The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-21

normal condition nf shsaltll, and yet these!
very animals have been the means ef
spreading the disease all over the conn-
try, and while apparently healthy them
selves, were centres Of contagion that;
disseminated tie seeds Of the plague to
hundreds Of healthy animals. While
acting as an Inspector OF the Unitsll
States Government In 1881, il my report;
to the Commissioner Of Agriculture, Z
recommended as an nltimatum, without
which the disease could never be eradi-2
Gated, 4the killing Of all chronic eases;
no matter how apparently healthy they
might be- Iarrived at this conclusion
from careful observation Of tie opera
tions Of the disease not only III this coun-
try. but in England, where / had consid-
cradle experience in examining it's de-,
yelopment and spread. Since that time.
| have carefully watched the progress 81;
the disease in this country. and have
communicated with some Of the most
eminent scientists and experts In Eng
land and the United States, who fully
agree that the greatest danger to be
apprehended is from these chronic or
apparently recovered cases. Prof. g. m.
Brown, Royal Veterinary College, Lon
don, professional adviser to the British
Government on contagious diseases of
animals, in answer to an inquiry Il ad-:3i
dressed to him, says, under date of oc-.
tober 2l. 1884: st is quite impossible toi
tell at what period recovered animals
cease to be capable OF Communicating
pleuro pneumonia. but We have ample
evidence to prove that they are the cause;
of numerous outbreaks of that disease III
various parts Of the country;in fact, you
may take it to be . matter of absolute
certainty that il; IS quite impossibIs To-
stamp out plenro-pn neumonia I'M any
country where the so-called recovered
animals are allowed to remain aliysss
In the face Of this testimony, and taken
in connection with our own actual ex-s
perience Of the constant
spread OF the disease and It'll
steady march westward. can We A.ffopds stoj
longer close our eyes to the dangar that
threatens Us, and allow all our cattlestp
be affected, before we awakenstQ the TACT
that action, prompt, heroic and effectisc
is needed ut once, to avert this dire cala-s
nifty. See to 1t then that the laws az
ready in existence are rigidIy enforced
and new ones enacted to meet the axi-
gencies Of the case. Have every animal
killed that Is or has had the slightest
contact with diseased animals. The ear
casses Of healthy OF apparently healthy
animals killed BY reason Of contact can
be sent to market after proper inspection,
to prove that they were not injnrioualy
affected, while those that ware infected
should be buried or entirely destroyed.
IN this way and In no other ran the
plague be checked. and effscts.ally stamp
ed out. While the present outlay of
money to accomplish this may be censid-
erable, yet twill save lIions of monsy
in the future, protect the food supply. .0f
our country and open The foreign marx
/ cts which have been closed against ID
for seven years. BY rsason of Inc exist-
lence d the disease III this eountry, and
IN the end as i matter of Investment
alone prove u meal cnlable benefIt t. tlis.
cattle iilterests cf the country. ma Ia.I