Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-28
ACATTLE QUARANTINE.
Those Coming From New England
States Are Held In Check.
DISEASE ATTACKS THEM.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Es-
tabiiShes n Ban on Cattle, sheep
and Other Ruminants and swine
Until Further Orders.


| Agriculture Wilson has issued a sweep
ing order directed to the managers and
| agents of railroads and transportation
| companies of the United States, stock
men and others notifying them OF the
| establishment of quarantine of cat
| tie. sheep and other ruminants and
| swine in the New England states and
| prohibiting the expectation of such ami
| mails from the port of Boston until fur.
| ther orders.
Recent investigations by the depart
ment of agriculture disclosed the fact
that what is known as foot and mouth
disease exists to an alarming extent
in Connecticut, Rhode Island Massa,
chusetts and Vermont.
The expert of the department. Dr..
Mohler; DR.. Leonard Pearson of the
University of Pennsylvania, and DR..
James Law of Cornell visited the in
fected districts and united in a recon-
mendation that in order to prevent the
spread Of the. disease a quarantine
should Immediately be established.
Secretary Wilson said today that this
is the most serious matter the depart
ment has had to handle for some time
but that all the resources of the de
partment would be employed in stamp
ing out the disease He declared that if
it should spread west of the Hudson
river it would be nothing short of a ma
tional calamity.
Text of Order.
The orders, which are dated today
and numbered % and 100 respectively,
are as follows: =.
ITO the Managers and Agents of Rail
of the United States. Stockmen and
Others:
''In accordance with section Of
the act of congress- approved May 20,
1884, entitled AN act for the establish
ment Of bureau of animal industry
to prevent the expectation of diseased
cattle and to provide means for the
suppression and extirpat ton of pleuro-
pneumonia and other contagious dis
eases among domestic animals and
with the act of congress approved
June 3, 1902, making Apr 5priations
for the department of agriculture for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908
you are hereby notified that the con
tagious disease known as foot and
mouth disease exists among animals in
the states Of Connecticut, Rhode Is
land. Massachusetts and Vermont and
that the cattle. sheep and other rumi-
nantS and swine of said states have
been exposed to the contagion of said
disease: therefore,
1T is hereby ordered that to prevent
the spread Of the said disease from the
states Of Connecticut. Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Vermont into other
states or foreign countries and to aid
in its eradication no cattle, sheep or
other ruminants or swine shall be
moved or be permitted to move from
or across the territory Of any one of
the states above named into any other
state or foreign country. Any person,
company or corporation violating this
order will be proceeded against as pro.
vided for by the act of congress above
referred to.
1T is hoped that all TRANSPORTATION
companies, cattle shippers and others
interested in the welfare of our animal
industry will cooperate with the de- |
partment of agriculture in enforcing
this order to the end that the restric.
ton on traffic may have the desired |
effect and be removed in the shortest
possible time.
Whereas, a highly contagious dis
ease known as foot and mouth disease
exists among cattle in the state of |
Massachusetts, and the routes of trans.
porta tion possibly may have been COR
and in order to protect the
export trade In live animals by pre.
venting the expectation of animals !
which are diseased or which have been
exposed to disease
1T is hereby ordered that no cattle.
sheep or other ruminants or swine shall
be permitted to be exported from the
port of Boston until further orders.
JAMES WILSON, Secretary"
Littleton, Mass, Nov. 2S.-Fully half