The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-23

ass eB 123, ,aeH Sheep
Working oxen3. .346 Swine. ,266
The more careful authorities will ad-S
nit that the addition generally Of 10 per
cent, to these fgurss will be q very mod:
crate rate Of increase for the past SIX
years. Upon such returns ii is perfectly
safe to place the value OF the live stock
interests Of Illinois at not less than
$100, ,00o, 900, or fully one-f fifth OF the as
sessed personal property Of the State.
The vast stock interest grouped about
Chicago Is scarcely to be computed. The
remark made by a conservative man
whose specially was a line of high thor.
'oughbreds may be taken as illustrative
Of what is involved in a cattle disease
like that which has bssn under fnyesti-
CATION and treatment here during the
past three months. He estimated that
thereputed disease and the quarantine
placed upon Illinois cattle in consequ-
.ence had in three months resultedsin the
loss of over 81, OoO,DO0 to his line Of cat
tie alone. g5.s i4
# Two years ago the General Assembly
appropriated $4,000 for paying for
slaughtered animals not diseased, which
had to be killed to prevent the disease
FROM spreading. The sum Of $4,000
was appropriated for the purpose Of meet.
ing the necessary expenses of the COM
mission, such as travelling expenses,
hotels, the services of tho veterinarian,
etc; that to say. So, 600 a year for pay
ing for slaughtered animals, and 5000
a year for the running OF ths office, etc.
In Chicago alone there have been about
5000 animals placed in quarantine. The
distillery-fsd cattle in Chicago arc re-:
ported at 5000. The city of Peoria has
III Its distiilsries about 10000. The Mt
most care was necessary to keep the in
fected or exposed cattle, away from other
cattle. and to prevent the spread OF the:
disease. 80
It may be asked how 1t affects Illinois
that SO many precautions are necessary,
and why these precautions are necessary
at all. 1t is the minimum cost that the
State Of Illinois appropriatss $4,000 a
year, and then only Oh great pressure, to:
protect properly valued at the lowest.
possible estimate at slOo, 100000. But.
tliis is not all. It is estimated that Chi
cago's sales of cattle bought here every
fall, 10 be taken to Springfield, Ill, and
there distributed to the farms 0f their
purchasers in neighboring counties this
year, fell off about 6.O00 i'll consequence
Of the reported cattle disease in this city.
That was result. tco, experienced in the
State itself. The disastrous effects are
still more widely extended. The Stdtess
of Michigan and Iowa, for example, have
publicly declared against and will not
permit tile Importation OF any Illinois
cattle across their borders until it isi
clearly known and officially stated By the
Illinois Live Stock Commissioner and
other high, competent authority that the
dread disease is sffectuaily stamped out.
The loss to asingle strain Of cattle since
September is estimated at 81 ,O00, 900, and
the total loss can not be less than ST, ,OO0,-
QUO 5or Sc, ,OO0,000 for that period. It is
not necessary to call attantion to the ef-
feet Of such diseases upon the money
loaning circles Of the conimnnity i, aud
how timid financial institution become
in such a presence.
Tho Live Stock missioners viii
have expended all their appropriation by
the end OF this year. The unusual out
lay Incident to the outbreak here this fall
mas exh ,ustsd the amount set apart ~
the Legislature for this purpose. II ii ia
understood TINT the commission will askI
for an appropriation of not loss than.
s2oo. .Ou0 to meet all the exigencies which
may arise during the next two years. ii
1.-THE principal Which the work III based
be correct. and that ii admit ttei, ths
amount is desired should not BE- matter
for serious dispute. ii any sum is need
ed mt all, Il isi likely 20 be- 8 large aulil.
The reluctance Of those haring diseased
cattle To report them ariess from the FACT
that they can not collect from the Etats
anytiliug If such diseased anilnala are
Med. a larger and brnader policy win
hive 70 be inasg gurnted, sTlle State must
! not silisasor 10 put . premium on siis;
h'nssty or the sscsstlng of iifected eat.
ltle. but rather mako II All object for per. m
sons owning diseased cattle 70 report tha