Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-13
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER STOPS.
Only Animals Infected to BE Killed
Hereafter, Federal Order Says.

Only Animals Infected to BE Killed
Hereafter, Federal Order Says.
Chicago, Nov. 1S.-The slaughter OF
entire herd OF cattle. hogs. and sheep
by state and government officials as
means Of stamping oVt the foot and
mouth disease has been stopped. The
word was received yesterday from
Washington by DIR. S. e. Bennett. In
charge OF the local offace of the. bureau
of animal industry. The order, which
was signed by DIR. Melvin. chief Of the
bureau, is to slaughter only the AMI
mails found to be infected.
Almost Simultaneous with the receipt
Of this order DR.. Simon Flexner of
the Rockefeller foundation reached the
stock yards for the purpose of making
study of the foot and mouth disease.
He will stay here for several days SO
as to watch the disease in all its
stages.
Hopes to Obtain Culture.
DR.. Flexneri discovered the germ OF
infantile paralysis. He hopes to be able
to make cultures from the specimens
Of virus obtained from some of the
dairy show cattle. Should he be able
to produce q culture he hopes he will
be able to find serum that will sue
cessfully combat the germs Of the dis
ease.
my interest in the case is purely
that of q bacteriologist," said Dr. Flex-
ner. II have not had an opportunity to
study the disease before. The Euro
peans have made quite an extensive
study OF It, for they have 1t In their
herds most Of the time"
The orders from Washington to stop
the slaughter Of whole herds Of ami
mails and only to kill those showing
actual symptoms marks reversal Of
policy Of the government.
Text Of Order.
The text Of the order as telegraphed d
to DR.. Bennett follows:
owing to scarcity of funds. 1t Is
considered advisable to save as many
animals as possible. therefore you are
instructed to make efforts to save ami
mills for food purposes in cases of
large herds where disease appears in
only few animals"
Heretofore it has been the policy of
the government to condemn every
hoofed animal on farms where the dis
ease has been discovered The ap-
praised valuation Of the cattle already
slaughtered under government order
will run, 1t is said, over the $500. 900
| mark. Farmers In Indiana and Michi
gan whose stock was slaughtered sew
eral weeks ago, have not received com
pensation for their property. The
emergency fund of 100000 which Sec
retary Of Agriculture Houston had
counted on using has been consumed
nearly in the mere expense Of inspect
ing cattle in the fourteen states in
which the disease Is now found.
Cost Set at $3,oo0,OO0.
zone would think from Dr. Melvin's
order the country was on the verge of
bankruptcy" said A. G.. Leonard, gen
eral manager Of the Chicago Union
stockyards. in commenting on the
order. "I'1l grant. for example. that
| 1t will cost the government $4,000. 900
to stamp out the present foot and
mouth plague What Is that compared
with the $4,000, 900, 900 worth of cattle
we own in this country? Many a
private corporation has considered it.
self lucky to charge of 10 per cent loss
in the time OF business reversal
II agree with DR.. Melvin we must
carefully guard the meat supply In
the United States. but we certainly
are not placing a safeguard about It
when we attempt to temporize with
such virulent disease"
Mr. Leonard said that unless the
plague was stamped out entirely it
would be practically impossible to con-
slider shipping cattle in the future from
states in which the infection prevailed
into others.
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