Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-20
MUST NOT SLIP.
Look Out for Cattle Coming
from Massachusetts.
Notice Of Infection from Foot and
Mouth or Kindred Disease.
The Maine Cattle Commission Takes
Prompt Action in Matter.

Bangor, Me-, Nov. 19.-The CONNER
cial says:
Maine owners of cattle will greatly
regret to learn that there is grave dam
ger of Maine cattle becoming infected
with the foot-andmOuth disease or a
contagious disease of nearly the same
nature, although every possible pre-
caution will be taken and is being
taken by the Maine cattle commission
to prevent the disease from creeping
into Maine.
Pres. +. o. Beal of the Maine BOARD
Tuesday, received dispatch from Dr.
Austin Peters, chief of the cattie
bureau of Massa chusettS, stating that
a disease, very similar to the foot-ahu-
mouth disease, and which appears u
be contagious, has made It's appear
ance in Massachusetts and Rhode IS
land and that there is danger OF us
spreading. Mr.. Bea1, always prompt
lost no time in taking all possible SAFE
guards to keep Maine cattle free from
this serious epidemic.
"A dispatch was at once sent 10 the
master of freight transportation OF the
Boston 81 Maine Railroad, saying, ON
account of contagion allow no cattle to
be shipped into Maine under any pre-
fence whatever The American EX-
press Company. was also notified ny
wire not to accept any cattle for snip
ment into Maine and it Will not he 1or
want of every possible precaution If the
disease makes its dreaded appearance
i'm this State.
Mr.. Real stated to the Commercial
that ne has but little doubt that the
disease Is the fOot-and-mouth disease
and if 50 there is grave danger Tor inns
cOntagion is carried in the most RAPID
and extraordinary manner, spreading
with great rapidity. 1t is to be hopcd
that any owners of cattle who may dis
cover any symptoms of disease UNI
known To them will at once notify the
board of cattle commissioners.
Maine has been particularly free
from All cattle contagious in recent
years and has had but one experience
with the foot-and- mouth disease which
was brought from England number
from Portland to Falmouth and 70"
some time after all cattle carried over
the same road became infected.
THE secretary of agriculture in re-
cent report says: There has long been
danger of the introduction of foot-and-
mouth disease by the importation of
sheep, swine and other susceptible ami
mails that nave heretofore been allow
ed to land without either quarantine
or inspection; indeed this disease has
several times been brought to this
country from Great Britain but 1T for
tunately has been detected in time Ia
prevent its dissemination here.
Another section of the report says
The fout-and-mouth disease could not
originate spontaneously. 1t must have
q point of origin by contagion which
would connect the disease with the
same malady in some other section OF
the world: again foot-and-mouth DIS
ease IL very contagious, being rapidly
and Enthusiastically transmitted from
animal to animal and from herd to
herd. 1t attacks every animal in a
herd and not one animal in 100 or even
1000 exposed to the contaSion escapes
the disease while the vesicles are
prominent and unmistakable both in
the mouth and about the feet. They
i'm temperature and the fever are toe
marked 10 be overlooked