The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-08
AGAINST rLEUR0.pNEuMoNIA.
Cattle Raiscrs of the Country Uniting to Siump
Out Pleuro.Fneumonia--Wh is Making IL /,
Dread Appearance in the West Commits sioner
COleman's Action.


Ont rleuro.Pneumonis-Whi is Making IL,
Dread Appearance in the West Commis ssioner
Coleman's Action.
Washington, Sept. 21.-The bureau oi
agriculture is actively engaged in tevisins
and putting i'll operation measures look
ing to the extirpation of ple,rn,
pneumonia, and Commissioner Coleman
has resolved TO adopt every Iesiti-
mate means in his power to checi,
the outbreak of the disease reported from
Chicago. The commits siorer has draw, Ia
and forwarded to the governors OF all ,llt
states and territories rules and regulations
Tor cooperation between he department
OF agriculture and the authorities OF tho
states and territories. and ii they receive
the consent of the state authorities the
bureau will make a systematic and deter.
mined attempt to stamp out the disease by
attacking simultaneously every injected
district. The circular says:
The provisions OF the law lays particular
stress on the section which makes it "A
requisite for action by the department to
first secure the consent OF the state au.
thorities and then lays down the following
rules and regulations which are deemed
necessary to insure results commensurate G
with the money tSl0O,o0O authorized to
be expended:
First-The necessary inspectors will be
furnished by the bureau olanimal industry
OF the depar tment OF agriculture.
Second-The inspectors are to be author
lied by state authorities to make inspec-
tions OF cattle under the laws OF the state.
assistance as would be given to state of.
ticers engaged in similar work and shall be
permitted to examine quarantined herds
whenever SO directed by the commissioner
OF agriculture or the chef OF the bureau OF
animal industry.
Third-All reports OF inspectors will be
made to the bureau OF animal industry
and u copy Of these will be made and for.
warded to the proper state authorities.
herd injected with contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, he will at once report the same
to the proper state authorities us well as
to the bureau OF animal industry. !
Fourth-The inspectors, while always
subject to orders from the department oi
agriculture, will cordially cooperate with
state authorities, and will follow instruc-
tions received from them.
Fiith-When contagious pleuro-pneumo-
MIA is discovered in any herd, the owner or
person in charge ia to be at once notified
by the inspector, and the quarantine regu-
lations OF the state in which the herd is To-
Gated will be isolation, when possible, from
the remainder OF the herd until they can
be properly appraised and slaughtered
Sixth To insure % perfect and satisfac-
tory quarantine, u chain fastened with a
numbered lock, will be placed around the
horns, or with hornless animals around
the neck, and a record will be kept show
ing the number OF the lock placed upon
each animal in the herd.
seventh-The locks and chains will be
dor art,, 4 of a oprin lt,Irf,
but they will become the property OF the
state in which they are used, in order that
any one tampering with them can be pro-
ceeded against legally for iniuring or EN-,
bezzling the property OF the state.
Eighth-Quarantin restrictions onceim-
posed are not to be removed by the state
authorities without the consent OF the
proper officers OF the department OF agri-
culture.
Ninth-The period OF quarantine will be
Mt least ninety days, dating from the re.
moval OF the last diseased animal from the
herd. During this period no animal will be
allowed to enter the herd or to leave it,
and all animals in the herd will be careful
ly isolated from other cattle. Whenpossi.
Bile all infected herds are to be held in quar-
antine and not allowed to leave theinfected
premises except for slaughter. In this
case fresh animals may be added to the
herd at the owners risk, but are to be con.
sidered as infected animals and subjected
to the same quarantine regulations as the
other members OF the herd.
Tenth-All animals affected with conta
sious pleuro- pneumonia are to be saugh.
tered as soon after their discovery as the
necessary arrangements can be made.
Eleventh When diseased animals are
reported to the state authorities they
shall promptly take such steps as
they desire to confirm the diagno
sis. The animals found diseased are
then to be appraised according TO the pro
visions OF the state law, and the proper of
ficer of the bureau OF animal industry (who
will be designated by the commissioner o
agriculture) notified OF the appruisement
Ii this representative OF the bureau Of ami
NAL industry confirms the diagnosis and
approves the appraisement the department
OF agriculture will purchase the diseased
animals OF the owner and pay such a pro
ton oil the appraised value as is provided
for in such cases by the laws OF the Staten
which the animals are located, when they
are condemned and slaughtered by STATE
authority.
Twelfth-All necessary distinction will
be conducted by theemployes OF the bureau
OF animal industry
Observation-Disclosures is not recon
mended by the department OF agriculture
and it believes that its adoption with
animals that are to be sold to go into
other herds would counteract the gooc
results which would otherwise follow from
the slaughter OF the diseased animals. II
may, however, be practiced by state au
thorities under the following rules:
h Fourteenth-No herds but those in which
leuro-pneumonia has appeared are to be
inoculated.
Fifteenth-Inoculated herds are to bt
quarantined with lock and chain. The
quarantine is to remain in force us long rs
any inoculated cattle survive and these
cattle are to leave the premises only 70,
immediate slaughter.
Sixteenth-Fresh animals are to be taker
into inoculated herds only Mt tho risk o
the owner, and shall be subject to the same
rules ;,s the other cattle OF the inoculatec
herd.
Seventeenth-The chief OF the bureau O
animal industry is to be promptly mott
fed by the state authorities OF each hero
inoculated OF the final disposition OF eacl
member OF the herd, OF the post-morten
appe and OF any other facts in the
history OF the herd which may prove o
value. The cooperation OF governors, o
state legislative commissions and OF Other
officers who may be in charge in the brancl
OF the service provided for the control o
the contagious diseases OF animals in the
states where pleuro pneumonia exists is
earnestly requested.
The following have been nominated fol
congress. Zach Taylor, Democrat, 1Otf
Tenn; John Powers, Democrat, 11tt
Mich; Andrew Hero, Democrat, Cd La; A
d. Markley, Democrat. 7th Pa.
The secretary of the interior will soon a o
point six additional members Of the boart
Of pension appeals. This has been found
necessary by reason OF the enormous ac
stimulation oi appeals before the board
Advices from Hong Kong state there is q
dispute between Methodist and Catholic
missionaries in China as to which denom
ination was responsible for the indiscre
tions that melted the recent wholesale
massacre OF Christians in the province o
Sc Chuen.
c. f. Nichols, the superintendent OF the
Bloomingdale asylum, testified before the