Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-10
DISEASE FOUND,
CITY STOCKYARD IS
SUDDENLY BANNED
Strict Ten-day Quarantine
Imposed When Lancaster
Cattle Shipment Reveals
Foot and Mouth Affection.


phia stockyards was quarantlned this
morning and completely suspended
operations following the discovery Of
the foot and mouth disease among a
shipment of cattle from Lancaster
County, received at the stockyards yes
terday
DR.. c. A. Schauher, head Of the United
states Bureau Of Animal Industry, placed
a strict quarantine on shipments from
and to the yards for ten days. Only
those cattle now in transit will be al
lowed to enter the yards and no cattle
will be permitted to leave.
The Lancaster shipment consisted Of
900 head. inspected and passed by the
authorities at Lancaster.
Six hours after they had been admitted
to the West Philadelphia yards In
spectors found the disease was present
in a small number of the cattle.
These we're Immediately destroyed. 1t
is supposed the affected animals de-
veoped the disease en- route.
Another outbread of the ailment was
| discovered among tho quarantlned West.
| orn hogs, "a OF which were destroyed
several days ago. Those suffering from
the newly discovered outbreak were de-
| stroyed with the infected cattle.
TAKING NO CHANCES.
I'VE are taking no chances on the
possibility of a general outbreak among
the $500 cattle now In the yards" said
Doctor Schaufler today THE entire plant
will be disinfected anew, and another
general cleaning will begin today.
corps of veterinarians is examining the
cattle constantly, and II an animal is
suspected 1t will be destroyed at once"
Until the outbreak among the Western
hogs and the Lancaster cattle, the West
Philadelphia stockyards had clean
record, due to stringent measures adopt
cd by Doctor Schauher.
Intrastate shipments are now pro-
hibited to save the cattle of counties
thus far free of the disease from con-
tamination by shipments from counties
where the almeut has been discovered.
Thirteen States are now under Federal
live stock quarantine because of foot and
mouth disease discovered in herds of cat
tie. Throughout the country organized
efforts are under way to stamp out the
disease. Every county in this state may
be placed under quarantine by the State
Live Stock Sanitary board as the result
Of cases reported today from five more
counties.
State Veterinarian Marshall Is now In
Washington holding conference with Off
cIals of the Department of Agriculture.
nr ba tuf "a yrytII
and decide whether to quarantine each
county. Should this be done 1t will pre-
vent tho shipment OF cattle between
counties In Pennsylvania,
The new counties of this State reporting
the disease are Berks, Cumberland,
Columbia, Montour and Perry, making
total of Is counties in which herds are
affected,
At Lancaster today 400 infected cattle
will be killed and buried In a deep trench
Twenty herds in this county are reported
affected. Thirty carloads of cattle con-
taining total of $50 head, have been ship
ped from Lancaster to this city and will
slaughtered as soon as they reach here.
MEAT NOT TO RISE.
Contrary to some predictions, the price
Of meat is not expected to rise in this
city. Meat packers say there is enough
fresh meat on hand to supply Philadel-
pha for three weeks. Shipments are still
coming in regularly from States not az
fected by the quarantine. In such States
no effort is being spared 10 prevent the
outbreak Of the disease
IN addition to putting Delaware. New
Jersey and Rhode Island under live stock
= n N AFan NJ.
ture mas barred cattle shipments from
Canada. This move is precautionary and
is meant to prevent infected cars from
being sent across the border from Cam
ada. Shipments from Canada 10 the
United States are valued at approxi-
mately 100000 a year.
Officials at Washington expressed the
opinion that the disease in Indiana ana
Michigan has been brought under con-
troll. This opinion was based on reports
from field agents. At Chicago the worI,
OF dlsintectins the stock yards will be
completed today and the Illinois Live
Stock Commission will be asked to in
speet and permit the reopening OF the
yards. For the first time in the history
OF the big packing industries OF Chicago.
shipments of dressed meats are being
sent there from other cities.
DIsINFECT PLANTS.
In St. Louis 500 men are at work clean
ing out the 5000 pens at the National Stock
Yards and today the packing hrms will
begin dIsinfecting their plants Kansas
is free from the disease according TO
| Taylor Riddle. OF the State live Stock
| Sanitary Commission. He found that a
| herd supposed to be suffering with foot
and mouth disease had pneumonia.
Builttt County KY, was quarantined
following the discovery OF the disease
there.
Hundreds OF cattle. sheep ana hogs In
this city will be killed by the KILLING
squads" under Dr. C. A. sehauhsr. OF tie
Federal Bureau OF Animal Industry, who
| Is In charge OF the situation for the Gov
eTnment IN this district
stockmen say there are now 900 cattle
5000 sheep and 1000 hogs under quarantine
IN the West Philadelphia yards.