People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-09-01
Strict Quarantine Ordered.


John Dryden OF Eureka, member OF
The state live stock sanitary commits
sion, and DR.. Bird Of Arkansas City
Of the United States department Of
agriculture. after a thorough inspec
tion of the diseased cattle in thi,
vicinity Friday, decided upon d
strict quarantine OF al the infected
cattle and the pastures, barns and
lots where the cattle have been con-
tined, as well as the roads they have
,raversed. Mr.. Dryden of the state
sanitary commission made the orders
concerning the quarantine.
Tue officers, accompanied by mum.
Der OF citizens, went to the quaran.
tined pasture east Of town Friday
afternoon and made a careful exam
nation Of the cattle there, pronounce
Ing every case examined genuine
Texas fever. The temperature OF the
afflicted COWS ran from los to l07 de.
grees strong.
A post mortem examination OF G,
Z. HitchcOck's COW was made at
COwherd & P.eifer's slaughter house
late Friday evening. Her liver
was found to be enlarged to twice its
normal size, while portions OF it had
an inky appearance. The spleen was
enlarged to twice its normal size, and
the gall bag was as yellow as lemon.
while the bile was OF dark, red ap.
pearance, and was very thick. There
was some diScolOratiCn OF tile heart,
and the ventricles were effected. The
general appearance Of the interior of
the COW was of q yellOwish color. The
Fat was of sickly yellow color.
In reply TO questions, DR.. Bird SAID
that there was not much danger Of
the fever spreading so long as COWS
having ticks are kept away from other
COWS. He said that the disease itself
was not contagious, and that a heal
thy cow would catch the disease only
by incubation, that is by a fever tick
getting On her and injecting the
germs into her blood. A sick COW
may be washed OF all ticks and put in
with herd Of healthy cattle and not
spread The disease. The utmost care
should be taken 10 washing the COW
OF ticks. If place the size Of a pea
Is left untouched by the wash, it may
contain thousands Of eggs ane thus
spread the disease again. Both of the
sanitary officers recommended the
lard oil, kerosine and carbolic acid
wash.
The utmost caution must be exer.
cised in disinfeCting the pasture east
Of town. The cows at present in
there will be washed OF ticks and
transferred to another pasture, and
pasture kept quarantined
until fall at least, when it will be
burned of. Unless the disinfecting
is thoroughly done the disease is apt
to break out next year.
DR.. Bird relates an instance in
Chase county which shows the neces-
sity for the strictest observance OF
rules to wipe out the disease.
A bunch of cattle became infected
with Texas fever, were quarantined
and the disease apparently stamped
Out. The pasture was not Thoroughly
disinfected, and the next year the
disease reappeared and five hundred
head of cattle died from it. That
was a rare instance, however. There
need be no fear Of the pasture east Of
the city next year, as every rule
known to science in treating with the
disease will be strictly observed.
The proper way to disinfect barn
lots and stalls Inhabited by infected
COWS is to clean them out thoroughly,
70 the fresh earth, and whitewash
every bit Of woodwork on the interior.
Haul the trash away to dump and
burn as much of it as possible.