Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-01


loss Of $500, 900, 900 in Great Britain alone.
In Australia also the damage done by it has been
enormous, as well A. elsewhere in the world :.
During the last fifty years 1t has ragged in the
United States, the contagion being distributed
so widely that the prospect OF stamping out
the malady was generally believed to be hope
less.
Nevertheless, the government undertook the
task, and the complete success it has achieved
| Is declared by Secretary Rusks recent procla-
| nation raising all guarantees and announcing
tnat contagious pleuro-pneumonia no longer
exists in Uncle Sans dominions. The methods
adopted in graduating the complaint were very
drastic. involving an effectual quarantine Of
every country in which the disease was found.
Under this quarantine no animals were allowed
to be removed from any premises, except to q
slaughter house, and then under the supervision
OF duly appointed inspectors, a post-mortem
examination being made at the time Of killing.
INSPECTED At LEAST TWICE MONTH.
Every herd was inspected at least twice q
month, and whenever disease was found every
beast in the herd was at once condemned,
whether diseased or not, and purchased and
slaughtered, the Department Of Agriculture
paying an appraised value for the herd. The
premises were then thoroughly diAkfected and
kept free from cattle for period Of thirty to
ninety days. All animals that had come into
wise condemned and killed. In some cases the
contagion had become SO fixed on the soil and
premises that disinfection did not DESTROY It,
and 1t was necessary to buy and burn the build
inSs- 1t Is not surprising that such measures
should have met with strong opposition from
cattle owners. OPPOSITION was particularly
venement IN the dairy districts near large
cities SO that some of the officers Of the bureau
OF animal industry were compelled almost to
take their lives in their hands in carrying out
the regulations From first to last more than
$4,000 head Of cattle were purchased and
slaughtered, and 5000 herds were inspected.
IL Is very agreeable to know that the exercise
OF proper vigilance will render it impossible
Tor contagious pleuro-pneumonia ever to gain
q foothold again In the United States. The
malady can never recur here unless it il fetched
by importation from other countries, and such
thing is almost out of the question, for no
cattle can be brought into this country without
apermit grantedby theSecretary of Agriculture,
to obtain which the beasts must be accompa-
MED by certificate from the authorities of the
district in which the animals have been for one
year previous to their shipment stating that no
contagious pleuro-pneumonia has existed in
that district for the past year. In addition to this
there must be an affidavit to the same
effect signed by the owner from which the
cattle were bought; also an affidavit from the
importer stating that the animals were shipped
in clean and disinfected vehicles from the farm
not passed through any infected district or
been exposed in any manner to contagion.
Furthermore, the cattle on landing in the
United States are Guaranteed for ninety days
OF longer IL the Secretary of Agriculture sees fit
while every individual beast is duly inspected
on arrival and on liberation from quarantine.
HISTORY OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE DISEASE
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1--WE oisease cannot Dc traced with certainty to
period earlier than the beginning Of the Inst
century Cases Of contagious pleuro-pneumo-
mia are known to have existed in Switzerland
and Suabia az early as 17lS From 1880 to 1872.
when Europe was almost continually at war, the
malady seems to have been spread over a great
part Of that continent by cattle driven in the
wakes of the various armies which marched and
counterInarched in all directions. By 1910 it
had extended to Belgium and Holland and
had been introduced into Ireland by Dutch
cows imported in spite of legal prohibition.
In 1642 the disease was found in London dairies.
whence it spread through several counties Of
England and into Scotland. South Africa was
infected by q bull brought from Ireland in 1854.
and in 1858 Australia received the contagion
from an English COW. With the exception of
Holland. none Of these countries in spite Of
much labor and expense, has been able to eradi-
cate the trouble.
The first introduction Of contagious pleuro-
pneumonia into the United States was through
$50 Tb~ -. run IN. Lhsana 70 btookly9 IN
sev in is47 int Massachnsetts n Isao 49, ar
dne tims reached pennsviran;a W,rviond W.
Cinia- the District of Colrmhio Obi 800 m;
nois The f,rst efforts towarS II, ornS;c.t;on =,
tbis country were made nv tha 800 ~ Men -
cbn,ett. which SnaIIy snccaas.S - t....;.ss
II in Is6s. New YorL and New Jarsev I'D at
tempts in the anne direction In 1910 hut tha.
failed In 1874 the diseass vas ,n.S. ~. s,,p!
,ect of 4. snacial NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 90 ~. 1850
States Sanote nv ~. tnen co,r,,;sa;,a- ~.
asr;cul,ure and an annro,r;,ti on - sI0 non NJ.
ns6s nv Corora To- ~ ,pysst;n.t;ou NJ
e.m.t;c vorL bovsv.r &c 1890. .r
1884. when the bureau Of animal indnstrv
VA. sst.bIisbed ons ~ ;ts r,,;, $780, 10y
20 ,tsrnn ont tbis nast Tha ,o,ro.. 49, oS.u6
c-antadp 20 ~. 3D." po"ols ahu noney
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5000 ,onn,.r .ehs;a, '.e.Ss W Niuo-
spns"i.p tha .n,h.;. snu 70 numerous
sppS sSsons.aIr onI.raod ~ =, .ne bureau
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Aoo'. One !e"l is'oI VIC mH1noy nao peen
comPle.ey samPeo gu. IN oook county, and
.ne 9usI ', ine was ,emoveo Aprii l. iooo-a
"onooriuiiy successiui piece u WORK.
srR1cTLr or CONTAGIOUS NATURE.
This disease Is strictly Of contagious nature.
n can only bs communicated To a healthy
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