The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-10
FARM, GARDEN AND
lIOC SlIIlOLD.
The stato's flocks and Herds


Tn S-atr cattle Commits iuuer- have
made Il detailed report of thcir doinT
during lc ul-t year Summarizing the
aecomp. -hmcul- pf thc year they -aY
In closing this last Inspection Of thu
year. Wc ar, abr Ia report thd' all Tie
expense of tie Commission Including
thr amount paid FIR nurses aui cattle Tor
the VA ls-i auI l->-. have been kept
Will 81 ''iu tic appropriation. sum
nalA ~ tire whole hnmtcr Of et,cS Tt
gofi,a Iu the commits toners III lssN, will
be i1uui IL number %, embracing cities
and iINu~ distributed from the Seabaari
n rur.I land, Ia Enc nackwuods of Maine
Eighteen herd, of cattle were Inspected,
anil - 7lablf.- aud "lnmbrr camp-.
Two head of cattle were condemned and
destroyed a. Nu expense Of - i, aud ~
horse Werr also condemned at au tx
peu~c of "a. making total Of
sl3-6.;l n compared with lsS1, /, head
Of cattle were destroyed at an expense Of
>3N971, Whllc II horses were destroyed.
-~rycn IF whom belug traced 10 one
lumber canP a an expense Of Sd2i 81.
ufakiue total 0f s63i -.
1t VIII be observed thai the numbrr of
cattl destroyed ha, materially Increased
from Inst season, that but three ea~es ot
tuberculosis faer developed during tn,
past year olt of tie whole number IN
-prcted, while anon. hor>e> the number
aiitAlcl VIII FLANDERS has increased from
II head ia IN to - head in l>Ns.
IN udcmg the history of this unusual
number Of cast, Of CHAMBERS and farcy in
tins State, the most significant fact ha-
developed, that but two of these horsc>
were bred in Maine, while five Of them
were brpucu~. three from Canada, one
from the Provinces. and one from New
Hampshire aud seven Of them came to H.
from Massachusetts,. This showing con
clH,iYely proves that glanders does moi
prevail among ipr>es IN this State to
.eihri ith a strong probability that
what eases do develop among them ARE
caused ~ ineculalion from horses
brought mo Maine, that had been pre-
viou-ly expired if they had not actually
developed iil. disease when brought here
although W h.Nc bccn unable to verify
tin, lacl hut Ia single instance.
The recently improved condition of our
afinch~ ana herds over that of prcyion-
yeats, showing is it does. an almost ab-
>9lujc ah>cnrc OF any contagious disease
among our cattle may well be deemed
-tiill' iHiil " az NV III til'' bl'lllRh VIA
jnb /, olpsi, i, practically stamped out of
Mlue, - hilc 1t would hc perhaps, I'M
reasonable to expect that Isolated cisr>
may not ain make their appearance in
the future history Of our State. Com
pared, however, with other States, our
present ~heN ing is remarkable.
"Glandcr- and fircy' have taken suci
| leading position among the contagious
fl.
,Iurc Jn. ciai lcgi>htion, not only to cX-
trminatr whatever Cuu>c may OCcut
within the .its of our State, hut also
to prevent its Introduction from Other
States whcrc the disease j. well known
to exist. The State Of Massachusetts
suffer- d extensively from the prevalence
of this malady lat seuson, and the re
port of their cattle commissioners for
lsa7 gives the details of their cXamina
tion, by which We learn that "glandcrs
was found To exist in all the various sta
bles of the South Boston and Cambridge
horse railroad companies.
Several carloads of horses from these
horse ear stables, have been brought into
this STATE this season and sold and diStri-
butcH Throughout the very heart of the
agricultural districts of Maine, as oui
lioald believes to the serious dctrimcut.
luss and dcprcciaion OF our own stock,
and to stop the reoccurrcnCc of which
>omc .uiiablc remedy should be devised,
In view of the fact that neither Can
ada, the Provinces or Massachusetts re-
the owners Of horses condemn
rd under their laws when affected with
glandcrs. it. Incomes serious question
the libcral provision of our pres