The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-11-13
STOCK
QUARANTINE ON
Follows Outbreak of Stock
Epidemic in State.
Commissioner 0rdersCancellatio
Of All Poultry And Pet
Shows Advertised.

Receipt of telegraphic reports
from Or. s. l.. Bond, of the Louis
vile Bureau of Animal Industry,
stating that there is not the slight
est doubt about the existence of the
foot and mouth disease among cattle
on a small farm about eight miles
from Shepherdsville, caused Secre-
tary Houston. of the Department, of
Agriculture at Washington, to order
the Federal livestock quarantine in
force aginst the entire State of Ken
lucky.
This action against the State was
taken toward the close of the after
noon Tuesday. after a final diagnosis
of the cases at Stepherdsville had
been made, and 1t was followed by a
bulletin from the Kentucky Live
stock Sanitary Board. signed by j.
w. Newman. ordering all livestock
markets closed. and all poultry and
pet stock shows. now being adver-
tised. cancelled without further de-
lay.
With Kentucky under the ban, the
Federal quarantine has now been ex-
tended to fourteen States.
The quarantine means that no
cattle, sheep. lambs, hogs or goats
may be moved out of Kentucky into
other States that have thus far es-
capped the livestock plague. In a
word. the livestock industry through
out the State has come to a stand
still. and farmers. brokers and pack
ers are anticipating heavy losses.
J. w. Newman, Commissioner of
Agriculture, in statement issued
last night. declared that the situa-
ton is alarming. adding that he be-
lieves the disease to be widely scat
tered.
A special session of the Kentucky
General Assembly. to provide funds
for the reimbursement of farmers
for fifty per cent of their losses when
cattle are destroyed. and to employ
inspectors and afford materials for
disinfectant work, in the opinion of
Mr.. Newman. is one Of the most nee
essary steps in the movement to err
adicate the scourge.
DR.. Bond stated that he and his
staff of inspectors are now busy trac-
ing more than 400 shipments of
Chicago livestock handled thru the
Bourbon Stockyards at Louisville, to
points in Kentucky. since September
80. last. rt..-' ..'r
This announcement means probably
that thousands of head of cattle
from territory where the disease is
deep-rooted and spreading faster ev-
cry day have been distributed broad
cast over the State of Kentucky.
DR.. Bond has full information on
all the shipments and will be able to
locate every animal in the course of
a few days. All those found to be in
fected will be ordered destroyed.
The bulletin issued by the Ken
lucky Livestock Sanitary Board was
as follows:
1t is now known that the disease
commonly called foot and mouth
disease" exists among the livestock
of some fifteen or twenty states in
the Union, among them the State of
Kentucky. This disease is very easily
and while poultry is
not directly affected by it. birds of
all kinds are great carriers of it
among cattle. sheep and hogs.
The Federal Government and the
Livestock Sanitary Board
are availing themselves of every pos
sible means of combining this disease
in Kentucky to local outbreaks. To
this end. all public markets have
been closed until further notice. 1t
is deemed inadvisable to have poul-
try shows. pet stock shows. or ami
NAL shows of any nature while this
disease is SO prevalent.
1t is therefore ordered that all
poultry shows. pet stock shows, and
animal shows of every description,
be abandoned until such time as this
disease is eradicated from our State.
All associations and organizations
for holding such exhibits will be gov
erned accordingly.
J. w. NEWMAN. -"
Chairman. Kentucky Live