Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-04
PRIZE CATTLE ARE
ON INFECTED LIST
Losses to Stockmen in the Central
States from the Plague Will
Be Enormous.
CLEANING UP CHICAGO YARDS
Force of Thousand Men Higgins the
Work of Fumigation and Disin-
fectIOn-ThOusand Animals
Have been Destroyed.

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disease was admitted today TO have
broken out in the Union Stock yards here.
All the federal government inspectors at
the yards have expressed that opinion.
While no doubt exists that the disease
has attacked COW at the yards, formal
announcement of the fact will be with
held until tomorrow. pending scientific
proof from calf which has been in
noculated with virus from the cows
mouth.
The discovery Of this case is not OK
pected to make any extension of the
quarantine which went into effect at the
yards yesterday.
Immediate losses as a result OF the dis
covery of the disease in the Chicago yards
may run into several hundred thousand
dollars and indirectly into far greater
amount at present incalculable, as the
infection is In prize live stock recently
brought here for exhibition from oil parts
of the United States.
The COW under observation Is high
priced Holstein It does not follow that
other nearly priceless breeding cattle will
have to be slaughtered II the diagnosis
of the case proves correct The different
herds are being kept separate and every
sanitary precaution is being observed so
that losses as far as possible will be re-
| duced to a minimum.
Work of DisinfectiOn Begun.
! A force of 1000 men began disinfecting
the Union Stock yards, the worlds great
est cattle market, which yesterday was
placed under partial quarantine by fed
| eral authorities to prevent the spread Of
foot and mouth" disease to live stock
| A.. h.
disease is spread through contact. every
| section of the yards, covering n district
mile square, is to be disinfected. The
same process of fumigation will be ap-
piled to all live stock cars The task, 1t
was said. would require a week of work.
The work is being directed by represen-
tauves of the federal bureau of animal
industry.
Many Men Also Guaranteed.
Hundreds OF the 5000 men employed at
the yards district have been isolated as a
result of the quarantine. Three hundred
stockmen. who recently arrived with cat
| tie from the infected districts, will be
obliged to remain at the yards until the
quarantine is lifted
The quarantine prohibits the shipment
of live stock out Of Chicago except to
Illinois points for immediate slaughter.
1t makes it impossible for stockmen in
Indiana, Michigan. Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania to purchase feeder cattle in Chi
cago and cuts off the small supply of
cattle for slaughter which have been re-
ceived in Chicago from those states. No
live stock, with the exception of horses
and mules, may be shipped out of the
four states or Illinois.
More Inspectors ON Job.
Eight additional government inspectors,
bringing the total up to forty-eight, ar
rived today to aid in fighting the scourge
in Illinois. They are working under the
direction of DR.. r. A. Ramsey, chief of
the field inspection department of the
bureau of animal industry. They are to
cooperate with an equal number OF state
inspectors working under DIR. o. e.
Dyson, state veterinarian.
Two crews of inspectors are required
for the work. The first makes a test for
the disease and second digs a deep pit
shoots the affected animals, and. after
dumping them in, covers them with quick
! lime which insures a complete elimina-
ton of the disease. All the feed is
burned. All the cattle owner receives Is
the actual meat value of the cattle AMI
the market value of the feed Under
present arrangement the federal and
state governments each share half of
this expense. The fight to exterminate
the disease in Illinois alone, II was esti-
mated, will cost $4,000 a week.
The foot and mouth" disease, govern
ment officials explained today is not
fatal, but the only way to prevent its
spread throughout a herd is to kill all
affected animals. Its effect is to
! emaciate the beef cattle and reduce the
milk supply of dairy animals. The AMI
mails mouths become so sore they can.
not eat
The malady attacks live stock of all
kinds. The disease Is one that manifests
itself by the appearance of small ulcers
and vesicles I'm the mouths OF animals
AMI on the hoof, between the toes.
Outside OF Chicago four new cases were
reported today-three in Kane and Ken
dali counties, Illinois, and one in Monroe
county, Michigan.
Thousand Animals Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "A corps of 1O7
government inspectors travelling in Mich
igan. Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Penn
sylvanis today reported they had found
10 new outbreaks OF tne 1OOI ana
mouth disease among cattle in districts
outside those already infected One hun
dred and sixty herds. or about 1000 ami
mails already have been destroyed in In
diana and Michigan. The carcasses were
buried in lime to prevent spread of the
contagion. As yet no cases OF children
being affected by the milk from the dis
eased cattle have been reported
Cleveland Yards QuarantIned.
CLEVELAND. o.. Nov. s.-The CIeve-
land stock yards were placed Under fed
eral quarantine today,
Eight New Cases at south Bend.
| SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 3.-Eight
new cases Of the hoof and mouth disease
were discovered today among the cattle
OF this (St Joseph county. To date,
cattle valued at more than $4,000 have
been destroyed. 1t is now estimated that
the expense involved i'm destroying cattle
in st. Joseph county alone probably will
reach 10000
Fifty-two cows and steers were found
to be infected In the herd at Notre Dame
university. Following an inspection OF