The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-18
QUARANTINE ALL
DOGS IN HONOLULU.
Expense Of Sub-Stations Is Too
Heavy-Bovine tuberculosis
Is Wiped Out Here.

The board of agriculture yesterday
decided that no more dogs will be al
lowed to be imported into the Terri.
tory except through the port of Homo.
lulu. The cost of maintaining sub.quar.
antine stations is too great and the
board decided that the matter il of 40
grave Importance that only the most
diligent quarantine must be maintained.
and that could be done only here. No
| further dog quarantine will be allowed
at Sehofield Barracks, and when the
Fourth Cavalry arrives here with its
army of canine pets, they will have to
be held at the Honolulu quarantine sta.
ton before being permitted to 90 to
Leilehua.
AS to the Ventura incident, when an
attempt to slip a dog through ouaran-
tine was made, the matter is now in the
hands of the attorney general, to act as
he sees fit.
Horse Breeders in Luck.
Doctor Norgaard commented upon the
purchase of island horses for the cav
airy as follows:
transaction of considerable inn.
port to the local live stock industry took
place last week when a considerable
number of island.bred horses were pur.
chased for cavalry mounts to be used
by the forces stationed here. Though
the matter has been under consideration
for long time and was highly recon-.
mended by the officers stationed here
and who had learned to appreciate the
high-spirited, sure-footed native horses.
1t seemed that there were insurmount
able obstacles emanating from else.
where, until suddenly the barriers were
let down. The horses purchased were
all bred on the Parker Ranch ON Ha-
wan, and it is confidently expected that
these horses will prove so satisfactory
is rarely stationed in one place more
at remunerative prices. AS regiment
IS rarely stationed in one place more
| than two or three years and always take
their mounts with them when moved,
there seems, as stated, to be brighter
times ahead for the horse breeders of
! the Islands,
Doctor Norgaard IS recommendations
for renewal of fence posts, feeding
bins and other equipment at the animal
! quarantine station will probably be
acted upon favorably, the suggestion
being that ohia posts be substituted for
| redwood.
| The doctor g report on human and
bubStNu'Ooio was lSuSLHJ one.
| Honolulu is now practically free from
tovine tuberculosis, and the milk sup
| ply has been improved hundred fold. =
1t is not perfect, but nearly so. That
| it has been eradicated here demon
| strates that it can be eradicated from
all the counties of the Territory.
The reports from his representatives
! on Hawaii and Maui indicate that the
disease is spreading there. He was in
doubt at times during the past four
years as to- the policy adopted for wip-
ling out tuberculosis here, but he found
| there can be no procrastination, and
having acted and remained steadfast
with the policy of eradication, the re-
suits were accomplished. The slaughter
house was the drastic means to this
end.
"That we succeeded in exterminat-
ing nearly one thousand tubercuous
animals without paying any compensa-
ton was due in great measure to the
education of the dairymen up to the
point where they realized that the SOON
er they cleaned up their herds the
smaller the loss would be-" says the
report. "Besides this we were fortu-
nate enough to find in the Revised
Statutes an old law which makes it a
misdemeanor to sell or otherwise dis
pose of an animal known to be affected
with a disease transmissible to man.
AS all Feacting animals are branded
Immediately with an official registered
brand, known to everybody, it is not
easy to dispose of or even keep on the
premises a tuberculous animal
| GA milk famine was predicted when
suddenly more than twenty per cent. of
the milch cows in the district were de-
clared tuberculous. Pasteurization, how
ever, came to the rescue and the milk
famine vanished. That proved one of
the greatest blessings for the general
health of the community, as the neces-
sity for pasteurization resulted in re-
organization of the Dairymen's Asso-
citation and the installation of a large
modern electric milk purifying plant,
which proved so absolutely satisfactory
that even after all the tuberculous cows
had been slaughtered, its use was con-
tinued, and at least seventy-six per cent.
of the milk consumed in Honolulu to-
day is passed through it and reaches the
consrmer with less than 1000 bacteria
per &C."
iMpENlI &c IMpEPlI NUN