The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-22
Southern Cattle Fever in Tennessee

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In his recently published report
to the Department of Agriculture,
DR.. d. E. Salmon, chief of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, maps out
the following line as dividing in
this state the districts supposed to
be permanently infected with the
southern cattle fever. He says:
"Fhe line of the infected district
crosses the boundary line between
Georgia and Tennessee near the
western slope of the mountains, and
follows a northwesterly direction to
Parkville and Benton, in Polk coun
ty, then it's direction Is nearly di-
rectly west to Cleveland, Bradley
county, and to Snow Hill and Har-
rison, in James county. From this
point the river becomes the line
across Hamilton county, Chatta-
nooga and the Chickamauga valley,
having been infected for a long
time. The southwestern part Of
Polk and the southern parts of
Bradley, James and Hamilton eoun-
ties are, therefore, permanently in
fected. The district infected is
here, as We have found to be the
case elsewhere, extending slowly to-
ward the north; and, though this
extension is slow, it is apparently
continuous, and the territory once
overrun is seldom redeemed frem
the scourge. The points which we
have mentioned as existing On the
border line of the districts have
only been infected within a few
years, and, as elsewhere in newly
infected sections, it is the com
mons rather than the farms that
are dangerous, and even the com
mons are not uniformly affected
In Marion county the line of in
| lection passes in a north westerly
direction up the east side of the Sc
quatchie Valley, ami within one Of
two miles of the Sequatchie county
line, and then crosses the valley
and down the west side for five o
ten miles, passing around the noun
tain range; and taking a south
westerly direction to the vicinity O
Jasper; from here the direction i
again north-westerly to Decherd, il
Franklin county, the greater part o
this county being apparently per
manently infected From Dechert
the direction of the line is slight,
: south of west to Fayetteville, in Lin
coin County, and from this poin
along the Elk river to the Alabam
state line in the vicinity of Vet,
station. The southern part of Lin
coin county is what is called tn
barren region, and has been infect
ed for many years. In the vicinit,
of Marbut's the line again crosse
into Tennessee, taking a north
western direction, and at the coun
" line between Giles and LaNrenc
counties is about five miles north o
the Alabama state line. On tn
boundary between Lawrence ant
Wayne counties this line is tel
miles north to Alabama. At thi
point there is a sudden bend to
ward the north, the line crossing t.
the northwestern corner of Wayn
county, taking in about one-ffth O
Decatur county and all of Hardin
In Henderson county it reaches a
far north as Shady Hill, then passe
directly west to the vicinity of Nit
fin, in the same county. From
here the direction is slightly soutl
of west to Denmark, the boundarr
between Madison being crossed
two miles north of Hardemal
county; from here the direction il
westerly to Stanton Depot, in Hay
wood county, and onward toward
the southwestern corner of Hay
wood and along the northern bound
airy of Shelby to the Mississippi
river. All of Shelby and Fayett,
counties appear to be infected
while Upton, as far as we have beer
able to learn, is free from any infsc
ton"
The information upon which DIR
Salmon bases his report is not alto
gether correct if we are to suppose
all the territory south of this imag
mary line is permanently infected
with the disease. There is but lit
tie, if any, infection north of the
Tennessee river in Marion county
and it is not permanent, and the
same can be said of Lincoln and
Franklin counties; in fact, after
leaving Bradley county the disease
has but a slight foothold in the
state west of Chattanooga, until we
reach Wayne. A portion of this
county, with nearly all of Hardin,
McNairy, and Hardemsn, and the
southern and middle portion OF
Shelby and Fayette, may be clsssed
amongst the permanently infected
DISTRICTS Spirit of the Farm.