Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-10
THE TEXAS FEVER LINE.


The agents Of the Bureau of Animal
Industry are working hard to secure re-
liable data from which to establish the
line dividing the infected from the non
infected splenic fever districts of the
state. This is aquestion of paramount
interest to Texas, and yet one that our
people have reaLyIgiven but little thought.
1t is desirable that restrictions on the
movement Of cattle be removed from as
large an area as Is consistent with safety,
snd the outside markets rendered &C
cessable. It is believed that the line as
now drawn by the national authorities
might BE- moved east and south, but in
order to secure this result more
facts must be submitted to the depart
ment as q guide. These facts csn only
be obtained from the people, and as the
people are the interested parties they
should respond freely to the inquiries
sent out by the agents.
In oder to show about what is wsnted,
we secured the following statement given
to the agent of the bureau by MIR. M
Harold. We hope stockmen generally
will aid in this matter:
During the summer of 1881 ] moved 5000
cattle into Greer county, l. Z. These cattle
were gathered from the ranges in Clay, Archer,
Jack, Baylor, WI baTger, Young, Palo PI, TO
aad Throckmorton counties. hey ere placed
an hat u, h. =
with he native and acc ated cattle, yet no
yer was vsloped. The high grace cattle Of
the Panhandle, many OF them almost pure bred,
drifsed among these ca tie daily, but no sick
ess resulted. in 1882 moved another hero
from the southern part of Cay coun-
ty to my Greer county range, AMI
turned them loose, the result being
the same, no si;k cattle. Several other per les
brought in cattle that year from tie counties
above named. Hence, am satisfied that cattle
from tn sc counties W Ii rot infect other cattle
and that they should be classed as among the
non infected COZ mites whence cattle may be
moved by rail at any season. l would be willing
10 ship cat lie from any of the countIeF named
to the mort and turn them on The open range
with the native cattle, feeling certain that L o
disesse would be given off.
The theory l believe IN as TO splenic fever IA
that 6 locality where the native cattle Will taxi
the disesse by grazing In summer over trails
over which cDlst cattle, or eastern timbered
cattle h We been driven are free from
infection and any locality where the native
cattle do not take the disease by grazing over
the trails f snu'hern cattle should BE- clsssed
as Infected. II Texas cattlGmen would keep
these facts IA mind 10 preparing their state.
mems in relation TO hi. matter, the exact fever
line In Texas could be located.
Mr.. Harold stated to THE GAzETTE's
representative that the United States
Bureau Of Animal Industry was engaged
in 8 most commendable work in trying to
determine the liue separating the infected
from the non-infected districts of Texas,
and that il cattlemen would promptly
send 70 the agent Of the bureau st Fort
Worth statements of facts bearing on this
question 1t would be the means Of AFFORD
ing great relief to Tex,s cattle interests
and largely avoid the Fiction thAt has
heretofore existed between the northern
and southern operators.