Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-02-27
Wednesday. February AZ. 1884.
TIMELY ADVICE.

The superiority of Montana cattle
ranges is practically admitted hy stock
men when stock cattle are driven ami
shipped into the territory from all
parts of the country. IL has been the
ease this last s,iiSna and promises To
lie the same this coming summer.
But this importation of cattle I" MI
M o,,r ranges is frauglt with serious /
danger to the cattle interest which We
do not think is fully realized 10y these /
who's. entire fortunes would hc swept [
away with their herds of cattle. This
disease tplcuro-lneuin"nia) which has ,
heen thinning out the cattle herds "i
the east lle past few years. Il esperi- 4
ally liable 10 toe brought here 10y the
fiue stock shipped from the more east
ern states, a. there it, raragcs have
beeu the worst. The committee on
agriculture has reported to the house
of representatives at Washington
hill proviJing for the medical inspec-
ton of cattle which are shipped from,
one section Of the country, where the
disease is known to exist, to another.
This would he II wise provision for
checking the spreading Of the fatal
cattle plague, and it is 10 he hoped
that congress will take prompt and
effective action i'm the premises. Bit
while the national authorities are 1T
work on this matter ii would seem ~
though our calti. men, IN the princi-
PIE of s,li-prcscryalion, should see to
IL that laws are enacted In This terri
t,ry TO prevent the introduction OF
thi. highly contagious disease. or
course all will ,ay that there will be
plenty oi iim' to talk this matter over
when the danger gcis ncarr than II L.
at present, hui there IL nothing like
taking time by the inrr'"ck. Tie
sheer men of the territory succce'ird
IN getting "A scah law, hut not until n
los Of several hundred thousand dol
lars hal been sustained 10y the rara"os
OF scab. II il human nature not Ia
crv brforc Won are hurt. and wcrXpcc,
nothing will hc done u, our cattle
men 10 lar out ,his disease until II
commence. tr thin out their herds.
In n letter Dr. -. salmon, veterinary
surgeon nf the department uf agr'cul-
turr, points out IA" danger which
western cattle are exposed Ia. These
infected Districts ho says, though
small. are "a real danger to- the Who'll"
country. h.cau.c all the way from
Connecticut to- Virginia there il IA
largr aud Increasing number "f thor
ouphbred cattle, whirh are frequently
ship,.d w.st, and some "f which
have, from time Ia time, been Injected
with rhts disease. With increased
pric,'. cattle in larg" nuG.hcrs are hc-
jnu sniuprt FROM the cast Wi, ma
the danger of carrying di."i,sr Is en-
eequ'n,iy increasing. haze trel' IN
formed that. n t'w months nil'r ih'
Nbtli'tNlfnl 'llNll'RN NV 'l'' - WV ~
or two more or less injected hcrd'
weir sent, according to contract, ip Y
western -rntr. Willie 1t l. uuc iha
plouro.pl,Umonia llHs existed III Tie
cast lur Gliy yeats without havlnt
b,,n carried west, II must hc admit
tc'l. iruu what la. occurred 80 many
time in Pennsylvania and '"nner'I
cut, that there must be- danger nh'
thi- ,lnnfpr increases with ia" larg.
number oi cattle now hrlug rhippc'
in TINT dirrcIion. though "A number
ofultrmIi- have been made in state
now injected Ia rid themselves %
plcur0 pneumonia, those have gchci
ally or always 'iliird, hrcnuso oi vari
ou- reasons the work is not tho
roughly done. At best, the attempt
Of states are slasInodic, and while ON
In earnestly striving to accomplish
something. the nciglboring ON
allows the shipment of diseased cattle
thus countcracting the influence o
the former. Lack of united actio
between states has prevented any las
Ing benefit, even when much ha
been accomplished"