Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-02
QUARANTINE RAISED
i. ON PART OF STATE
COUNTIES TO RE-
" MAIN UNDER FEDERAL QUAR-
ANTINE FOR LONGER TIME.
DELAWARE COUNTY Is In The list
,Tie-Up of Live Stock and Hogs Caus.
es Serious Handicap to
: Business.

rtueTdl quarantine on iowa mao
been raised as far as the greater
part of the. state was concerned
Twenty-one counties, however, Will
remain under the ban for an indefin-
ite length of time. When inter-
viewed yesterday DR.. J. w. Scott,
stated that it would be Impossible
to say definitely at this time when
the quarantine would be raised on
the counties not released on Mon
day. He said that it might be that
the federal government would see fit
to take off the quarantine in fiji
teen days, but that no assurance of
that fact can be given.
The counties which will have to
ent are Greene, Mitchell, Black
Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque.
Tama, Benton, Linn, James, Jackson,
Clinton, Muscatine, Poweshiek. To-
wa, Johnson, Cedar, Scott, Keokuk,
and Louisa.
This order, effective on and after
Monday, November 80, permits, the
shipment of all live stock Intended
for immediate slaughter to all places
where federal inspection exists. This
will permit shipments to Chicago,
Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, and
St. Louis.
In the counties named, shipments
have been received from infected dis
tricts outside the state and the
quaraptino will not be lifted from
these counties until all possibility of
an outbreak of the disease is over,
the bureau of animal industry ex-
planned Monday.
Reports on file at the department
Of agriculture show that up to date
six counties in Iowa have been in
fected with the foot and mouth dis
ease and that as result nineteen
herds have been Slaughtered. These
comprise 542 cattle, 755 swine and
IL sheep.
t:s$Dr. Scott stated On Tuesday that
the federal government proposes to
take no chances on having the dis
ease start up again in some of the
localities, where shipments of cattle
from infected localities have been
received, and for this reason all
counties surrounding where the dis
ease actually has been discovered are
held under strict quarantine. 4
This situation could not have .aris-
en- at a worse time than it has,
siGace- nearly every farmer and stock
raiser has his stock; ready. for the
markets. To keep stock on the
farms when ready for market means
a serious loss, to-.the farmers. be-
sides depriving him of the use Of the
which he has to have at this
time of the year.
In many respects it seems absurd
that the farmers of the northwest
corner of Delaware county, for in
stance, should be compelled to hold
their stock because of the disease in
the opposite corner of an adjoining
county, when the distance between
these points is nearly sixty miles.
Up to the present time there has
been no sign Of the disease In
Delaware or Buchanan counties, but
because of the, existence of the dis
ease in a number of counties to the
south, this immediate section is
seriously handicapped in a business
way, because of the rigid enforce
ment of the federal quarantine regu-
latiOn.
Wednesday morning, Dec. 2.-Dr.
j. w. SCOLL ISCSIfCu "OIu ~ OAf IAS
state veterinarian this morning an
nouncing that stock in the above
named counties can be shipped to
the packing houses at Cedar Rapids,
Dubuque, Davenport and Waterloo.
These packing houses, it will be not
ed, are located in counties which are
in quarantine, so far as~interstate
shipments are concerned. 1t is also
stated that no stock can
be shipped from the quarantined
to packing houses in Iowa
outside Of the quarantined district.
The quarantine ruling which went in
Effect Monday morning as regards
he twenty-one counties-prohibiting
shipments to- any point in the state,
las been modified by this later order
ssued Tuesday afternoon, and allows
he farmers to. ship their fat hogs
ind cattle to- the four packing
louses named, after the same have
,een examined by veterinarian,
Who has, to issue a health certificate
Ind give permission to ship All
stock on farms within a radius OF fif-
:een miles from an infected herd
be shipped under any circum-
stances.
It is now announced that another
lerd near Oxford Junction has been
:ound to be infected, and will be de-
;troyed.