The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-07
HOG CHOLERA ALL
THROUGH SOUTH
PART OF STATE
OUTBREAK OF PLAGUE WILL
CAUSE FIVE TIMES LOSS occA-
STONED BY FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.

Hog cholera will cause five times
the damage to the live stock interests
of the state of Michigan this year.
that the epidemic OF foot and mouth
disease among cattle will. The dis
ease is now more prevalent among
swine than In many years. and the
state live stock sanitary board has
found II In more than half the coun-
ties In the lower portion Of the state.
Ii Is still spreading, In spite Of To-
cal Quarantine regulations. butte the
near approach of winter is expected
to check the plague and the state COM
mission Is adopting the most vigor-
Gus measures to disinfect farms
where the disease has occurred
Il am going down now to look over
the situation In Monguagon township
stated G. A. Tyler, one OF the mem
bers OF the state commission, Mon
day. There will be no local quaran-
tine, as Wayne county Is still under
quarantine on account OF the foot and
mouth disease. We are finding hog
cholera all through the southern part
of the state and In some places from
half to three-fourths of the swine have
been killed. while the general aver
age for the state would he about 10
per cent"
The estimate as to the loss to farm
ers Is that Of Commissioner Tyler In
asmuch as the direct loss on account
OF the foot and mouth disease will
amount to about $4,000. the damage
TO the hog-raisers OF the state figures
up to $4,000. The government now
has specialists at work quietly in
several portions of the slate, assist
ing the local live stock officials in try
ing to stamp out the disease.
DR.. Louis X. Green, In charge OF
the bureau OF animal industry branch
in Detroit, inquired OF one farmer
whom he visited in the Thumb dis.
trict as to whether he had any hog
cholera on his place.
Yes, had 200 hogs little while
ago and | haven't any now" was the
reply.
The state commission is expert.
menting with vaccine against hog
cholera and getting good results.
II am convinced that hog cholera
will lose Its terrors within a few years
through this vaccination method"
says Commissioner Tyler
The last of the cattle suspected OF
having the foot and mouth disease or
OF having been In contact with infect
ed animals will be killed by Monday
evening. These are the Parke, Davis
Co. herd in Rochester.
When 1t is recalled how rapidly the
disease spread In New York and Penn.
sylvania after being communicated to
cattle there from Michigan, II would
seem marvellous II no further out
breaks of the epidemic are discovered
in this state.
For this reason the government In.
spectors are still inspecting herds as
rapidly as they. can in all districts
to which cattle we're shipped from the
Detroit stock yards.
The direct loss occasioned by the
foot and mouth disease consists OF al
most $4,000 in the valuation of tho
cattle killed. an equal amount for dis
infection and renovation Of the stock
yards here and somewhat more than
$4,000 In the pay and expenses OF
government inspectors. The indirect
loss to farmers and dealers In live
stock. hay. hides and feed has been
several times as great.
The hog. cholera outbreak In Wayne
county seems to center in Monguagon
township, where a number OF animals
have died on the farms OF Louis Te-
end, Howard Wagers. John Hanchett,
Horace Smith, Henry Neuman and
Giles Bates. Ecorse and Brownstown
townships also have some cases.
Health Officer Holden, OF Mongua-
gon, has placed quarantine on the
six farms mentioned and Is still busy
with his inspection of other places.
assisted by ID. A. T. Harrington, OF
Wyandotte.