Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-09

| nations that satisfied him of the nature OF
sis. At nv request he remained to see what
action would be taken at a meeting OF the
stoekmen of the State, which took place
| March 3lst, the full proceedings OF when
| have appeared in the St. Louis, Kansas City
| anu other papers of the State.
| the Legislature having given the authority
to the Board of Managers, the slaughter OF
| the infected herd began March 9th. Previ-
| lore my arrival nine had died After my ar.
| rival 1 killed twelve for examination, all
| having shown plain evidences Of the disease
On the 9th we killed twenty seven head, an
but three Of which were diseased. On the
| !Sth we killed thirty two head. OF these
twenty five were likewise affected. On the
! 3ist the remaining five were killed in the
these affected This made total of
| killed. Eighty six per cent. OF the whole
number proved to he affected with pleuro-
pneumonia.
KILLING PRIVATE HERDS.
The stockmen took such action as will
warrant the killing of ALI injected and ex-
posed animals. As a result OF This action
His cattle had been in tine field ad,
joining the asylum herd, and showed showed
them in the presence of Governor Marina
duke, Hon. r. L. Bland, Hon. n. ID. Thur
mond, Colonel Robert McCuIioch aud DIR. Z.
+. Young and several otner persons from
various portions OF the state. Alter the
slaughter l examined the lungs OF SIX OF
those visiting gentlemen the pathological
conditions found in this disease. There are
several other town COWS tuat believe to be
afflicted anu when 1 return to Fulton ex-
pect to make examinations of all cattle, and
those showing the least symptoms OF alice
ton WIKI be Killed. l nrmIy believe that the
disease can be stamped out before 1T ex-
tends beyond the boundaries OF Galloway
County. most urgently request the people
of Galloway County and OF the state OF
Missouri to maintain and to stand by this
work until the last contaminated animal is
hIIr ian md a a. Y 81 m n al
this state, without any question OF doubt.
am sure that this can oe done. 1t is abso-
Iutely necessary that 1t should be done to
save the great cattle interests involved. Con-
a4iouS pIeuro- pneumonia is one of the dis
eases with which we canot afford to tribe.
am anxious to see the state OF Missouri set
the honorable example, and snow to other
States what can be done by the adoption OF
prompt ana effective measures in extermi-
mating this dread ulSeaSe.
HISTORY OF CONTAGIOUS PLEURo- PNEUMONIA.
Cont asious pleuro pneumonia was first in.
troduced into TINS county by an animal
ivn " in ISi3 no this ANIMAL we can
trace to the present day the infection OF the
stables III brooklyn, i'll New Jersey, Mary
States the disease exists to a greater or less
extent at present. In loi7 Mr.. Richardson, or
New Jels.y, imported number OF cattle
from England: soon after their arrival
peared among them. He recognized
the disease immediately and killed every
animal in the herd, valued at 900. No dis
ease is known 70 have spread from this place,
nor was he ever reimbursed tor the great
sacrifice he made. In loo3 another COW from
Holland brought the disease to brooklyn
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
In 1858 Mr.. Chenery, OF the belmont STOCK
farm OF Massachusetts, imported tour heao
from Holland. On their ARRIVAL at Boston
three OF them we're sick, but he removed
them to his farm, and by the SAFE Oh u nc"
calves to some OF mis- helSnpors, tne uiseuse
gradually extended, anu ltteen months later
was found to exist III twenty ui1lereht couh-
ties The State authorities then took hold OF
the matter, and killed 934 head OF cattle IN
the course OF fifteen months. ana expended
$S7 900 i'll paying for slaughtered cattIe anu
expenses OF quarantine. IL was pelieVeu tnen .
