The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
OXFORD, MISS.
THE URGENT NECESSITY FOE
THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF Cattle Quarantine Stations at
Points ON the Southern
Coast.
IooRRrspospusoE OF rHE AppEAL.l

IooRRrsPosDRSoK OF THK APPEAL.l
OXFORD, MISE, August 3l--Is not
there a Southern or Western Con-
gresham who will make sn amend
ment to the next appropriation bill
for the support OF cattle quarantine
stations, requiring that the Commits
sio0er OF Agriculture establish some
OF these stations on the Southern
coast? Explain to the people the dis
advantage under which the South ard
West sie lab ring in imporlin2 and
breeding faAcy rattle? Under the
rules and regulations for importing
"Heat" cattls, they must be quaran-
tined ninety days from date Ct ship
msnk-a wise law to prevent toe
spread Of CONTAGIOUS disease. But
the Bureau of Auimsl Iudus ~ have
established Ina only four quarantine
sta,ions-all on the Norihern Coas',
and very clofe together at Portland,
Boston, New Yc1k ard Baltimore,
while the Solth 'rn asst, five times as
long, with splendid prs of entry Mt
Norio k, Mobile, New Orleans ard
Galveston, las not single quarantine
station. A Texan or Lousianian
shipping cat le from GGsrow or Jersey
Island must land in ons If these
Northern pc is, sven when they have
splendid Lorto where tha larg ST ships
land. They must ship almost across
the continent at an enCrmCu raj way
freight and ffe1 bills, to ssy nothing OF
the Inconvenience of shipping ont
during the severe snow st rms that
they are likely t. have during the fall
and wintr while shipping trough
ihs E~stsnl States. They are COM
pei ed to ship into lhese ports N sum-
mer, and before the ninety days are
up wAtsr is upon them. Cattle can't
be landed in one of tree Northern
ports with any degree of saf ty duril G
The winter months, tie seas are too
rough, whereas cattle could b. landed
in Mobile aad Now Orleans or Calves
ton throu. hout the winter. A vesss,
after passing a few degrees south of
the English Chenntl, WITH ordinary
luck, would have no rough seas into
New or.ens or Galveston. Feed
would he as cheap, aud the stuck
could be put on market IN a much
better condition. Cattle landed at
Mobile or New Otlsars could he cold
in Memphis cheaper By $12 per read
thaa cattle landed In New York or
Boston. No Importer will take extra
risk and work without the paw. The
difference in the expense on 100 head
would be about $1,000. Who pays it
ultimately? Not the importer, but
the purchaser or breeder. Some may
claim ihat the cattle landed in
Southern port would not stand the
warm weather and would die of accli-
mating fever. No cattle that will
stand our climate when brought from
the North wild fail 10 stand the quar-
sniining Ga our coast, more especially
in wiuter.
No; the secret of establishing thsse
quaIan inc ST. tors, ga we said 10 4
recant article TO the PtUnte,S' Journal,
10 that it WIS su arb t-ary Rpm lican
measure in discriminating ia favor OF
Nor hern importers and breeders.
There is 10 justice in requiring an
impors IN the Southwes who wants
q few Her,f rds OF Polled Angus, or
Guf S ate Importer who wishes an
i'm Dol ld' lDU VI IlOf IClt, I'lOSlah VI
Jerseys to land in New Yo X.
Let our people, in the South es-
pecially, insiet upon thesa appiopri-
stions being equally divided between
the Ncrsh and South. We think there
is not single reason why it should
not be done.
Allowing the many expe iments
msds by fAncjers OF cattle Though ut
the South, probably zone have proven
more sst Ell ctory for general purpose
animals than the improved Ho land,
or IS they ere called in America, Hol-
stein Friesian b eed. The south be-
gan introducing shor horn Durhams,
the largest beef b'eed the world has
ever known, but thev conld not be &C
elm ated tonth of $50 parallel OF lati-
tude: even when taken from Tenn
essee and Kentucky a few degrees
south it was entirely too warm for
them, ard of the hundreds that have
been red within the pact ten ytats 1t
would be a Gifiicult meter t1 find any
to-day, and if found at all they viii be
discovered to have degenerated in size
in almost every instance. The Here
fords give but little milk, but owing to
their hardihood and capacity to rustic
have taken o etroOg stand on the
praifies OF toe West and Southwest.
The shaggy, coarse, cold hlooded Gal
lowsys from the highlands OF Scotland
are peculi. riy adapted to the
climate Of Dakota, Wyoming and
Montana. For The rich quality of
milk the Jerseys have been quite a
favorite among Soutbern breeders.
They stand the climate perhaps rs well
as any other breed, but numbers OF
thea die every summer with a3cll-
mating fever, that is frequently called
murrain. FJr combined qua tiles of
hardihood. docility, milk, butter,
cnet 80 and superior qualities OF beef
the Holetein-Fii, sian, IN our opinion,
take the lead. If brought south OF
latitude 93o during summer, unless
they are very young IT l,si than one
ear old, they are likely to have fever,
but if intrt duced during the winter
they are likely to acclimate without
env sickness. Even the sevt rest cases
can be- successfully treated with
quinine add aconite, and when once
cared of this fever they are never
troubled a. ain. The vitality OF this
breed Is remarkable. B ed to the
native or scrub cattle they will trans
nit their qualities and almost exact
markings through several gems rahons.
All cattle ire cheap now. The very
best breeds are not exceptions. The
fanciers are continually running after
some thing that is new, We have no
doubt but there will be craze ior
TIE Danish aud Swiss cattle alter
awhile. Herd books will be started
and the importers will stampede toi
those countries, but it will then BE- the
survival OF the fittest after all, aud we
are convinced that the Holstein'
Friesian win be the cattle for the
South. As general purpose animaI
this Devons will probably rank second
Sons of Vet Grams.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August Sl.-Tht
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