South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-24
State Chemist H. E. BARNARD
and Staff of Assistants Come
to Examine Food From Quar-
antined District of County.
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
IS NOT PANIC STRICKEN
Statement of United States De-
partment of Agriculture Gives
Assurance That SCourge
MAY Soon be Controlled.

The entire staff OF the Indiana Food
and Drug commission, seven IN num-
her. headed by DR.. II. J.. Barnard,
arrived in SoutH Bend Saturday morn
ing to make inspections of food stutts
coming from the vicinity quarantlned
for hoOf and mouth disease.
That there is little danger OF per
sons contracting the disease was the
assertion OF DIR. Barnard saturday
unless man gets in direct contact with
the diseased parts Of the animals IN
fected The milk or other prOduce
will not cause immediate danger ne
According 90 the state officials cattle
giving milk become dry when they
contract the disease. Diseased STOCK
when butchered can be easily detect
ID they asserted DIR. Barnard with
mis- staff left Saturday morning 10 con,
Ter with DR.. HOuck at Niles, IeueIaI
official who has charge or the plahS
Tor suppressing the epidemic. SaJur-
Jav afternoon the statt LETT the CITY
To investigate conditions on the LaIins.
With Or. Barnard We're the 1olloWIhs
commissioners: J. 4. Nilletl' te- cllteL III nf
Spector: a w. Bruner, inspector VI
southern Indiana; Richard Whte' IN
spector Of southwest Indiana, 70. W.
t'ohn. inspector of central lnultld'
Frank w. Tucker, inspector OF noIth-
western Indiana; and l. H. lu'0I'iii
son of eastern Indiana.
Hubbard il Optimistic
rrbat the federal authorities ap-
praised his stock at fair Nalue, Wa9
the assertion made by HaNeh
4ard. wealthy farmer lNlnS hoIlh VI
%evy Carlisle. the first IN that VlclnlIy
TO have his stock killed 20 pi''0'
further spread OF the epidemic. 30
Hubbard had his entire stock 9VO
g., number. killed Saturday morning
md buried in long deep trenches. me me
entire value was more thaIl $AV'CVV'
lie will begin to restock his laIih IN III
tnediately after the quarantine Is ~
pd He declared that OEclalS nave
toId him that il will take approx
matelv five months to rid the farms
80 tbe disease after the stock have
neon removed. The disease has con
taminated fodder, hay and other Iee9
as well as refuse about the barns anu
sheds. Fertilizer Will be buried as IL
Federal Officials Confident.
THAT the federal officials, though au-
Knitting the seriousness OF the CdIllo
ecourge. are not panic-sJrlcheh oNe
NE spread of the disease here ana that
fba,- have confidence that with proper
,.,,,tioDs the epidemic may be
abecl,ed without widespread ruinous
ffects IL indicated in statement Is
eucd bv the United states depar rIhiehl
,f agriculture. This statement gives
assurance that the disease may De
slammed out IL reasonable time. IL
follows: 49,,
"n addition to the measures taken
1.,. tbe federal government, II IS eN-
uecteI that the state authorities VIII
cooperate by placing quarantine on
Individual farms on which the disease
nas been found While these meas
-+ree NAV cause some temporary in
convenience, it is believed that once
farmers realize the seriousness or the
disease they will cooperate cordially
I'm stamping it out
May BE Eradicated.
.'That this can be done there IS
little reason to- doubt. for the foot anC
mouth disease has already made It's
appearauce five times in the Cnlted
~,fates and ON each occasion IL mas
been completely suppressed. Inc Hrst
three outbreaks. I'm lStV, lcoV anu
1884. were comparatively trlnlhS- IN
1909. however. the disease gained
considerable footing in New Englan9
before it was discovered. ana IN l5Vo
tf cropped out IN Mich gan, New Ork,
PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland. IL Is De
TaXed on the latter occasion lhdt the
disease was spread los Shipment ol
rattle from Detroit 90 Buffalo, whence
The disease was carried by other SNIP
focnts To New York and through
15cnnsvivania 10 Maryland. The cause
10 the present outbreak is not deh-
nftelv known. but NJ IS probable that
the disease was brought from abroad
IN a shipment of hides intended Tor
manufacturing purposes.
Foot and mouth disease is always
I'D be found in some quarteEsof Eu-
rope. and there lis, therefore. always
need for precautiou to make sure that
fr is not introduced into this country.
Herd Loses Heavily.
elm spite of the low mortality, n is
e4lculated that an infected herd loses
fron 90 10 so per cent of its value,
and as the disease spreads with an
tstonishinE rapidtty IL is easy TO real
i've The loss that its establishment
mere would mean 70 the country 1t
il characterized by the formation OF
lesicles in the mouth, upon the udder
and upon the feet; and also by high
feyer AS the disease progresses a
white foam may father about the
mouth and the affected animal may
make a peculiar smaCking sound. The
feet become indamed and at times the
hoofs drop off, The diseased udder
makes milking dificult and may con-
tamiuate the milk. I'm the majority
II cases the animal Will ultimately re-
cover. but this is frequently "A slow
process. and I'm the meantime the
owner has lost all revenue from the
herd
'It should be remembered however.
that somewhat similar symptoms oc-
cur in other and less serious diseases.
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