The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-04
KILL CATTLE and HOGS.
OFFICIALS SLAUGHTER INFECTED AMI.
MAILS AT LlNEBOR0

MALO HI LlNLDUnU
OutbuildingS Will Be DiSinfeCted and
All Traces Of Disease Removed
With the killing Of "a cattle and So
hogs on account of their infection
with apthous fever, better known as
mouth-and-hoof disease, on the farm
of H. M. Kne1ler, near Lineboro, on
Monday, the authorities believe they
have permanently stopped the furth-
er progress of the disease in this state
and that by ten days at the longest
the quarantine will be lifted from
Maryland.
The killing of the animals at the
kneller farm Monday practically dis
posed of the only cases known to ex-
lest in Maryland and nothing remains
now to be done but to disinfect the
buildings about the farm, to battle
the horses in antiseptic solution and
to dip" the chickens in the same So
luton before they are again turned
loose and allowed to roam about the
farmyard.
All the beasts were killed by State
Veterinarian r. H. Mackie and DR..
Arch Mcbride, of the Federal Bureau
OF Animal Industry, and these were
assisted by DR.. W. L. Herbert, the
veterinarian of York county, and by
Drs. James B. Hill and William G..
Harold, also of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry, and DR.. John Francis
Fahey, the veterinary inspector of the
Department of Agriculture stationed
at the Union Stock Yards, Baltimore.
Neighborhood Approves.
1t had been expected that some un-
pleasant incidents would accompany
the killing because of the evident bit
ter feeling which had been prevailing
for three or four days previous among
the neighbors of Mr. Kneller. In
stead of this, however, the hundred or
more farmers who gathered from miles
around to witness the slaughter, ex-
pressed their entire approval Of the
whole procedure. This was due to
some strenuous missionary work on
the part of the veterinarians who have
been in the neighborhood since the
quarantine was established. Both the
federal and state officials there are
much pleased at what they have ac-
complished in the way of allaying
public sentiment and restoring good
feeling. Mr.. H. M. Kneller, who had
been making q bitter fight for the lives
of his animals, stated yesterday after
noon when the killing was over that
he was glad to testify to the fairness of
the officials and that he had been
treated with eminent consideration
DR.. Mackie, tie state veterinarian,
after the slaughter was over, stated
that he hoped to be able to report, in
a few days, that there was no further
necessity in maintaining the quaran-
tine on the Kneller farm and that,
with the cleaning up of the place,
which will take place Immediately,
the only case of the disease, so far
as he can find out, in Maryland had
been done away with.
DR.. Arch Mcbride, the government
official, who is in charge of the work
at Lineboro, does not believe that
there are any other cases in that sec
ton of the state over which he has
been given Jurisdiction.
Beasts are Appraised.
DR.. Mackie, accompanied by sever
al persons connected with the Mary
land Live Stock Board, arrived in
Lineboro little before 9 o'clock He
was met at the station by DR.. Nc
Bride and went at once to the Kneller
farm. Here he was joined by Mr.. j.
F. Warner, of Lineboro, whom Mr.
Kneller had selected as his represen-
tative in the appraisal of the animals
and the appraisal was at once begun.
After going thoroughly into the case
the "a cattle were valued $SO526 and
the So hogs at $495.63, making total
Of $1,300.S3. Mr.. Kneller was entire
ly satisfied with this valuation and as
soon as the amount was announced to
him and the papers properly drawn
up he signed a release for the stock
to the United States government and
to the State of Maryland. Of this
amount the state will pay Mr.. Kneller
S433.61 and the federal government
$S67.22.
The appraising took all of the fore
noon and the slaughter of the animals
did not begin until after dinner. Ten
laborers from Hanover, Pa, who had
secured the contract for making the
excavation necessary for the disposal
OF the carcasses, arrived on an early
morning train and worked all the
morning to get the digging done. This
was finished by the time the veterinari-
ans were ready to begin their work.
1t took five hours to kill the "a cattle
and the So hogs and it was not until
6 o'clock that the last carcass was
disposed of.
Sanitary Methods.
The shooting of the animals was done
by DR.. Mcbride and Dr. Mackie. The
cattle were first disposed of. They
had been kept in the barnyard and
the men engaged in the work, dressed
in rubber boots, rubber coats and rub
Der hats, tied them there and then
led them to the trench, where they
were held by the assistants while DR..
Mackie or DR.. Mcbride shot them be-
tween the eyes, just below the horns
AS the animals were shot they rolled
over into the trench and were unroped
DR.. William Harold would then Jump
into the trench and cut their throats
and later took outthe viscera. The hogs
were shot in their pens and were trun-
died to the trench in wheelbarrows.
They were treated in the same man
ner. When all the animals were kill
ed and dumped into the pit quicklime
was sprinkled over the whole and the
carcasses were covered with earth.
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