The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-01
THE PLAGUE MUST GO.

The Department of Agriculture Refuse
to Allow Quarantine Cattle to BE Sold
-Commissioner Colman Issues a Circu-
lar of Advise to Farmers and Stockmen.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-The Bureau OF
Agriculture is actively engaged in devising
ing TO the extirpation OF pleuro-pneumo-
mia, and Commissioner Colman has re-
solved to adopt every legitimate means
in his power to check the outbreak
of the disease reported from Chicago.
An evidence of the anxiety and ap-
prehension felt in the Western States
is afforded by telegram received yester-
day from R. G. Head president of the In
ternational Range Association, and J. A.
Cooper, president OF the Colorado Cattle
Growers Association, protesting against
the sale OF any OF the cattle that have been
exposed in Chicago. Commenting on this
dispatch Commissioner Colman says:
1.-THE people must be crazy to think the de-
partment will permit any of these cattle to be
sold We have quarantined them, doubled
our forces on Saturday, and are now going
to send out some of the most expert veter-
disease at once and do every thing
that the department can legtimatcly
do. We did not get through Congress the bill
we expected. so we can only second the eff
forts OF the State authorities and assist in
carrying out the State laws. Cnder existing
laws we can only stamp out the disease in The
State with the permission of the local author
it es.
The commissioner has forwarded to the
Governors of ali the States and Territories
a series of rules and regulations for CO.
operation between the Department OF Ag-
riculture and the authorities OF the several
States and Territories for the suppression
and extirpation of contagious pleuro.
pneumonia, and if they receive the consent
of the State authorities the bureau will
make systematic and determined at
tempt TO stamp out the disease by attack
ing simultaneously every infected district.
The circular cites the provisions of the
law, and then lays down the following
rules:
l. The necessary inspectors will be fur
nished by the Bureau of Animal Industry of
the Department of Agriculture.
z. The properly constituted inspectors Of
the Bureau of Animal Industry which are as
signed to the respective States are to be au-
thoriZed by proper State authorities to make
inspection OF cattle under the laws of the
State: they are to receive such protection and
engaged in similar work, and shall he per-
mitted to examine quarantined herds when
everso directed by the Commissioner of Ag-
ricuiture or the Chief of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry.
g. Allreports OF inspections will be made to
the Bureau of Animal Industry and a copy
OF these will then be made and forwarded to
the proper State authorities. When, however,
any inspector discovers herd infected with
contagious pleuro pneumonia he will at once
report the same to the proper State au-
th0r;t:es as we'll as to the Bureau of Animal
Industry.
4. The inspectors, while always subject to
orders from the Department of Agriculture,
will cordially cooperate with State authOri-
ties and will follow instructions received
from them.
5. When contagious pleuro- pneumonia is
discovered in any herd the owner or person
in charge is to be at once notified by the in
spect0r, and the quarantine regu iationS of
the State in which the herd is located are to
be enforced from that time. The affected an
imas will be isolated, when possible. from the
remainder OF the herd until they can be prop
erly appraised and slaughtered.
3. To insure perfect and satisfactory
quarantine chain fastened with num-
bered lock will be placed around the horns,
or, with harmless animals, around the neck,
and arecord will be kept, showing the num-
Der of the lock placed on each animal in the
herd.
T. The locks and chains will be furnished by
the Department OF Agriculture, but they will
become the property OF the State in which
they are used, in order that any one tamper-
ing with them can be proceeded against le-
galy for injuring or embeZZling the property
OF the State.
s. Quarantine restrictions once imposed are
not to be removed by the State authorities
without the consent of the proper officers of
the Department of Agriculture.
s. The period of quarantine will be ut least
ninety days, dating from the removal of the
last diseased animal from the herd. During
this period no animals will be allowed to en-
ter the herd or to leave it, and all animals in
the herd will be carefully isolated from other
cattle. When possible all infected herds are
to be held in quarantine and not allowed to
leave the infected premises except for
slaughter. In this case fresh animals may be
added TO the herd at the owners risk, but are
to be considered as infected animals and sub
jected to the same quarantine regulations as
other members of the herd.
10, All animals affected with contagious
pleuro-pneumon1a are to be slaughtered as
soon after their discovery as the necessary ar
engagements can be made.
Ii. When diseased animals are reported to
the State authorities they shall promptly
take such steps as they desire to confirm the
diagnosis. The animals found diseased are
visions of the state law, and the proper officer
OF the Bureau of Animal Industry the will
be DESIGNATED By the Commissioner of
ment. If this representative of the Bureau
of Animal Industry confirms the diagnosis
and approves the appraisement the Depart
eased animals of the owner and pay such
proportion of the appraised value as is pro-
vided for compensation in such cases by the
laws of the State in which the AM mails are To-
cated when they are condemned "a. slaugh-
tered by State authority.
IL. All necessary disnfecton will re con-
Quoted by the employees of the Bureau of
Animal Industry.
Is. incubation is not recommended by the
Department of Agriculture and it is believed
that its adoption with animals that are to be
counteract the good results which would 9TH
erwise follow from the slaughter of the dis
eased animals. 1t may, however, be prac-
ticed by State authorities under the following
rules:
IA. No herds but those in which pIeuro-
pneumonia has appeared are to be inocu
lated
15 Inoculated herds are to be Guaranteed
with lock and chain on each animal; the
quarantine restrictions are to remain in force
as long as any inoculated cattle survive, and
these animals are to leave the premises only
for imme date slaughter.
16. Fresh animals are to be taken into inoc-
ulated herds only at the risk of the owner,
and shall be subject to the same rules as the
other cattle of the inoculated herd.
II. The Chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry is to be promptly notified by the State
authorities of each herd inoculated, of the
final disposition of each member of the herd,
of the post-mortem appearance and of any
other facts in the history of the herd which
may prove of value
The cooperation of farmers, of State
livestock commissions, and of other Off
GERS who may be in charge of the branch of
the service provided for the control of the
contagious diseases of animals in States
where pleuro pneumonia exists, is
earnestly requested under these rules
and regulations, which have been
framed with view of securing
uniform and efficient action throughout
the whole infected district. It is hoped
that with vigorous enforcement of such
regulations the disease may be prevented
from extending beyond the present limits
and may be in time entirely eradicated.
Anti-Chiuese Leaders Acuuitfad.