipme
The OF cattle after August let.
re- disease seems TO have been I'M
ca "a duced by animals sold at Virgil
ring Case County, Illinois, in Februi
tion 1884. and these animals We're W
pau distributed throughout the West
the States. It is hoped, therefore,
ming persons owning cattle tracing to
IN OF state, and owners having cattle
GA Is fec.ed with the disease, viii! G.
hlch municate with D. E. Olmanj Z
ce of of the bureau OF animal indus
care Of The Breeders Gszstte,
cage, and clearly state
n III io,, IF their birds