Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-04-23
Marmaduke and Pleuro.raeumonia.

business and while there had a con-
1ersation with Governor Marmaduke
n regard to the pleuro-pneumonia
1ow playing sad havoc with the cattle
If Galloway county. Governor Mar
naduke is deeply interested In this
and is anxious to do all in his
power to stamp out the disease and
has subscribed literally from his own
means and is devoting
his entire time to the matter, as he
recognizes that something must be
done and done quickly. This is one
reason why he does not call the leg
islature together. 1t would take thir-
ty days to convene this body. In
the meantime nothing would be done.
At the end of that time it would be
too late. In addition to this it will
cost $4,000 to call this body togeth-
er. We have no assurance that any,
thing would be done and even if
there was it would be too late. A
great many members of the body
would vote against an appropriation
now for fear an exhorbitant price
would be paid for the cattle killed.
The way the matter now stands it
would appear best to kill the cattle at
once, then call the Legislature together
and pay for them. The first thing to
do is to kill the cattle and thus stamp
out the disease, then the rest can be
attended to. If we wait thirty days
all agree that it will be taking a terri
BILE risk. If the cattle are killed
there is no doubt but what an appro-
priation will be made, Governor
Marmaduke is in hearty accord with
the stock men and ready and willing
to do what is the best and quickest.
Pleuro.Pneumonia Spreading.
There were four veterinary surgeons
in Fulton last week. Each of the
surgeons selected a party and travel
ed over a certain amount of territory
Friday. They found the disease in a
great many localities where it was
least expected. A herd OF 140 cattle
belonging to John L. Erwin, who OPP
crates a dairy near the city, were
found to be affected, and quite a num-
Der of cattle in the city were found to
be in a similar condition. The dis
covery that the disease was in the
herd belonging to the dairy created
great excitement, and all kinds of
dire results were predicted. The
worst feature of the whole business
is that the committee have exhausted
their funds, while their wolk can
hardly be reckoned as commenced.
This state of affairs is very disheart-
ening, and, should it continue, serious
results will certainly follow. Over
800 head of cattle in various parts
of the county either have the disease
Or have been exposed to the same and
consequently should he killed at once.
There have been stock sales in
Fulton on the first Monday in each
month for several years past. On
some days probably two or three
hundred head of cattle we're sold
and carried to different and remote
parts of the county, and many of
them to adjoining counties. We
cannot tell whether the disease was
taken with them or not, we simply
give the possibilities:
The committee have killed to date
the following cattle: Owens IS,
Craig 1, Nesbitt 3, Jack Muir 8,
Gross 1, Kibby l, Gallaher Is, Pet
RE s, McSchooler 1, Herndnn L, En-
win l, Cook & Houf 2. Total So.
This does not include Asylum herd
of IS, killed by the managers.
There are in Fulton, as shown by
the assessment, 1873 head of COWS,
80 of them have been examined by
Dr.. Trumbower, and four out of the
thirty eight were found diseased.
These animals have been running at
large during the whole winter, and
it Is impossible to say how many
others they may have infected.
John Brown, of Audrain, bought
on the End of March, at Fulton stock
sales, about twenty head of cattle
sold by Hyten Bros, who lived 10
miles southwest of Fulton. They
were taken to Browns farm in Au-
drain. 1t is not known that they
had any chance to contract the dis
ease. The only circumstance con-
nected with this herd is the fact that
they were in Fulton where it is
known that the disease does exist,
but it is not known that they came
in contact with diseased animals.
Lawther sold to Hood, in Audrain
county, fifteen head. Hood lives Z
ullicS SouGu VI AlSAlCO. IdWGu6r
says the Hood cattle had the same
chance to contract the disease as
others of his cattle that had been
found diseased.
The Audrain county executive
committee closes a strong address as
follows:
Now is the time for thorough, eff
fective action, while the disease is
limited to a small area, to which we,
in all frankness, tell you it can not
much longer be confined, with Nc
prospect of more efficient measures.
Any mistake now which shall leave
the germs, for want of means and
authority to ferret out and destroy
every source of contagion and pre-
vent the importation of fresh sources,
will be irreparable, except at inn
mense cost to the state and its cattle
interests. An evil of such grave con-
sequences to the common veal i'm
parofivaly demands tho promrf md