The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-03
INTERESTING STATEMENTS
By G. j. Bell Concerning Foot
and Mouth Disease in
vermont.

vermont.
G. J. Bell of Walden, and George
Aitken of Woodstock, members of the
board of agriculture whose term of
office expired last night, came to this
city this noon from White River juno
ton to confer with Governor McCul-
Tough concerning the foot and mouth
disease that is raging in Windham
and Windsor counties. To journal
reporter Mr.. Bell made statement
covering the work of the board since
the disease was discovered in Chester.
Mr.. Bell, Mr.. Aitken and DR.. George
Stevens, White River Junction vet
Urinary, were in that town and vicin-
ity from Friday until last night, and
in all fifteen herds were quarantined,
ten in Chester, four in Windham, and
one in Andover. Everey one of the
eighteen Massachusetts, cattle that
were brought to Chester are diseased.
Saturday herd of seventeen native
cattle were examined in Chester and
no trace of the disease found, but on
Monday another examination showed
that fourteen were affected. To IL
lustrate how contagious the disease
is Mr.. Bell said that four Massachu-
sets cattle were left in barnyard at
Chester for three hours, but did not
come in contact with the farmers
cattle, nevertheless in ten days the
herd showed signs of the disease. One
flock of sheep in Chester is also affect
ed In that town last night fully
thirty head of native cattle were
suffering from the disease and some of
them had not been exposed more than
three days. Professor Law, the we'll
known veterinary of Cornell Univer-
sity, came to Chester Sunday night
at the request of the department of
agriculture and worked with the
board Monday. In his opinion the
right course had been taken to stamp
out the disease and he was salts
fed that it would be successful.
The status of the board of agricul-
ture is little peculiar as the official
time of the old board expired last
night and owing to the condition of
bills now before the Legislature Gov
ernor Mccullough has not appointed
their successors. The Governor and
President M. H. Buckham of the Uni
versity of Vermont, are members of
the board ex-officio and the matter of
stamping out the foot and mouth dis
cas- is now in their hands. At the in
stance of the old board Governor Nc
Cullough has issued an order quaran-
timing the towns of Chester, Andover,
Windham and Grafton. No disease
has been discovered in Grafton but the
quarantine is ordered there because
some Massachusetts cattle were recent
ly driven through a portion of the
town. Unless there are some cases OF
Struggled cattle, the whereabouts of
every animal brought from Massach-
usetts is known and in all probability
action will be taken to continue the
efforts to stamp out the disease.
The quarantine order bears the sigma
ture of Governor Mccullough and Pres
ident Buckham and is as follows
ORDER OF QUARANTINE.
The towns of Chester and Andover
in the county of Windsor, the towns
of Windham and Grafton in the coun-
ty of Windham, are hereby declared
in quarantine for foot and mouth
disease. And the inhabitants thereof
are forbidden to remove any of the fol-
lowing named animals: cattle, sheep
or swine from any herd or flock, or
from any premises to any other herd
or flock, or to the premises Of any
other owner for the purpose of SER
vice or otherwise. They are also
forbidden to turn out any cattle,
sheep or swine, or to allow any such
animal to enter or stray on any high
way or any unfenced place in said
towns.
They are also forbidden to remove
any cattle, sheep or swine from one
place or premises to another if such
removal necessitates the entering on
any premi belonging to another
party or the entering on or crossing
of any highway in said towns of
Chester and Andover in the county of
Windsor Windham and Grafton in
the county of Grafton in the county
of Windham, even if such animals
are carried in a wagon or other vehi-
Gle.
j. G.. MCCULLOUGH, Governor,
NJ. III. BUCKHAM,
Chairman Board of Agriculture
Montpelier, Vt, December 2, 1909.