The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-11-20
PERSONS QUARAN-
TINED
ON ACCOUNT OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE-HAY, STRAW, &c., ALSO
HELD SCHOOLS CLOSED I'M
WASHINGTON HUNDREDS
OF CATTLE KILLED.

Determined to take every possible
means OF stamping out the foot-and-
mouth disease In Maryland, the State
authorities have issued orders quaran-
timing all persons who have been in
direct contact with animals suffering
with the disease, and prohibiting gun
ming in the counties now under quar-
antine
The order quarantining persons
was issued by the State Board of
Health, which IL cooperating with the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board and
the Federal Bureau of Animal Hus-
bandry, in their efforts to prevent
the spread Of the disease, and the
order against cunning was issued by
Governor Goldsborough at the request
of the Live Stock Board.
The reason for both orders are per-
fectly plain. The foot-and-mOuth dis
ease il a germ disease Of extraordi-
nary virulence, and any person. even
walking across a field in which dis
eased cattle have been pastured,
might carry millions OF the germs to
places free Of it, And as the disease
is also communicable to human be-
ings it has been thought best to pre-
vent those who have been in direct
contact with animals suffering with
it from coming into contact with those
who have not been near it.
| The prohibition against cunning in
the counties where the disease il pre-
valent Is a step that has been thought
wise for some time.
| 1t is not thought that any hunter
would 90 upon a quarantined farm In
search of game, and not much danger
Of speading the disease has been an
ticipated from the hunters themselves,
but when dog gets to chasing rab-
bit it makes no difference to him
whether the farm over which the rab-
bit runs is quarantinel or not, the dog
goes after him. And in this way a
single dog might carry the infection
from one farm to dozen others i'm the
course of day
\ President Skipper Of the State
Board went to Caroline county to look
into the report that the disease had
made its appearance in Caroline and
Talbot counties a. a result Of the
shipping Of lot Of st,ck frCln in
fecteu districts into these countries
That stock was bought at the Balti-
more stock yards, which have since
been quarantined Me- stock IVY rrU~
being received at the local yards and
the work of cleaning them up and
disinfecting them is being rushed SO
that they can be opened as promptly
as possible. 1t Is believed that this
work will be completed and the yards
opened this week
an effort will be made by the State
board to obtain some relief from the
embargo against shipments Of hay
straw and corn from parts of the
quarantined counties in which the
disease has not appeared 1t il fear
ed that II the embargo continues up
on entire counties it will result in q
serious shortage of hay and other
stock feed in Baltimore, much OF
which comes from the counties under
quarantine, such as Howard, Carroll
and Frederick.
/ Notice was received by the board
that eight more cases Of the disease
had occurred i'm Delaware, near the
Cecil county line, and the authorities
will increase their watchfulness along
the State line, between Maryland and
Delaware.
Dr. B. wv. Murphy, United States
inspector, who has been in charge Of
the infected cattle at Dawsonville,
I left for Washington yesterday. He
returned to BOyds Monday and killed
42 head OF cattle and 104 hogs on the
farm Of James II. Jones. On an ad-
joining farm the stock of C. L. Berry
has been infected and these will also
BE- killed
The total OF all stock SO far con
J dnmnnH in that oh T.
$4,000. ALI fowls on the two farms
will be dipped with a creosote prepa-
ration and then watched for further
developments. a corps Of men will
go into Montgomery county, from
Hagerstown, in a few days and fumi-
gate the buildings on the two farms.
Laborers in the neighborhood re-
fused to do the work.
Rumor has it that the disease ex-
listed in the southern end of the
county, i'm the vicinity of Lineboro.
Cases have been discovered near Fred
erick. The stock suspected at Line
boro consists of two carloads receiy-
ed over the p. R. r. at the Spring
Grove station on election day, from
Lancaster.
There were 81 head Of stock in the
d.,
follows: Jacob Dietz, Lower Windsor
township, 3 steers, 3 cows, one calf.
4 heifers and is hogs, total 35; Sam
uel Bollinger, Heidelberg township.
27 head and Absalom Hoover, Jack
son township, 10 head The herds
killed on Saturday included I37 head
OF stock as follows: John Berkheimer,
Jackson township, 80 cattle, IS hogs,
total, 4S; Edward Bowman, West
Manchester township, liz cattle, liza
hogs, totel, 81; B- r.. Forty, near
Hanover, liz steers, l COW, 8 hogs.
total, 81: John H. Fleming, near New
Oxford, 81 cattle, hogs, total, 81
head.
The Rock Hill School OF Washing
ton county, near the Hykes and Zeig-
Ter farms, in the Reid district, part of
which L. under quarantine on account
Of The f0ot-and-mouth disease among
cattle, was ordered closed Wednesday, v
The building is being fumigated. One
Of the pupils lives on a farm where
the foot7and- -mpnth= disease appeared
The boy in going To and from school
walked Iover field in an adjoining
farm and the cattle scourge has since
made itB appearance on this.9farm. a "A