The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-28
svzzARDs SHOULD De DES'Ko's0'
,couec,as,ic DR.. Perkins Skaters An
o,ker Time ilonored Idea' About
Our state Protected
Scaycngers.

.t,on nv 81 state law, anu 10 hi
&c the universal scavenger' IL 'no III
,a,so ~ 81 GREAT amount OF the dreao =,
a;so,se charlton or anthrax in cattie' 8,
ond cholera in hogs, diseases when
are prevalent in this section. =,
Although the big bird that scars o'' u
or orr urairies and woods IN his ma -
;estic NIGHT. does undoubtedly destroy y
',uch of the carrion that would o'''e'' r
,r;se breed disease germs to dissemin-
MO throuub the atmosphere, the theory
the local physician has formulateo'
uou,d tend to show that IN m"c''
mora subtle way, this creature IS re.
s,opsible for more diseases OF 'a'"i
oh,rac,er among cattle, especially, Us
,,o,, &c among other stock, than an!
other single agency.
"The buzzard communicates ah'
,brax or Charlton. by the very reason
of his feeding upon carbon SAYS
Dr Perkins, in support of his theory
> .vrhe buzzard sights the decaying
carcass of some animal. This amman,
wo will say, for example, has died OF
chorbon, the disease that has created
zach wear, such great havoc in the
stock raising industry in Calcasleo
n,rish and other parts of the state as
e well as over the country generally
d "Tbe carrion is laden with the
" germs CT the disease, of which the ah-
imal pershed, and these are taken 10
great quantities into the system OF Tue
bird feeding upon the decayed hesn'
- The .buzzard then flies to anothel
mart of the parish, for instance ma!
he we will say, as many as aozel
miles. Cattle may be located in thi
second part of the parish, in d pas
|" ture that to all intents and purposes
its ;s absolutely isolated from any chanc
All of anthrax being mmuncated there
to.
eo "Tbe buzzard, in flying over VI
country, deposits its feces or stoil VI
on the grass and this grass Is 1of''
with ,oyered with the disease germ
- cattle eating of this grass WILL WIZ
out doubt, have the disease commuu
Gated to them. They will have pe'
isolated, as stated before, anu '
- stoc,,man will find it hard to unde
A stand how the disease could nave y
ten among his herd.
or DR., Perkins told them OF his o
experiences in this way. he salo VI
last season he had some stock on
farm east of the city, aud that'
though he had taken the precauslon
+. have them placed in o pasture WI
bov could not come anywhere
other stock, they became affected v
'sSs charbon and several OF them q
Numerous other instances were c
9 by DR.. Perkins to substanIla'e
;dea as to the buzzard's disease
|
e rying habits,
9 There are two forms of Charlton,
o internal and external affection.
diseases known to stockmen and iY'
le- g inarians here, is entirely the int
9 or yisceral Charlton. This, Or. +
9 ms saws, is strong assertion in
9 Or of the theory that the buzzar'
'eee0 the responsible party, for it is
..-..--. through eating grass and veget'
..... that has been spread with the e
. or bacilli, that the disease takes
3 OF the animal internally.
one q 1.-THE buzzard is not only the as
ord through which the disease is Oil
You . conveyed to livestock, but HES 81
ity, 3 ing upon the stolls of the bird,
you 9 ND the germs of the disease and
lieu . thew communicate it to cattle AM
or animals, says DR.. Perkins. "
9 il still another way by which the
ny, . gard aids in spreading the dis
3 and that is by often carrying 81
'eeesS infected flesh to sections OF the CO
llzzzn a considerable distance from the
.zzzazsuzss secured. For instance, the olr'
be feeding upon carrioa that is
cd with anthrax germs: The b.
nv will sometimes take portions
carriop mile or more, or at lie
~ an adjoining pasture, where
$ eat it. Germs are spread in the
JO The bird cannot possibly be an
but filthy, and on his feaths
doubtedly .carries the germs
spread the dread disease"
IN DR.. Perkins states, too, that
a. ly is the buzzard carrier OF
among cattle, but that likewis
are affected by the birds
"When DR.. Aswell was here,
time ago, he was telling me G
IN of his exDerieuceS with hog CD