that the trouble was at an enQ out year
and a half later it again reappeared III
number of these infected LOCALITIES. ~ re- re-
quired five years OF active "olh any; anu t tne
closest system OF Inspection " oi 'oes''e wiz
Come cticut has been invaded four times,
Int by prompt measures it was immediately
stamHed ont The close proximity OF these
States to New York and Brooklyn lavofs the
reception of diseased cattle. 100, Nv y
I'VE of Troy, o., purchased few mead OF
Jersey cattle from the infected dlstr4et IN IN
to Mr. MITCHELL of Dayton, O. MI Mitcneil
has since then lost five mead OF ms Satuie mi.n
contagious pleuro- pneumonia, anu M-enSse
has lost seven head with the same aisease
In the month of January, 1854, Mr. Epder' oi
Virginia, Cass County, III, pupohaMseon rne
COW named panss ster he Drought her home
sha bscame sick. and was treated for
ordinary pneumonia. She so uinacrinS
that any such disease lurSed in his herd, he
sold this COW, to ether Win aoouI ao ~
head, all Jerseys at puo saIe Mr. Clarke. OF
Geneva, lii, purchased two COWS. IN 'ne
month of April his herd began to sicken; In
the latter part OF July ,tin I,ecteI with
pIeuro pneumonia. Six had died. Three
had been sold in the month of May to Mr.. c.
lost with peuro pneumonia Mr.. Clarke
sold one to Mr.. Cogsshall, Of Chicago; she
died about August II e sold a one est to to Mr.
teen out of thirty five head, the majority of
them showing the disease in its most malig-
MIR Clarke sold fifteen head to Frisbie &
Lake, of Cynthiana, Ky. All these sales were
n 9y he se he
ence of the disease west OF the Allegheny
Mountains, although many of them had been
treated for cases of ordinary pneumonia
Fri5bie & Lake lost sesenteen head and had
fifteen sick last fall. They sold sever al head
from their infected herd to DIR. Hamilton, of
Tennessee He lost seven head.
HOW THE DISEASE CAME TO MISSOURI
Now, to go back to Eplers sale at Virginia.
Cass County, Ill. Many of the cattle sold
there were purchased by individuals for pri-
vate use. and died before they had much
among other purchasers Fl. d. & 5. 5. Tripp
of Peoria, Ill. purchased three cows at this
in the month of July. They took one other |
cows to a neighbor to be served by his bull !
and left her tied in the barn over night That |
gentleman lost four of his COWS by pIeuro-
pneumonia. Tripp Bros. lost seven head. |
Iripp Brothers, previous to their knowledge |
of the nature of the disease which affected |
their CATTLE sold one bull to the state Lunatc |
Asylum at Fulton, Mo. This animal, the day |
before shipment, was brought from the farm |
and tied in the stable, which contained sick |
COW. He arrived at Fulton on July 2Ist, 1885,
and was confined in barn containing the |
milch COWS for three days and a half. He |
among ten or twelve head of calves. On Au- |
gust 23d the steward of the asylum received |
q letter from the Trip Brothers stating
out in their herd, and that the |
bull purchased of them stood beside |
and died on the 9th of July; that since then
they had lost two more cattle with some dis |
ease, and they determined the disease to be |
the dreaded contagious pleuro- pneumonia. |
They advised that the bull be Isolated for !
three months, as they were fearful he might |
have contracted the disease. The advice was |
accepted and the bull was taken one-half |
mile south of the main herd and TUNED into |
Il thirty acre field by himself, where he was
months, but unfortunately several head OF |
cattle were grazing in an adjoi ling field and
there is strong probability tnat they nave
been contaminated. although have not vet |
had time to examine them.
OUTSIDE INFECTION
Previous t. his isolation is bull coyered
TWO cows, both of which, when examined af-
Ter death, showed oil ie,ionS in the lungs,
ndit a in that they became infected soon
after the arrival o; the bull. The prot a ,il
tv is that these two cows contaminated the
of the herd. The bull Also after he
was killed for examination, manifested posi-
tive evidence of having been infected eight
months. The examination was made March
list. Nj. Owens cattle, killed the other day.
broke into the field several times after this |
DULL was brought back into the herd
,esSity of establishing quarantine to pre- |