Fergus County argus., 1906-03-06
SAVE CATTLE
FOR FARMERS
STATE VETERINARIAN GIVES OUT
INFORMATION REGARDING
BLACkLEG VACCINE.

Helena, March 5.-The use of black
| leg vaccine virus in Montana has re-
duced the mortality from the disease
among young cattle in this state from
! nine per cent, which it was a few
years ago, to less than one per cent.
| This is a statement made the other
day by DR.. NJ. e. Knowles, state veter
marian, while talking of the health
condition of livestock in Montana.
This department is now distribut-
ing 10000 doses of blackleg vaccine
Nirus annually to the growers in Mon
tana," said DR.. Knowles. 'The virus
is furnished us by the department OF
agriculture at Washington, and We do
the distributing in Montana. We have
been engaged in the free distribution
of the vaccine for several years, and
one would suppose that every grower
iii the state is aware Of the fact that
the vaccine is free. but there is not
week but that we get an order from
senI the bill with the virus
Due to Secretary Wilson.
Ten years ago the vaccine was fur
nlshed only by private manufacturers
ana those who first engaged in the
, business made a great deal of money.
Biackleg was becoming such pest to
the stock industry of the nation that
f Secretary Wilson determined some
jhing must be done 10 stop it's ravages.
! So the department began the manu-
: facture of the vaccine, and determin-
tie. The manufacturers at first made
a strong fight against the action of
Secretary Wilson, but he persisted
and they were compelled to desist. In
. distributing the vaccine Secretary Will
son has used only public agencies
such as state veterinary departments
>, and the result is that the mortality
= from blackleg has been reduced to a
=, minimum, in Montana the mortality
dropping from nine per cent to less
than one per cent
Public Buck Herds.
The state veterinary department is
just now issuing a number of permits
to men in Montana who desire to run
2 public buck herds. Recently the state
board of sheep commissioners formu-
lated a rule requiring every one who
: desired to run buck herd in Mon
tana to obtain permit from the state
veterinarian.
The rule was made necessary by
reason of the fact that for number
OF years outbreaks of scab have been
directly traced to infection from buck
herds.
Among those who have been given
permits to run public buck herds in
the state are E. B. Carter, Fattig, Vel
lowstone county; w. NJ. Aitken, Chi
nook, and Frank W. Nolan, Mussel-
shell.
The rule governing the running of
public buck herds follows:
Rules That Govern.
The written application to conduct
the buck herd must set forth the fol
lowing: The exact locality in which
such buck herd will be herded or kept
defining the boundaries of the same
and stating the counties in which they
arc to be kept; the postoffice address
OF the owner or manager of said buck
herd, together with the name of the
person who will herd it, There must
also be given the name of each own
er having bucks in the herd, together
. with the number of bucks owned by
aim, and his postoffice address.
mo bucks can at any time be remov
cd from such buck herd until so per
mitted to do by the special order o
, the state veterinary surgeon. Writer
= application must be made to the vet
, erinary surgeon before the removal o
- any such bucks, and the state veteri
nary surgeon upon receipt OF sucl
written application shall at once caus
said buck to be examined, and if foun,
n free from scab or other infectious dis
$ ease, then permit may be given TO
e their removal from said public bucl
D. herd, or herds. Any violation of thi
order will be vigorously prosecuted.
s 's THE CAPTURE