The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-11
is LITTLE CHANGE
Reports to Commissioner Mer-
Ger on Horse Disease.
They Indicate Loss and Gain
in Different Counties.
MORE FEDERAL EXPERTS
Government Sends More to
Help Fight Disease.
Many Remedies and Some
Worse Than Epidemic.
MORE FEDERAL EXPERTS

kilograms received today from J. H.
| Mercer, state live stock sanitary com
missioner, indicate little change in the
| epidemic among horses in this state.
Reports from some localities show an
| improvement in the situation, while In
| other counties there has been prac-
tically no change. In a telegram from
Palo, it was indicated that the disease
has been discovered among horses in
| Miami county.
Samuel G. Sheaffer, probate judge
of Ness county, writes Mercer that tho
of horses in that county. Sheaffer
states that one or two spoonsfu1 Of
| cut plug tobacco fed a sick horse has
IN many cases given prompt relief and
saved the lives of a number of hors g
in Ness City and surrounding cour-
try.
From w E. Simons of Dighton is n
telegram stating that SO per cent. of
the horses in that locality have been
drenched with oil and turpentine and
improved conditions. The loss of live
stock near Dighton is not as heavy as
was reported several days ago.
County Attorney H. NJ. johnson
of Rawlins wired Mercer today and
stated that conditions in that county
were not improving and asked for as
sistance. A specialist was sent to
Rawlins county.
George F. Babb of Topeka wired
from Cimarron and stated that there
have been but few cases developed in
that locality.
G. E. Jordan of Beloit sent the most
discoura ging telegram of the day. He
declared that horses in his county are
dying faster than ever and urged the
need of more veterinarians.
o. C. Moline of Jetmore informed
Mercer that there are no new cases
In the country surrounding Jetmore
and that the only trouble reported
is among horses kept on the range 9r
small pastures.
stated that there are no new cases in
Smith county and that most of the
trouble of the last few days had been
in herds where owners had not fol-
lowed the recommen dationS OIL the eX-
perts sent to that field.
J. c. Hooper, Ness City. wired tnat
the disease in Ness county IS aoatlnE-
Hooper owns a herd of 500 horses. ne
has lost 40 horses, but conditions IN
his herd are improving
Government Sends IL More.
With one specialist already in the
Kansas field, the federal department
of agriculture is today sending II
more experts to Kansas and Ne
braska, where they will fight the raw
ages of spinal meningitis among |
horses. Twelve of the II men who |
left Washington today will come TO
Kansas, while five are being sent TO |
Nebraska to battle with the dlsease |
in that state IN hdHSdS OH0 -.
perts will work from Dodge City |
while in Nebraska Lincoln will be the |
center of activities.
At present Kansas is the center of
a plague district that has extended to
four states Thousands of horses
have died Governor Stubbs has Of
fered a reward of 81 900 for an effec-
tive cure of the disease and scores or !
veterinarians have been unable TO OIL
fer a solution to the scourge FROM
ffo ca
was discovered four weeks ago, the
epidemic has spread to more than so
counties in this state, has entered Ok
Iahoma on the south. Colorado on the
west and Nebraska on the north Now
all of these states are sending their
expert veterinarians to the trouble
zone and have appealed to the gov
ernment for help.
From Perry, Kan, the State Jour
nal today received information that
ra bbits and squirrels in that locality
have been seized with a disease SINH
lar to the one that has attacked the
horses.
rabbits and squirrels in this COM
munity are in the clutches of some
mysterious disease which is causing
their deaths by the hundreds" says
the message to the State Journal from
a Perry correspondent The bodies
of these animals are found lying in
small heaps and veterinarians state
that the disease is in many respects
similar to that among horses where
they have died from the ravages of the
palisade worm. The disease here was
first noticed six weeks ago and hunters
and farmers have combated with the
plague without result"
In a telegram to the State Journal
from Jennings, Kansas, it is stated
that the horse disease in that locality
is becoming more alarming and the
death rate is increasing. Reports
from Jennings show that 180 horses
have died in that community in the
last two weeks.
Out at Hoxie, Sheridan county, ex-
periments are being tried 1000
horses The purpose of these investi-
cations is to determine whether the
disease is due to bacteria and the
exa limitations are under the direction
of experts from the agricultural coll
lege. No direct results of the work in
Sheridan county will be known for
several days.
At Great Bend a series of treat
ments was adopted by local veterinar-
ians- Reports from that district in
dicate that these treatments have
been partially successful. although it
is not yet known whether men work.
Ing in that district have provided an
actual cure for the disease.