Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-03-31
CATTLE QUARANTINE.

Regulations For Shipments From Statea
Where Texas Fever Prevails.
Following are the chief features of
the order issued by Secretary Wilson in
reference to the quarantining of cattle
among which splenetio fever might be
suspected TO exist. The order remains in
force from Jan. Is to Nov. 10. The af-
fected district includes the states of
California, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Flori-
da, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina and Virginia and Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory.
All cattle shipped from the quaran
tined states, it is ordered by the depart
ment, must be shipped in cars or boats
which shall bear plaoards duly ANNOUNCE
ing that they contain southern cattle.
No other cattle are to be allowed on the
trains containing animals from the in
feoted district without being similarly
labeled as having been exposed to the in
lection. Regulations just issued require
that cars or boats used for the trans
portation of these animals shall be thor
oughly disinfected after being unloaded
and require transportation companies to
do this before the cars or boats are again
used for the transportation, storage or
shelter of either animals or merchan-
disc. The order also requires that all
animals from the infected district shall
be kept in isolated pens at both points
of transshipment for final destination.
They must also be fed and watered
while in course Of transportation at
places specially set apart for them, and
to which no other cattle are admitted.
The order also provides for the disinfec-
tion Of all these temporary stopping and
feeding places.
Cattle from Mexico are allowed to
come into the country after proper fed
eral inspection if they are to remain
within the infected territory, but they
cannot be carried north of the quaran-
tine line except for immediate sIaugh-
ter, and then only after special permit
issued by inspectors of the bureau of
animal industry, showing that the cat
tie are free of splenetic fever or from
contact with it for three months previ-
ous to the issuance of the permit.
Cattle infected with the Boophilus
bowls, or southern cattle tick, are subject
to the same quarantine, as it is believ-
ed that they disseminate the splenetic
fever.
Special state quarantine regulations,
approved by the department Of agricul-
ture. make imperative a portion of
the general prohibition order. Thus
all Of Virginia west of the Blue Ridge
mountains and north of the James river
---in general terms-is exempted from
the quarantine. In North Carolina that
small portion of the state west of the
Blue Ridge mountains is exempted.
In Tennessee the quarantine line by
state enactment only includes the south
ern tier Of about 40 counties. bordering
on Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
Two-t thirds of Texas is exempted by To-
cal quarantine regulations approved by
the department. SO that the prohibition
applies only to the wild ranches to the
west of line running diagonally north
west from Pecos county on the Mexican
border to Greer county in Oklahoma. In
Oklahoma itself local quarantine makes
the regulations operative only in the ex-
treme western counties and the Chero
kee strip. For the same reason only that
part Of the state of California lying
north of line drawn across the state
just north of San Francisco and Sacra-
mento is subject to the quarantine.
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and almost equal to the United States.