The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-27
GRADING UP
NATIVE STOCK
Government Sending Horses
and Cattle TO Philippines.
BUREAU CHIEF EN- ROUTE
TELLS OF WORK BEING DONE IN
ISLANDS.

Or. G. E. Nesom. for the past six
years professor OF veterinary medicine
at the Clemson agricultural college
and state veterinarian of Souths Caro-
lima, is at the KENYON with his wife.
They are on their way to Manila, Phil
ippine islands. Clemson college IS on
the old John c. Calhoun honestead
near. Clemson, s. c, and while a mem
Der of its faculty and state Veterinari-
an Dr. Nesom had many opportunities
TO inform himself in regard 10 the
health and diseases of horses. cattle
and other domestic animals in the
semi tropical climate of that state. He
recently resigned his Office and posi-
ton on the college faculty and accept
ed the Office of chief Of the bureau Of
agriculture of the Philippine Islands.
Il shall leave Salt Lake tomorrow
morning at 1850 o'clock fer san Fran
cisco. and shall sail on the steamer
Coptic on Sept s. said DIT. NesUm. 1t
win take from twenty to twenty-five
days to reach Hongkong and two or
three more days to get from there 10
Manila. I am under two years con-
tract with the government. but there
is no reason why 1 should not remain
in the service Indefinitely. The special
line of work to which 1 shall devote my
PRODUCTION Of farm animals into the
Philippines. The problem viii be to
deal with and overcome native dis
cases. There is an Infectious disease
called surra that kills off imported
horses. and the cattle are affected by
foot and mouth disease. which orig
inally came from Europe and was in
troduced into New England two years
ago. Congress appropriated $500. GOO for
fc cSfn 2 e-so
out after only half that sum was eX-
pended The government officers
bought up every animal affected or
that had been exposed, and by prompt
killing and complete isolation put a
stop to it in a short time
Native Horses Immune
The native horses are small. but
they are usually immune TO the dis
eases that end the lives of the horses
brought 10 the islands from other To-
calities and a different climate Our
first object will be to introduce horses
suitable for draft purposes and TO get
them accIimated. In order to accom-
plish this She horses viii be purchased
where the climatic conditions are like
or similar to those of the islands. We
are now shipping cargo of horses and
cattle to Manila. The horses are from
Kentucky, Vermont, Missouri and Ari-
iona. and the cattle come from Missis-
sippi- These cattle are immune TO the
Texas tick fever by reason of having
had il. / believe they viii stand the
Philippine climate. Just how the
horses viii stand it is of course a prob
lem
The Philippine bureau of agriculture
covers d wide range of industries We
viii have to look after rice. hemp and
banana culture and many other things
as well as the health Of domestic ami
mails. Grading up the animals SO as
to produce a sturdy native stock that
viii take place of the present horses
and cattle. among the latter of which is
the caribou and the Indian trotting
bull, viii be a work of time The
peculiariues of soil and vegetation and
climate in the islands viii have 10 be
carefully studied"