The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-24

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n thing -keptsit from going to- d, poiaat
H still higher than sthel present one. Il. !.
H Il TO the average man the mann ar iiins
\ which the medical profession has sheesai
\ able to accomp iish this result ia yrs tit /,
which no other agency has vet fbeenf
1 able to achieve ma u he sol cure. Both
the methods and thei results, :hemeser.
are clearly. indicated iril a5 brief reds3sa
by DR. Veranus PA Moore. director fof
! the New York state veterinary college
/ at Cornell university, Issued bvsstKef
American MeIicaT association for sthd
| benefit' of the lay publ c swhlc eli has ia
DO with the value OF / experiments Oh
animals to the live stock ifidustfyS0f
the country IT ID shown that hIndrAdss
of millions of dollars wort tbs OF ca2tiet
and other animals have been savedff
the advance in the Urea trnentEof their
! diseases which animal exnerimentatfon
has made possible. Had no.. slch9 adj
vance been made INDEED lit id mot
/ continued--the result would mean mot /.
/ only tremendous loss to stock sraas-l
ers but even. higher priced meat
Anthrax, CHAMBERS, Texas fever, tubef
lculosis diseases peculiar. to swine
and many others have been and are be-
ing more and more effectively, curbsd
and eliminated with q tremendous re-
sultant financial saving to the country.
Formerly these diseases ran their
course unchecked leaving in their wake
| thousands OF dead animals, with the
attending privation and suffering OF
their owners Certain OF the epidemic
diseases known asf epizootics. such AS
hog cholera and Texas fever have cost
the farmers Of this country hundreSs
OF millions OF dollars. / It Is estimated
tina tin thirty years the loss from cat
tie diseases was more than $500. 000.-
900 or more than $4,000 900 yearly.
Infectious and epizootic diseases baf-s
ned all attempts at prevention until
knowledge Of their specific nature
was determined as a result OF expert
ments upon animals themselves. These
Investigations. showed that. the.epizoo4-
lie diseases were due to infection, with
certain species OF germs. Knowing
this these plaques could be largely
controlled, and IL il from the knowI-
edge derived from that source alone
that 1t has been possible to bring tire
great scourges Of animals UNDER the
present state Of subsection. !, Thissshas
prevented suffering and, death on$ the
part Of millions of aninnalsg and has
saved them for their owners.
A specific illustration OF this fact ;is
found in4 the results that have come
from the study, and control Of the|
deadly contagious pleuro- pneumonia
in cattle. This disease" says 4 pr
Moore. SIS said 10 have originated I'm
the highlands OF central Europe
whence It spread ito every cattle rais-
ing country in the world Itswas sesti-
mated that during the nrst quarter
of the nineteenth century this disease
cost England s45o,Ooo,0o0 I'M, deaths
alone. The additional Losses for deter
ioriation were never estimated. III
was proba bly, introduced. intoSthe Unit
ed States in 1s4s. In: a COW Imported
directly from Europe and taken from
shipboard into a Brooklyn cattle shed
At first it's spread was not rapid,
severalsyears elapsirg BEFORE IL became
widely disseminated in the. Atlasatic
states. II was not until about. $50
that II became evident to those most
familiar with the disease that If ii
We're not eradicated 4 II would soon
reach the cattle ranges Of the seat and
ruin the cattle industry Of THIS cosifi-
try. IN
The general dissemination Of this'
\ ~
the people concerning cotta giosIsnessy
The American mind wanted adtftfonSl
evidence and the result was a. sarfssA
OF experiments made by DIR. ID. EHsAI=t
mon in 1904 on Barren Island ThAxA
furnished such undoubteds evidences sof
the infectious nature Of Ftne dfseaee,
that twas rot difacnlt to soltaihsfroia
congress the necessary legislation and
appropriation-for instituting naethedeE
for Its complete eradication AGA. re-.
suit every trace of this diSease was
removed from the United States within
the brief period IF less than. six years
at a cost Of about q million iaridrfas,s
half dolalrs. .tritifn in comparison with
the losses likely 70 occur annually AZ
soon as, the disease. had OBTAINED -
foothold among the cattle on the vest
,ern plains" F 5s.Te
What. has been accomplished herAik.
only an Illustration of what III being
accomplishing through animal ex5etf5s
nientation in the case of 9TH r aasessAs
Further investigation is ,of course, effiTA
necessary, for In thee words I. ;ofs tkh
American Medical association ssrrsatsA
as; have been the ACHE ennerta sitazfhe,
past it must be, evi derts to }eyeryA vlaii III.
infornaed and .unpreJ udicSd mind fi,at
still. greatera achievement wreater
whether measured by relief OF ssrake
ing or by financial gain are Wilma
reach in the near future the bSsie
fits 70 asficultural ana naankftsd. IN.
general which have accrued from 3tset,
investigati ions Of tfe paat arst rc sresr-s
or their maximum Msnitss Of se1cceaeS
than was the practical applica ton i vi
steam when Ftsaton built his n first
steamboat. Knowledge, iof the disaeDsax7
Of animals made little growth suffii
the edevelc pment, by means OF repealed
experiments on animals ed tine rswera
pathology, which tends to reveal 4asa
nature OF these affections. thereby
pointing to methods Tor their control
One Of the most Important tea tues
OF this work Of inyesti eating ana coss :. Il
trolling animal diseases is. OF course ",
its erect upon. human beings tlaassa-
selves. not only I'm nnaintaifiing ana
protecting the food supply. but salsos II,
preventing the products OF diseased &:
animals from being offered for h1sssa,sss
consumption TO accomplish this tdst.
are constantly being naadst upon farisl
animals. and whers ever disease an
pears the animals themselves are kalled
ana rteps are taken promptly to, prsss
vent it's spread. AT q conservative
estimate the direct saving to the cosan- n,
try from thiss work amounts to- huFs- u
dreds Of millions OF dollars annual