Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-10-06
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Subject.

6 John Vail, the cattle breeder O
| Churchill county, was in the city
He called to see what the Cover
nor proposed to do in case the cat
tie diseases in the State turned GU
to be pleuro-pneumonia He called
also at the APPEAL office, and hac
) the following to say relative to the
disease:
II have heard rumors of pleuro
pneumonia, and also read the AP.
PEAL articles on the steps which
the State ought to take, sta,uriua
: the disease out. l fully agree with
the plan suggested by the APPEAL
| called upon the Governor. and
talked with him about it, but | was
unable to get him interested in the
matter. He does not seem willing
to act, claiming that he has not the
power. 1t would seem to me that
when any grave public danger
threatens the State, which has not
been foreseen by the lawmakers
that the Governor should assume
the responsibility of averting the
danger.
II do not assert that there is
pleuro pneumonia in the State.
The San Francisco Chronicle has
taken up the agitation begun by
the APPEAL, and on Monday last,
had a long article about the disease
having appeared in Mono equity,
California. 1t is claimed that Kir-
man & Rickey's herd is affected.
| AS a good many cattle haye recov-
cred, am disposed to think that it
is not pleuro-pneumonia. At the
| same time, if any disease has
broken out which Is epidemic in
its character, it should be investi-
gated at once, and delay in attend
ing to the matter is liable to cost
the coast millions of dollars. l
would take a trip to Mono county
if I considered myself an expert
with the disease. The opinion of
some well-known veterinary surgeon
would have more weight. I will
be one of FIVE to contribute any sum
from one hundred to five hundred
to have competent man In
San Francisco to go to the Mono
county herd and report on the dis
ease. If it is pleuro-pneumonia it
will not be long In getting here. [
haye traced up a good many reports
regarding the disease in this State,
and still think that there has been
no genuine case of the dreadful dis
ease here.
When it gets into county the
mortality is ninety per cent. or
over, of all herds exposed. 1t is,
in my opinion, both infectious and
contagious. 1t will travel on the
air, and if a man milks an infected
COW and travels miles to another
cow-yard he will carry the disease,
cattle passing through a town in |
the cars, which has been previously |
visited by the disease, are liable to
be attacked. l have placed my
cattle in quarantine, and will not
allow any suspected cattle to be
driven within five miles of them
might it not be black-leg ?"
" [ cannot say, as my information
upon the symptoms of the Mono
county herd are not we'll authenti-
Gated. The owners of the herd
ought at once to give the matter
the widest publicity, and so put
other cattlemen ON their guard.
Black leg cannot, perhaps, be easily
cured but it can be easily prevented.
My remedy is bleeding. When a
herd Of cattle get black-leg, let
those which are diseased 60, and
proceed at once to bleed all the
we'll calves. Cut slit lengthwise
on the under part Of the tail, about
three inches from the body. and
let it bleed about six hours. Black
leg is caused by over-rich blood
CALVES which have stuffed them
selves for some months on rich
meadow pasture will be likely to be
attacked by black-leg. Bleeding
relieves the system and prevents
black-leg. People who have tried
this remedy and claimed it a fail
ure, have been unsuccessful be-
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