Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-30
CATTLE DISEASE
PREVENTS COURSE
U. Of w. Midwlnter Meetings win
Not Be Held.
DECISION BY THE FACULTY
To Prevent the Spread Of Plague, a
Strict Quarantine viii Be Placed
Upon University Barns and
Stables.


Madison.-Because Of the continued
spread of the foot-and-mouth disease
among the herds and flocks of Dane
county and its recent appearance in
close vicinity of Madison, the regular
midwinter meeting of the ten days
farmers course at the college of ag-
riculture, University OF Wisconsin,
has been abandoned.
This was decided at a special meet
ing of the faculty.
The immediate cause of this action
was the continued spread of the cpl
demic in other than the originally
infected territory in Dane county
which is but a few miles distant
from the university farm.
The officials OF The college feel
they are bound to do everything pos
sible to prevent further spread of the
infection and to protect the states
experimental and Unconstitutional
herds at Madison. Accordingly, a
strict quarantine has been placed up
on the university barns and stables.
and all the work in live stock judg-
ing will be discontinued for a time
following the Christmas recess, when
large numbers of the students go to
their homes in sections of this and
other states in which the disease now
exists.
Similar action has been taken by
the officials of the agricultural col
leges of a number of the other middle
Western states in which the disease
is now existent. The authorities
of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa hal e
voted either to abandon their mid
winter courses or to limit the work
to other live stock lines.
Besides the ten days course. which
annually attracts large numbers OF
farmers, it was decided to postpone
the special dairy course for factory
operators ard managers, the fifth Wis
consin Country Life conference and
the Young Peoples course. TIE lat
ter. which is always attended by boys
from the various counties in which
corn-growing contests are carried on,
will likely be held at the 1915 Wis
consin state fair. The scholarships
already won by the boys will be hon
ored for the corn school to be held at
Milwaukee during the week of the
state fair and the same or additional
instruction will be given. The officials
of certain of the other organizations
which held their meetings at the same
time have already intimated their
willingness to cooperate with the col
lege authorities in preventing any
possible spread of the disease. The
poultry show to be held early in Jan
rary will likely be held in the annex
Ci the university gymnasium, this re-
moving any possibility of danger.
A direct appeal was made by DR..
o. Fl. Eliason, state veterinal ian. to
Senator La Toilette at Washing
ton to secure his aid in removing some
Of the Objectionable and apparently
unnecessary features of the foot-and-
mouth quarantine that has been placed
upon this state by the federal gov
eminent. While a large part of the
state has been relieved from the quar-
antine, even iii those sections the re-
lief has not been sufficient to permit
the free shipment of cattle to be used
for breeding purposes. Moreover. the
state desires the relief of the counties
of Kenosha and a part of Green coun
ty where the infection has never been
prevalent, but which were included in
the quarantine because they were
contiguous to infected counties. The
telegram explaining the situation was
sent to Senator La Toilette, asking his
aid on behalf of Wisconsin breeders
to aid in securing all reasonable relief
from the bar.