The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-31

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" Yours for lower taxer and bette
to improvements.
Butler Commercial Club.
Must Burn or Bury Dead Hog
: Hog Cholera is again prevalen
: over practically the entire state o
Missouri and we cannot help bu
T feel that this is due largely to care
lessness in the disposition of car
casses of hogs dying from cholera.
Unless we adopt radical measure.
and see that the statutes covering the
disposition of the carcasses of hogs
dying from contagious diseases, are
enforced, the tremendous losses,
that we have had for the last two
years will continue indefinitely.
We also feel the inability of this
department to protect the livestock
interests of Missouri, without the
hearty cooperation of the stock
raisers. It is Of daily occurrence for
this office to be notified of parties,
who, through carelessness or ig-
norance have violated the law gov
erning the disposition OF the car
cases.
For this reason we desire to call
the attention of the public to the fol-
lowing sections from the Revised
Statutes of Missouri, 1909:
Section 1866 provides that ut shall
be unlawful for any person or per-
sons to engage in the hauling of car
casses of swine, sheep, cattle and
horses that may die of any contagi-
GUS or infectious disease, or to sell,
buy or give the same away" This
is indeed wise section and should
be rigidly enforced.
Section 1867 provides that the car
casses of animals that have died of
contagious or infectious disease shall
not be removed from the premises
upon which they have died.
Section 1869 provides that ''the
owners of swine that die of any dis
ease shall dispose of the carcasses
within "a hours after they die, by
completely burying the same at least
two feet deep or burning the same
upon the premises where they have
died." and provides further, "that
it shall be the duty of the owner of
swine that have died of any fatal dis
ease to notify all persons owning or
keeping swine upon any adjoining
premises of the existence of such
disease, as soon as the fact is known
Upon the failure Of any person to
comply with the law as provided in
sections 1866 to 1869 inclusive, it
shall be the duty of anyone having
knowledge of the same to report the
facts to the constable, who shall pro-
ceed forthwith, to enforce the law
Is provided in sections 1856 to 1869
inclusive, bv causing the carcasses
o be disposed of by burying or burn
ng the same at the expense of the
'wner. Provided, It shall be I'M
awful to bury said carcasses in or )
Immediately adjacent to any water
curse, ravine or slough leading :
through or onto other premises.
Upon the failure of the owner of
UGH stock to make such disposition I
S provided by the statutes, it is
1ade mandatory upon the constable S
, proceed to bury or burn the car f
asses of such stock and upon the Ii
allure or refusal to perform this
uty, the said officer is liable upon Z
is bond and subject to removal from
ffice. 1t is further within the pro-
ince Of Grand Juries to prefer "
harges against the owners of dead
Fock, who have failed to comply y
18th the law. Il
The burying of hogs that have died
cholera is a dangerous practice h
nd should be discouraged. Viru- b
mt outbreaks of Hog Cholera have
eveloped from carcasses that had v
cen buried for several years; there
re the man that buries cholera "
ogs on his farm is in constant dan
er of hog cholera. Burning is r.,
'eatly preferred. =,
Trusting that we may have your - :.
,arty cooperation in the eradica- "
IN of contagious diseases from Mis-
uri, this office is always at your "
S. SHELDON,
State Veterinarian.