The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-10
CATTLE QUARANTINE.
RIGOROUS REGULATIONS REMOVED
FROM VIRGINIA COUNTILS.
Commi ssioner WhiteheAd Called Aue"''""
to the Ipjustics Done Virgins .s''
k.isers and the Lines Were Moved


Colonel Thomas Whitehead. Coininis-
siCner of Agriculture, has fecenuy
cu,,d through the !JniteI States DspGft-
nent Of Agrcultire, the moullea'', 49,, |
quarantine lines against splehe.o tssn
la cattle. that have for come lithe VStrl
very burdensome on cattle-rdise's III
In 1891, the United States Department
of Agriculture. IN accordance WIN % ~,
] Of The act OF Congress approVeu .'Ias
lXsi entitled. An act Tor the estdOl-as
ment OF a bureau OF Animal lndusuI
10 prevent the expectation OF u.9oa,I'
battle ahu to provide means ioT VIZ -
preston ana extirpAton Oh ple"S ,se,ses
nonia and other contagious LIS :.
among domestic animals, estapllsn ,'Iuich
line in the United States WlllIh lie
the contagious and infectious .,iar o.
known as splenetc or s0uiesnd rigorous
listed among cattle, and imposes ne 'y, If
REGULATIONS in regard 10 the shipihe"' "a
cattle north or west OF this IN .n., ~ Vir-
FThe line ran through the 9t dte oi Of
gina, along the sout bnra said boundary
"a intersected Dy the Blue Klug1 n
tains; thence I'm a northeastern ~ Tn
Following said Blue Ridge Nl,o1,nfv Of
80 s,,.t1.yester:i coTncr -. the county
Msdison thence easIeriy along thS s,Ji
ern boundaries OF the countles VI +bonre
son. Culpeper, and stanot ,darv NJ
11o,i,berIv along the eastern bouhddIS VI
~, ,rnrd county to the Potomac RIVER,
StaIloru toIinn,ine the Potomac river
selnutbcrlv 10 the Chesapeake bay; thence
easterly along the soutnern Douluai! VI
MARYLAND to the Atlantic ocean,
o.UgrIgs COMPLAIN.
During the year 1891 the COMMISSIONS ON,
Of AGRICULTURE received complaints from
Tho Piedmont counties within ms Ehe'
where embarrassing is a large hauusu -
that their being included Wlthlli tllis III.
fected area was unjust ana Wllhout any
aG
among their cattle; that their STOCK W.
pelfectly healthy, ana that theii oo.e97
ia comply with the regulations li"i, -Ib
unou Inc transportation OF cdltic NO -, -,
"nd wet was 4 hardship, ana eItd.iy
restricted and Inconvenience , sInp ~
,The Commissioner wrote 10 non. D. W
Risk. who was ben Sctre laIy ,,,s re-
cmltnre enclosing the coinplalIl's -
'.oivcd and requested that me leu
49, invesiigate the matter WIN Wv
~ changing the line in virginia 49, f,l-
I'm his reply the secretary mAdc, 'hc ''
ioM I sssfsnltshing the lire the depa; EN-
1o,,dr,.od az closely a possible the mn ny
~ PERMANENTLY infected tefclloLy 1881
termined by inyesttisat 10 IN r''d the annual
| dlIu ~ tho Blireau OF Animal lhdusstt.
90 inc wear 1884 Owing 10 r,' NO.,
| hat the said Investigations went Vas
tIlh1 vcars aCo the 1e3artHlcut Ha
seN3ai e. sliow for n certain extension
| of Ire disease north OF the my 81, ins,irc
ocrihed in the report. IN order W 100
| absolute safety TO cat'le III
districts.
FREE FROM INFECTION
Commissioner whitehead was OF ,ear
| ouinicn at first that the me $3.50 &C..
| ~ ar north in Virginia. ana Wneh ~
rotarv Rusk informed him that the ne
| narlment was compelled 10 allom ~ NJ
| certain extension Of the disease ~ ., ." 10
| Tho line as described In the report. ~
ut ne wss clearly convinced thst
| az a. ustice was being done 70 me Coun
a. Included within the northern bouild-
| arv OF the line IN this state. ne - -
| lieved that when another nti,,g a line
W nermanent infection OF this dlsease'
| that many OF the Virginia cou .idnIhIisbad
| Guided within the line as es srd. an,
| I'm 1871 would be louild lie'
| infection whatever.
| THE NEW LINE.
| =, rabruarv :. 1895. a circular was is
| sned from the office of Hon: j. SternLs
| Morton. Secretary of Agriculture: gIVi in
| a new line, as established ny o NJ1s,.,rna
I Vest,.ations The line Though Nlrslnis'
vb,r6 has become much lowered by the
| ro.csta blishmcnt, is as follows: A..
| ~ rom the southwest corner OF tne
county of Buncombe, \: Cso;ii,o tlgmS the ,
| a noTtheasterly direction iolioWlhg tre
| HIuc ridge mountains to the southwest
ern corner OF the county OF AIniil,dri,..
| state of Virginia; thence southeasteIIS
| along the southern uoulibdt9 VI =.
| " of Amherst to the western bouiIual ,
| of the county of AppomattoN; lheiSe
i'm a northeasterlY direction along the
| western boundaries of the counues %,
| AnnomattoX. Buckingham, Fluvanna ahi
I.niiea TO the southern boundary OF the
| county of Orange; thence easterly afons
| the southern boundary or the county
| of Orange to the western boundary ,ol
| the county of Spotsylvanid; thence III
| southeasterly direction along the WeslcIi
| boundaries of the counties OF Spotsyi'
yania and Caroline TO the northwestern
| corner of King William county thenc'
| I'm a northeasterly direction alons u'
| southern boundary of the county OF caro-
| line TO the eastern boundary OF sal'
| county: thence southerly along the east
| ern boundary OF KING and Queen county
| IN the southwest. corner OF Essex couh
| ~: thence along the southern boundaries
| of Essex and Richmond counties 10 IN
| southeast corner Of Richmond county
| thence northerly along the eastern Douhu
| ary of said county TO the nortnWes
| corner of Northumberland county; theuc
| in a northeasterly direction alonS IN
| northern boundary OF SAD county .
| the Potomac river; thence following IN
| Potomac river southerly to the Chesa
nGake bay: thence easterly along tn
southern boundary of the state OF Mary
| land to the Atlantic Ocean"
The following counties Of Virginia, in
| cluded within the infected area in 1S9l
have been excluded by the new line
Amherst Nelson, Albemarle, Greer
Orange. Spotsylyania. Caroline. kini
George, Essex Richmond, and Westmore
land.