The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-04-11

CWHnCB OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
among other purchasers II. ID. 5. ), Trip,
of Peoria fli purchased three cows at this
sale, ard the disease appeared In their herd
in the month OF July. Gney took one oftheir
COWS to n neighbor to be served by his bull,
and left her tiedin the barn over night. That
gentleman lost four of his cows by pleuro-
pneumonia. Trip Bros. lost seven head.
1ripp Brothers, previous TO their knowl .dge
of the nature OF the disease which affected
their cattle, sold one bull to the state Lunatlc
ASYLUM Mt Fulton, Mo. This an NAL, the day
before shipment, was brought from the farm
and tied in the stable, which contained sick
cow He arrived at Fulton on July 2lst, 1891,
and was confined in a barn containing the
mich cows for three days and half He
was then turned into a meadow pasture
among ten or twelve head of calves On Au-
gust 23d the steward OF the asylum received
q letter from the Trip Brothers stating
that peuro pneumonia had broken
out in their herd, and that the
bull purchased of them stood beside
a COW all night, which was sick at the time
and died on the 27th 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 haf
mile south of the main herd and TUNED into
a thirty. acre field by himself, where he was
allowed to remain three and one-half
months but unfortunately several head OF
cattle were grazing In an adJolning Held, and
there is strong probability tnat they have
been contaminated, although nave not yet
had time to examine them.
OUTSIDE INFECTION.
Previous to his isolation this bull covered
two cows both OF which, when examined at.
ter death, showed old LESSONS in the lungs,
indica ing that they became infected soon
alter the ARRIVAL the bull. The prof a iii.
| itv is that these two cows contaminated the
balance 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
2lst Mr.. OWENS cattle, killed the other day
broke into the field several times after this
bull was brought back into the herd.
what Is your opinion regarding the ne
cessty of establishing quarantine to pre-.
vent the spread of the disease to other
States or other parts of this staten
al think Galloway County ought to be quar-.
antined against the adjoining counties, but |
should stringently oppose other States es-
tablishing a quarantine against this state,
believing there Is no necessity for it, |
should, however, be the first 10 quarantine II
| believed the necessity Tor it eXiste /.
There is no evidence of the presence of the
disease outside OF :Callaway County, and
whenever it makes its appearance elsewhere
will Immediately give information of 1t to
the public. l would suggest that II the Gov
ernor have the authority issue procla-
nation announcing the presence of the dis.
ease in Galloway County and asking the
"4'e7 adjoining to assist in preventing its
spread"
GOVERNOR MARMADUKE's SUGGESTIONS
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April BIN CONVEX.
sation to- day, Governor Marmaduke, after
detailing the incidents of his recent visit to
Fulton, said:
al think the people of Galloway County
now fully realize the dangerous character OF
this disease, and are not only resolute and
ready to kill and 8 amp 1t out, but deter
mined to do 80 before 1t spreads further OF
does further harm In their county or other
parts of the State.
"But in order to do this work thoroughly II
will be necessary to kill number of head OF
suspected cattle. A considerable sum OF
money will be required to pay reasonable
ana rightful sum to the owners of the stock
that may be slaughtered and to accomplish
the work necessary to stamp out he disease
reel assured that when the people all over
the state come to realize the character q
tnls dreadful cattle plague, they will Volun-
tarlly send money to the Executive Commit
tee at Fulton to aid them in Graduating and
extermfnating the disease. The committee
10 aulliHaDly CHOSEN 1or their eiIciency anu
integrity, and can be trusted to do their
work wisely and well. The names of the
members who compose the committee are
| 9. A. Bailey, s. Thielkill and j. l.. Erwin, all
men Of high standing in the community;
when the people, whether they be large
| STOCK -raisers, traders, or farmers with a
| tnw head OF cattle, or merchants, or me
chanics, or bankers, or carriers OF the
the cattle interest OF Missouri reaches close
on to SO,00O,0O0, they will readily see that
| the use of not to exceed $4,000 promptly
ana properly applied to stamp out this
| disease will effect that purpose. This
] money should be raised Immediately and
placed In the hands of this committee to
| enable them to Mt once begin to effectually
40 their work. By so dong our liyr, stock
| regularly, and give no grounds for other
| states to check or disturb 1t by Quarantin-
| ing against our cattle"
| do you think of calling the Legislature
| togethe on this subject?'
"This cattle plague trouble was brought to
the notice of the Legislature and to me also
| Just before its adjournment. They and did
| not realize its seriousness, and they adj
| lourned passing a resolut ion author ENG the
Killing OF the asylum herd, and enacting a
law for quarantning citizens herds, and APP
pointing veterinary surgeon. thought at
| the time, and so did q large majority OF the
| Legislature, that that was The best thing TO
| 40. But since the adjournment OF the Leg.
| lslature have learned a great deal about
| this disease, and having visited Fulton
| and actually seen its terrible destruc-
ton, l am satisfied it would have been
| wiser to have gone further and ordered
| the killing of diseased cattle of citi.
| zens and even of herds reasonably supected
| OF having this contagious plague and also OF
| appropriating some 100000 to accomplish
the work and do justIC to our citizens. Now
that the Legislature has adjourned and the
| people of Galloway have taken such vigorous
| ana sensi lie measures to stamp ont the dis.
ease, ana are doing the work so wisely and
80 well, feel assured that the people all
over the State will rally to their support with
money subscriptions and make it unneces'
| sary to reconvene the Legislature. For to
90 so would incur an expense to the ate OF
! iully $4,000 in addition to any amount that
might be appropriated by that body to stamp
| out the disease"
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