The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-17

iiyes. IL this Is what may be denom-
mated dry year. the Infection may be
expected to decrease. bus on tho other
hand II 1t Is a wet year, and the prccau-
,i9ns suggested above are not carried out,
.ne disease may be expected TO increase.
! 20 not wish 10 pose before the Texas
stoehmen as an slaimist, but they may
as well face the fact now as afterwara
mat continuation OF last seasons wet
weather VIII be very serious matter FOR
.nem, unless they try 10 overcome the
conditions by providing proper water and
Wy draining and burning the pastures
Where 1t is possible, stock should be
moved from low, wet pasture TO q higa-
or ana dry one. 1t is not an cxagseration.
on tne contrary 1t is simple Statement
Oh iaets, to ray that stock rails ng espe-
ciaiiy sheep raising, Ia this vlciaiiy /. a
present face to face with danger which
stockmen Will d. well not % unde es l.
maie. dry year will bring ABOUT a
great Improvement but wet year Nil
most assurtdly make matters worse.
INFECTIOUS BUT NOT CONTAGIOUS.
This disease Is not conia gious-taa. is.
one animal will not contyac. it dire thy
from another. Il is, however, in.estos,
ana one diseased animal may be the cacs
OF injecting whole PASTURE VIII re the
required conditions are favorable. On
thls account all sick animals should be
collected and placed in a hospital pastu Q,
separated from the pasture In which the
healthy animals are fed and watered.
NOT TRANSMIsSABLE TO MAN.
SO far as known or can he forseen none
OF these parasites are transm!s sable T.
man. should not care to eat of the
nesh OF any OF the very sick animals, bat
see no reason whatever for not usitg
nj 10 han nv ctr 10. a
where this disease exls S, nor would
nave the slightest objection to eati Z
meat Of animals which ware in the early
stages OF the disease; In The later stages
1t would be innutritlous
DIR. F0LsETTER'S VIEWS.
In discussing the subjects further DR..
folsetter said My ylews entirely coin
cide with those OF Prof. stiles, ana /
am now satisfied that 1t is of wide dis
trioution In this State. 1t is the same
disease which / met with in Mr. Gran
purys herd Of cattle near Houston last
fall, when he lost during the year some
SUI mead out of some 22O0 head which he
/ purchased in Southern Louisiana, and
from which State this disease seems to
have been introduced into Texas. / have
seen 1T In Navarro, Kimball and Nc
Mullen counties DR., knight has seen Il
IN several parts of Harris county this
season, DR.. Stiles has found 1t in Vic
toria, Dewitt Goliad and Gonzales coun-
Ties The herd | saw affected In Nc
Mullen county was brought from Dewitt
county, and the hcrd | saw in kimball
county was purchased in Williamson coun-
ty and no doubt some of them had IL
in their systems when purchaseh / also
know OF It's occurring in herd OF cattle
near Minco, /. T., last year when $3.50 odd
died out of herd of 800 / ad a letter
! from gentleman a short lime ago from
near Ardmore !. T., describing very ao-
curately this disease in his herd, and l
| have received several letters from diff
ferent parts of the State describing con-
| diitons in their stock, which, If not caused
by parasites, | am at a loss to explain
the cause. The most Importance results
! OF Prof. Stiles work thus far has been
his discoveries OF the stomach trouble
in cattle and the bowel trouble in sheep.
Betore the exact causes were estab-
lish both treatment and prevention were
questions of luck and chance His re.
suits now give a definite direction 10
future work. 1t may be some time before
his experiments are completed, as a great
deal OF patience. hard and often tedious
and discouraging work remain yet ia
| be done. As the cattle upon which he
| has 10 make his observations are in many
instances many miles apart, ana on ranges
exposed to the clements, frost, snow
rain or shine, as 1t comes, have my
serious doubts whether he will be able
TO finish the work This season or not, bu
he has assured me that II he does no
complete 1t he VIII return to Texas latei
on aud study 1t to the end.
DR. Stiles expects when he gets through
with this investigation to so to Uvald
and Edwards counties and take up tn,
study of a disease among the goats IL
that locality believed to be caused b,
a species of tape worm.
An estimate of the loss of the numbe
of cattle from these parasitic diseases
by conservative stockmen in the localities
in which they are prevailing Is placed a
not less than 10000 head this year.
well informed gentleman in the cattl
business in Victoria county informed nj
thai the loss in that county alone hi
season would not be less than 1000 head
This action on the part Of tbs govern
ment and DR.. Salmon. the chief OF th
/. bureau of animal indus ry, In sending
specialist in parasitic dis Eases to Texa
20 study this trouble ought to sh IL
that both the department and Congress
man Kleeerg, a, whose personal reques
DR. Stiles was ordered to Texas, ar
fully alive to the impor ance OF the liV
stock interests Of the State, and this |
not the first lime either that they hav
sent their experts in this ate to stud
its local diseases.
In my travels over the Safe Ia ely
: have had occasion TO discuss paras C.
diseases frequently with ockmen an
find many who frankly conf ira
hey do not believe tina those worms d
he animal any harm. Ia Il Is too niue
rain, sour grass or son hing else, he
don't know what, bu they are sure
is not worms Just like many o. the
= yet do not believe word Of the tic
heory producing fever in Nortneru ca
tie when imported here. | have ais
> been asked several times by the m
D class and once or twice with not littl
] sarcasm mixed with their questi ems. VIII
: DR.. Stiles Is, and how he should kno
so much more than any one else aboI
4 worms. and consider Il not out of piaC
:. under these circumstances 10 state VIII
he Is and his standing before the Pre-
fessional, medical and veterinary Worl
so that his advice. and what he ma
, say may be the more fully apprecia c
!, by many who might otherwise not nee
4 his warnings or profit by his work {
, investigation.
He does not pose either as physician
4 nor as a veterinarian, although be ha
:, studied both human and veterinary medi
! cine. He is what is known as a meiic'
= zoologist, and is the Oh CT expert Q
! parasitic diseases in the service OF IN
= United St ties govern ment He ~ d
I, American by birth. but received his tech
= niral and scientific educ ation Drinc pail