The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-11-19
land. Iowa. Rhode Island. New
Jersey and Delaware. Interstate

these states are absolutely prohi-
bited. and such articles as hides.
straw. hay. ETC.. must be thor
oughly disinfected before they
can be moved in interstate COM
merce. Both in virulence and in
extent of area affected the pres
ent outbreak is more s<fious than
any of the five previous ones
which have occurred in the Unit
ed States.
These previous outbreaks have
not been sufficiently serious to
familiariZe farmers with the SYM
ptOms OF the disease or to "--de1
them fully alive to the losses that
1T occasions when permitted to
gain a firm fOothold. One of its
most dangerous characteristics is
its extreme consciousness. Not
only may it be conveyed directly
from one animal to another. but
it may be transported in fodder,
picked up from the ground and
carried over the country by cats,
dogs. and chickens. or communi-
Gated through the agency of man
Cases have already been found in
which it seems certain that the
disease was spread by the curios-
lty OF farmers to inspect suffer-
ing animals. They returned fro-,
these visits to communicate the
disease to their own previously
healthy herds.
The consciousness of the dis
ease explains the action of the
Federal authorities in duarantin-
ing such large areas. The prac-
tlce is to clap a blanket of. quar-
antine on the State in which a
case of the disease has been
found. and then. by careful in
vestigation. determine the exact
area infected. When an animal
suffering from foot-and-mouth
disease is discovered in a herd the
whole herd is at once slaughtered
otherwise it would remain a
dangerous source of infection and
be menace to the entire COM
munity. 1t is customary to ap-
point an appraiser to value the
herd. One half of the appraised
value is paid to the owner by the
Federal Government and one-half
by the State. The slaughtered an
finals are buried in deep trench
their hides slashed to make it
useless for anyone to dig them un
again, and the carcasses are sat-
surated with auicklime. In this
manner previous outbreaks have
been completely stamped out and
there is every reason to hope that
this will be the case this wear. The
chief danger is that there NAV he
infected herds whose existence is
not reported to the proper au-
InOfltles. Farmers are therefore
urged. both for their own protec-
ton and as a duty to their neigh
bOrs. to report Immediately all
cases. OF SUSPICIOUS sore mouths
or lameness among their stock.
Foot and-mouth disease affects
cM9ny cattle. sheep. goats and
sWh16. but there are a number of
ottt6r animals Of less commercial
IND rtance which are also sus-
'cep6bie. Occasionally human be-
ina9 are affected. but in the MAJ
l1un4Sy OF instances the disease is
not eeVefe in the case Of man.
dSMtadEen, however. may become
Feusly i'll il their milk is in
Ths arst !. Indications asI Of the dis
.fe46r. thb ten1pgrature rising rap
tsHE sometimes tO f06: degrees r.
In short time vesicles about the
size Of the pea appear in. the
mouth at the end Of the tongue,
on the inside of,the cheeks. and
on the gums. These vesicles con-
tain q yelloWish vtaterysauSkThey
spread as the disease advances
and cause the animal TO- OuSA and
shut its mouth uneaSfIy with a
characteristic smacking sound. A