Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-12

experts.
Carroll, Howard and Montgomery
counties will be placed under quarantine
today by proclamation of Goldsborough,
and the shipment Of all cattle, sheep or
hogs to or from these counties will be
forbidden because of the further spread
If the foot and mouth disease.
This makes six quarantine counties in
Mary land Frederick, Washington and
Allegany were isolated Friday State
Veterinarian Hickman yesterday found
mother farm in Frederick county, just
,cross the line from Carroll, near En-
nitsburg, on which "a steers, 2 dairy
cows and 40 hogs were affected He al
50 got report of two more farms in the
same county which were probably affect
ed.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston will
i'd Rhode Island to the 10 States already
ander national quarantine. He also is
sued an urgent appeal to the State gov
ernments, the farmers and dealers for
energetic cooperation and drastic action
in stamping out the epidemic.
THE Government proclamation states
that the only adequate remedy is to kill
all infected herds and bury the carcasses
IN quicklime; establish absolute quaran-
tine, even being careful about human
beings carrying the contagion; that where
such action is delayed in trying to cure
one animal the whole herd may be lost;
that the animals affected are not worth
the saving, as they are rendered useless
for food or breeding by the disease.
''All the farmers whose stock is killed
on account of the disease are reimbursed
and the State and Federal Governments
share the cost of quarantine and disinfec-
ton. All the farms, the stockyards and
even the stock cars of the railroads are
being disinfected and all shipments from
infected areas are being traced down.
GAS soon as the epidemic is localized
by these means interstate shipment will
be permitted again and trading between
all but the localized quarantine territor-
les resumed
1.-The chief difficulty in the fight is the
ignorance of the farmers or cattlemen
concerning the disease, according to DR..
Hickman. Every COW or hog or sheep
seen limping is open to suspicion and
should be examined by an expert as soon
as he can be procured, is DR.. Hickman's
opinion.
The symptoms are easy to see,' he
said. "When any animal with a cloven
hoof begins to limp, the farmer should
not hesitate in the belief that it is sore
simply from walking or just an accidental
injury. My office should be notified or
an expert on live stock diseases called to
inspect the animal.
when any of the live stock gets off
it's feed or losses flesh or the saliva be-
gins to flow freely, it is safest to have
it examined Immediately. Delay may
mean loss of the whole herd. -
1.-The disease shows itself in the cleft
of the hoof and sometimes on the out"
side of the mouth, although most fire.
quently first on the upper gums. But any
sick animal ought to be isolated at once
and examined"
The farm near Emmitsburg referred
to above is that of the late Meade Fuss.
One of Mr.. Fuss sons recently purchas-
ed lot of steers from Patterson Bros.
intending to fatten them. These cattle
it is said came from near Lancaster, Pa.
The digging of trench in which the
cattle will be placed when killed was be-
gan Monday afternoon, and likely the
cattle were killed Wednesday. For the
cattle, hogs, etc.. Mrs. Fuss will receive
81, $50 from the State and National Gov
eminent.
1t is reported that Mr.. Walter Dorsey,
a cattle dealer of near Logs, had shipped
from Virginia three carloads of stock
cattle. These cattle are now held in
quarantine at Hagerstown.
Persons who saw the cattle affected
on the Fuss farm say that blisters can
be seen on the hoofs Of the cattle and
that saliva in great quantities run from
their mouth. The hogs are affected in
the same manner.
The present out break first appeared
in southern Michigan. How it was in
troduced there is not known. Shipments
of diseased hogs from this place which
passed to Chicago are believed to be re.
sponsible for the infection of the pens ir
the Linton Stnckvards. One the wards