Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
FEDERAL QUARANTINE FOR SUP
PRECISION OF DISEASE.
Cattle From Mexico May BE Admitted
Into the United states to Remain
south of the Quarantine
Line-At the Yards.

Washington, Feb. S.-Complying with the
act of congress for the suppression of
contagious diseases among domestic ami
mails, Secretary Morton has under date of
January q issued to the managers and
agents of railroads and transportation
companies in the country, stockmen and
others. q circular notifying them that l.
contagious and infectious disease known
as splenetic or Southern fever exists
among cattle in an area south of federal
quarantine line drawun from the north
west corner of California and running III
dn irregular direction to where the bound
airy line of Virginia joins the southeast
corner of Maryland ut the Atlantic ocean.
This includes the following states: Cali
fornia, Texas, Arkansas. Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia. South
Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia,
portions of Tennessee and the Indian Ter
ritory. From the 18th of February to the
18th of November, inclusive, during each
year, no cattle are to be transported from
tho territory indicated to any portion of
the United States above, north. east or
west of the federal quarantine line. except
by rail for immediate slaughter, and when
transported certain regulations are to
be complied with. These include the water
ing and feeding of such cattle apart from
other cattle when unlOaded for such pur-
pose; their isolation in separate pens at
points of destination. the placarding of
cars carrying the animals, and the disinfee-
ton of the same when the journey is COM
pleted.
Cattle from the republic of Mexico may
be admitted into the United States to re-
main below the federal quarantine line
after inspection, according to law. but
they will not be permitted to cross the
quarantine line otherwise than by rail for
Immediate slaughter except by special per-
nit from the inspectors of the bureau of
animal industry, and no permit will be
issued except for cattle free from splenetic,
or Texas, fever. or from contact herewith
during the three months preceding the
issuance of the permit. and which have
been grazing in a locality free from infec-
ton of such fever.
Notice is given that cattle infested with
the boophilus bowls. or Southern cattle tick,
Southern fever (Texas fever); therefore.
cattle originating outside of the district
described by the order. or amendments
thereto, and which are infested with the
boophilus bowls ticks, are to be considered
as infectious cattle and be subject to the
rules and regulations governing the move
ment of Southern cattle.
Stock yard companies receiving such cat
tie are to place them in the pens set aside
portation companies are required to clean
and disinfect all cars and vessels which
have contained the same. according to the
requirements of the department. The
states of Arkansas. Virginia and North
Carolina. having adopted local quarantine
lines satisfactory TO the department, the
quarantine line for those states has been
modified accordingly.
Woodward. o. T., Feb. S.-(SpeciaI1 Num-
berS OF cattlemen are arriving to-day 10 at
tend the third annual convention of the
Oklahoma Live Stock Association. which
convenes here tomorrow. The attendance.
from present indications. will be better
than at any of the former meetings. The
citizens here have provided series of
entertainments which will be highly en-
hNr do 81
races. gamecock fights. etc. including q
grand ball. Among the visitors are S. Alex
ander, of the Mcdonald, Crowley & Farm
er Live Stock Company. Kansas City; W.
p. Anderson. special agent Union stock
yards, Chicago; ]. T. EaSley, of the Chica4
go Live Stock Commission Company; l..
stock yards, ST. Louis, Mo-; Frank P. Nor
gan and Harry +. Titus. live stock agent
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway;
Charles Hamilton. representing Kansas
and Chauncey Rhodes. Winfield. Kas.: C.
J; Coffee. Girard. Q. t; w W; Turner.
Gage, o. T.: W. r. Drummond. of the
Beaver Herald: Dick Billinger. of Beaver.
o. T., and many members.
Professor G. A. Morrow, of the agricult-
ural college. of Saltwater. o. T. formerly
of the University of Illinois, will partici-
pate in the meeting with a lecture on live
stock breeding.
1t is announced in dispatches from Little
Rock, Ark. that a quarantine against
Missouri horses and mules went into ef-
feet there Saturday. Representative Short.
OF Fulton county, Ark, the father of the
bill, when asked why he passed such a
measure, said:
THE act is virtually copy of the Mis-
souri, statute against Arkansas cattle. cop
led and changed so as to exclude Missouri
and Western horses from Arkansas mar
kets. Missouri. by arbitrarily refusing to
extend her quarantine regulations so as to
conform to the regulations adopted by the
general government has entailed oId
loss upon the cattlemen of North Arkansas.
The people of Arkansas and their repre-
sentatives are liberal minded men, and are
inclined to treat Missouri and her people
fairly. We would like to exchange our
healthy cattle for her healthy horses and
mules, yet If she sees proper to exclude our
cattle, we know of no reason why we
should not exclude her horses"
The horse and mule dealers here seem to
be. ignorant on the subject and several
shipments were made to Arkansas yester-
day. The measure is purely Il retaliatory
one and makes Ii discretionary with the
commissioner of agriculture to extend or
limit the operation of the act. As Arkan-
sas is as much interested in buying our
horses and mules as we are in selling
them. 1t is thought truce will be patched
The annual election of the Kansas City
Live stock exchange yesterday resulted in
electlng John e Mccoy. president. and
position. The other officers on the regular
ticket were elected by good majorities The
new directors are: NJ. D. ScruggS. j. T.
Kiely and w. NJ. Schwartz The board of
appeals is: III. C. Offutt. William Epperson,
F.; b. Kitchener. r. c. White and L. A.
Allen. Board of arbitration: ]. E. Hale. r.
II. Duke, George w. Campbell, G. NJ. Wal
den and w. A. Rogers.
Visitors mt the Yards With Stock.
Jones & Hubbard. Reading. Kas, had in
hogs yesterday.
T. Beardsley. Talala, l. T., was here yes
terday with hogs