Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08

AGAINST fLRURO-PsEUAONIA.
Cattle Raisers II the Coa1try Uniting to Stanp
Oat flearo. Pnssnoais-W hich Is Making Its
y Dread Appearance u The West Connissioner
B Cslsmaa's Action. Il.
# Washington. Sept. "a The bureau Of
agriculture il actively engaged in devising
and putting in operation measures look
ing to the extirpation OF pleuro.
pneumonia, and Commissioner Coleman
has resolved TO adopt every legiti-
mate means in i hia power to check
the outbreak Of the disease reported from
Chicago. The commissioner has drawn vi,
and forwarded to the governors Of all the
states and territories rules and regulations
for cooperation between the department
OF agriculture and ths authorities Of the
states and territories. and il they receive
the consent OF the state authorities the
bureau will make Systematic; and deter
mined attempt to stamp out the disease by
attacking simultaneously every infected
district. The circular says:
The provisions OF the law lays particular
stress on the section which makes it u
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
with the money $500, ooo) authorized to
be expended: 80, So
First-The necessary inspectors will be
furnished by the bureau OF animal industry
of the depar tment Of agriculture.
Second-The inspectors areto be author
lied BY state authorities to make inspec-
tions Of cattle under the laws of the state.
They are to receive such protection and
assistance as weuld be given to state Of
ficers engaged in similar work, and shall be
permitted to examine quarantined herds
whenever SO directed by the commissioner
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.
Whenever any inspector discovers a
herd injected with contagious pIeuro-
pneumonia, he will at once report che same
to \the proper state authorities as we'll as
to the bureau OF animal industry. I:
Fourth-The inspectors, while always
subject to orders from the department of
agriculture, will cordially cooperate with
state authorities, and will follow iqstr1c-
tions received from them.
Fifth-When contagious pleuro- pneumo.
mia is discovered in any herd, the owner or
person in charge il 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 q perfect and satisfac-
tory quarantine, chain fastened with q
numbered 10 ok, will be placed around the
horns, OF 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.
6eventh--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 tampering with them can be pro-
ceeded against legally for injuring or emr
bezzling the property of the state. !:
Eighth-Quarantine restrictions once i'm
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
at 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. When posi-
antine 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 con.
sidered us infected animals and subjected
to the same quarantine regulations as the
! other members OF the herd.
| Tenth-All animals affected with conta
| gious pleurO-pneumOnla are to be siaugh-
tered as soon after their discovery as the
| k.o 10,
! 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 ofthe state law, and the proper of.
fcer of the bureau OF animal industry (who
will be designated by the commissioner oil
agriculture) notified OF the appraisement.
II this representative of the bureau of ami
NAL industry confirms the diagnosis and
approves the appraisement, hedeparment
Of agriculture will purchase the diseased
animals Of the owner and pay such pro.
| ton OF the appraised value as is provided
for in such cases by the laws OF the state in
which the animals are located, when they
are condemned and slaughtered by state
authority. ~ ss=ss5 =. q i 49,,
4, Twelfth-AN necessary disinfection will
be conducted BY the emplo yes oithebureau
OF animal industry. IA -
Thirteenth- incubation is not recon-.
4 menled by the department OF agriculture,
and it believes that its adoption with
animals that are to be sold to 20 into
other herds would counteract the good
results which would otherwise follow from
1 the slaughter of the diseased animals. II
may, however, be practiced by state au
thorities under the following rules:
i Fourteenth-No herds but those in which
pleuro-pneumonia has appeared are to be
| inoculated. .$.5E !, :. ~ -
eenth-1noculatetl herds are to b.
quarantined with lock and chain. The
quarantine is to remain in force as long az
any inoculated cattle survive, and these
! cattle are to leave the premises only fol
Immediate slaughter.
Sixteenth-Fresh animals are to be taker
into ipoculated herds only at the risk O
| the owner, and shall besubject to the same
rules rs the OTHER cattle Of the inoculatec
herd. : I ?: +. {. III, :e., f.@ss.$ &
"a, Seventeenth The chief Of the bureau O
i fled by the state authorities OF each hero
inoculated, Of the final disposition of eacl
J member Of the herd, Of tho post-morten
j appe arances, and OF any other facts in tn,
history OF the herd which may prove o
value. The cooperation of governors, .
state Legislative commissions and 81 otf1e1
officers VINO may be Id charge in the branch
OF the service provided for che control o
the contagious diseases Of animals in th
states whore pleuro -pneumouia exists i
earnestly requested. s55s d Ell. :$.
The following havs been nominated 10
congress-. Zach Taylor, Democrat, 1Otl
Tenn; John Powers, Democrat, IL ii
Mich; ANDREW Hero. Democrat I'd La; A
D. Markleyv Democrat, 7th Pa. ~
I The secretary Of the interior viii soon ap
y point six add itional members Of The boar,
snecessary by reason Of the enormous &C
cumnlation 81 appeals before the board.
So Advices from Hong Kong state there is :,
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