Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-30
IOss to New England with Many Assistants
to Begin Campaign.
ANIMALS ARE ALL TO Be SLAUGHTERED
Epidemic Can Be Stayed Only by Killing
All Diseased Live Stock.
MANY BUFFALO EXPORTERS SHUT DOWN
VIII Not buy ut Present I'm Spite of
Lower Prices and Increased ship
ments from Canada and
Elsewhere.

mouth disease now reported to be prevalent
among the cattle Of Massachusetts,. YER
mont, Rhode Island and Connecticut may
not spread in this city and state Dr.
Ernest J. Lederle. president of the depart
ment Of health, is taking precautions
However, most OF the meat used here
comes from the western stock yards and
the milk from New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania.
Veterinary inspectors have been stationed
in New York. Kings, Queen and Richmond
counties. They have orders to use the
strictest measures to keep out any cattle
which may show any signs Of the disease.
Lccording to the bacteriologists of the
city health department, the disease is new
to this country, but is we'll known in
Europe, especially in Belgium.
The mortality from it is not high but II
is extremely contagious. 1t is due largely
to the heat from organic matter and 1t
attacks the hind hoofs hrst, where the
animals stand in their stalls.
The disease is transmitted to the mouth
when the animal licks its feet and is thus
called the foot and mouth disease The
germs of the poison enter the blood through
the stomach much the same as those OF
diphtheria do.
The temperature is elevated and fever
sets in. This of course affects the milk
OF the COW and will naturally injure those
who drink It.
Dutch COW brought pleuro- pneumonia
into this country in 1841. 1t was called
the COW distemper and the government lost
from 81, 600, 900 to $40, 900 900 worth of cattle
in year, finally stamping 1t out.
Destruction of the infected animals is
said to be the only way to check it.
Dealers out of Business.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 29.-The order Of
the secretary of agriculture forbidding the
export of live stock from New England
ports has had the effect of forcing some
Of the export buyers at the local stock
yards out OF the market temporarily. About
1000 head Of cattle and sheep which ar
Ffved here yesterttaY ana today, enroute 70
Boston, have been stopped and placed on
the local market or shipped to New York
and Philadelphia. The shipments from
Canada have also increased and the large
supply OF stock thrown on the local mar
ket has caused a slight decline in prices.
DIR. Salmon Assumes Command.
WASHINGTON, Nov 29.-In pursuance
of the purpose OF the Agricultural depart
ment to spare no effort for the expert
mentation Of the foot and mouth disease,
DR.. Salmon, chief of the Bureau OF Animal
Industry, decided today to go to Boston
and take charge OF the campaign in per-
son. He will leave on Monday and re-
main at long as necessary
Discussing the question today, DR.. Salmon
said he had received due notice Of the
action OF Great Britain in quarantining
the New England ports, but that the de-
partment's decision had been Influenced
more by a desire to protect this country
than by any fear Of losing export trade. He
added that the action OF Great Britain could
not be construed as at all hostile the con-
ditions apparently justifying 1t. The opin-
! ion was also expressed that so long as
| there was no general quarantine the ex-
| ports would not be materially affected. the
| expectation being that the trade that has
left New England ports will find outlet
| through other cities. Figures showing the
/ extent of Boston's export trade in Amer
lean live stock place the value OF the busi-
ness for last year at about ;s,0O0.O 900. The
| cattle shipments numbered rs, ,957 head, the
sheep 10000 and the horses 1.552. In addi-
| tion more than 80. 900 Canadian cattle and
10000 Canadian sheep were shipped from
! that port. There were also quoted extern
sive shipments from Portland.
Discussing the work to be done Dr.
Salmon said he expected to scatter a force
OF from fifty to lOO assistants over the in
| fected district, which will probably be
| given orders to slaughter all diseased an
| imals.
The department today decided to allow
/ live stock to go through the quarantined
states for immediate slaughter, providlns
the cars containing them were sealed by
government inspectors.
Cattle Allowed 10 Land.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-The cattle and sheer
brought TO Liverpool today by Wlnifrediar
| from Boston were closely inspected BY
Board of Trade representatives. They were
found to be free from disease and allowed
to land.
| OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 2s.-The quarantine
| department has ordered cattle enterins
Canada from the eastern states cleaned
and thoroughly disinfected at the border.
| BOSTON, Nov. 29.-The Cunard stamel
| Sylvania, which will be the last to leav,
| Boston with cattle for a British port until
the embargo against their shipment Is
! raised. hauled into the stream about to-
night and will sail for Liverpool tomorrow
with ga cattle and 100 sheep on board
! The vessel cannot reach Liverpool before
| December 5. when the order OF the Eng
| llHu boaIu Ol ABflCulNuIe lOIDluuluB cdllle
| landing from New England ports goes into
effect. but IL is said assurances have beer
received from the eompany's head once,
| in England that the cargo can be landed
| in Liverpool
There were many inquiries today at tn,
ofices Of DR.. Austin Peters. chief OF the
State Cattle bureau, regarding the situa'
| tion, some OF them relative to the exporta
tiOn Of cattle from New York TO Massa
chusetts. Dr, Peters said he would gran
permits for such expectation.
This statement, which seemed to indicat,
that western cattle might be shippe,
through Boston, has given the steamship
people a ray OF hope. but IL cattle canno
be shipped from this port, the agents o
some of the transatlantic lines may sem
their steamers to St. John or Halifax
The Rhode Island State Board OF AEri
culture has adopted resolutions prohibitlnl
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