Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-03
cA,-,s INSPECTION.


All rrsise- H.. osr Government fnr Ia
ternfns,,ps risnfo-rnsumonia.
So s,rict,s he quarantine in the dis
trictwhere h. disea'e last appeared that
~ is impossible for any animal 70
carry the infection 20 other loc'li'
ties. Tho auaranilncd district com
prises KIM and Queons counties, Il. j.
No bovine Which once cntcrs the district
Ia Permitted 10 leave It again alive, and
as there Is No method Of leaving except
10y ferry orl,rooklyn bridge Il Is easy TO
enforce the r,nciad regulation.
4 lnrgo A. Of inspectors under the
auspices Of both 'he national and state
government 3. cngnged In the work OF
stamping ont The disease,
Tho moniont case OF pleuro.pncr-
monis Is Recovered by nn inspector the
measures 10 oried to are prompt aud II.
fectlve. II. dimase manifeHts itself by
cough aud difficulty in breathing. u
Is not. howver. Of the nature OF pneu'
monia Ia nan, though the lungs arc tn
organs nifeied. The disease Is as In.
fictitious ne smallpox and ~ distinctly
specific and poisonous. Among cattle In
districts whsrs the discasehas been mufo
or les prevalent II is not 80 fatal as In
newly infccied districts. The mortality
ranges from 20 to o0pcr cent. When an
inspector d,iects case another expert
Is sent at oncc 10 confirm the diagnosis.
and within twelve hours % IT, discovery
the victim 4 bought by tho government
and killed Tho same day the on,irc
herd Of which the animal was u member
Ia appraiser AZ full market value, paid
Tor by Uneie Sam and promptly slaugh'
tered. No. more than twcnty-four
hours arr allowed TO clapac before every
animal known 10 have been exposed TO
tho disea~ Is dead. The stable In which
they were auariercd Is then thoroughly
li-infcctcd, and tho further spread u
tho diseas, /. rendered almost impossi'
bio. In case the disease appears two or
three time In the same stable, the gov
srnincnt resorts 10 still more radical
measures. Il buys the stable, raEes tho
building, thoroughly didnfects tho soil
on which 4, stood and then burics II be.
meath -four fsot or more Of earth.
Tho infected district on Long Island Is
really limited 10 portion Of Kings aud
a very small part Of Queens counties. IL
includes much Of East New York, and
narrow belt from Ncwiown creek along
tho county line almost 90 Grccnpoint.
In this district tho government has
bought and killed thousands OF cattle
since tho auarantinc was established In
December, 1881. Since early last fall
tho disease has rapidly disappeared.
There wcfe no cases In November. AMI
ono In December was tho last on record.
Tho system Of inspection will be kept up
at least sis months after tn. last case has
been dig,osed o. by that time all
danger o. the temperance Of tho dis
ease II IL believed will be- passed. The
d.temper cannot 10 propagnicd In nny
other manner than by contngion, for II
IN never produced spontaneously In this
country. This has been ahundanily
proved BY the experience In dealing with
the di.ease In Philadelphia. Baltimore.
Illinois, Missouri and other places.
The battlo against the disease has been
wagcd systematically and relontlcssly.
whcneve Il has appeared In the wes,
tho government has quaraatincd the
county IA which 4, ha. manifested itself.
Every hcnd Of cattle In her,l. where
ono or ,p,rc animals show symptoms Of
tho ,oals,ly. IA taken possession "A by the
royernmtnt inspectors. All tho infected
animals arr promptly killed. The
healthy animals are sold TO butcher for
immediate slaughter after being APP
praised. And The owner Is reimbursed for
His entirc bsrd. This system has com.
plctely e1terminatcd tho disease In the