Evening star., 1914-11-10
POLICE AND SHERMAN
WILL WATCH MARKETS
Canada Puts Ban on Cattle Crossing
International Line From
United States.
NO REASON TO ADVANCE FOOD
Agricultural Department Says Sup
ply Ample and Prices Should Re
main Normal-3O0 Inspectors
at Work.

Washington today became closed
market to the whole of Maryland fol
the shipment Of hoofed animals, fod'
der, hides and dressed meats.
Acting swiftly and with a determine
ton to throw up every possible bar
rier against the spread of the hoof-and-
mouth disease to the District the Com
missioners late yesterday issued in.
structions to the police and health de-
partments and the division of weights
measures and markets to employ al
means at their command to prevent
violation of the Maryland quarantine
ordered by the Department Of Agricul.
ture.
This action was taken Immediately
following receipt of q communication
from th1 department stating that Il
was of the greatest Importance tna'
the local authorities should prevent the
entrance into the District from Mary.
land or any quarantined state Of ans
cattle, sheep. swine, dressed carcasses
hides, skins, hay, straw or similar fod'
der or manure or litter, except sucl
products have been disinfected prioi
to shipment under supervision OF, ar
inspector of the bureau of animal in
dustry.
Regulations Being Prepared.
Regulations for making effective the
quarantine are being drawn up today
by DR.. John P. Turner, representing
the District health department, and
Representatives of the bureau of ami
NAL industry These probably will be
approved by the Commissioners late to-
un a.
diately.
John n. Sherman. superintendent Of
weights measures and markets. viii
watch the markets to see that no Mary-
land shipments are received in violation
of the orders. while the police depart
ment, particularly through its mounted
bicycle squads, will inspect all market
wagons that cross the MARYLAND line.
Under the orders thus far Issued Mary
land dealers may still sell milk in Wash
ington. Inspectors Of the health depart
ment, however, are on the alert for the
first signs o. danger In this direction
To avoid danger Of contracting foot and
mouth disease, 1t Is important that al
milk should be boiled before being used.
according to DR.. William c. woodward,
Lealth officer.
Advises Milk Be Boiled.
In a statement pointing out the i'm
time, he said:
Boil your milk II you would avoid
anger of contracting foot-and-moutt
disease. While foot-and-mouth disease
has not yet appeared. so far as is
known. in any dairy herd from which
milk Is brought into the District OF
Columbia, yet the disease has appeared
in the state of Maryland, in which there
are 746 dairy farms and approximately
IL 900 cattle supplying milk to the Dis
trict.
'.In view of the number of such farms
and cattle and the wide area over
which they are distributed 1t is not un-
likely that the disease may find Its
way into some of the dairy herds from
is del derived and prevail there for some
time before its presence becomes
known to the health department.
Boiling of milk destroys its infective
as an article of diet is demonstrated
by the ia It that milk is commonly uset
in Europe an and tropical countries only
after be .ng boiled, and that it Is Sc
used without harmful effect. AL the
large baby feeding 'dispensaries in Eu
SITUATIONS. because they are designed tt
advise mothers how to keep theil
babies well rather than to treat sicl
babies. supply boiled milk or order the
milk to De given DOlleQ.
"A recent English investigator fol
the British local government board
who desired to investigate the rela.
ton of the boiling of milk to which
availability as a food for babies ha6
to abandon her attempt because there
was no series Of babies nearer thar
New York city fed on raw cows milk
After a lengthy investigation. how.
ever, she reported that as the result
of animal feeding. she had concluded
that when an animal was fed upor
milk coming from some other speciei
boiled milk gave more satisfactory re-
suits than similar raw milk. The Ber.
lin figures she reported dealing will
infants fed on boiled cows milk CAV,
such extremely favorable results tina
surpassed had raw cows milk beer
used.
Proper Pasteurization o. Z.
The proper pasteurization of mill
may be relied upon to destroy the dis
ease carrying properties of milk ex
posed to infection by foot and moutl
disease, and if it Is known that mill
| has been properly pasteurized boiling
| is unnecessary. AS matter of fact
however, much of the milk sold IL
| thf5 district is not properly pasteu
| rized, and the treatment to which 1t Il
strOy the infection of foot and moutl
disease or to destroy any other infec
! ton.
"For that reason, it is not safe t,
RELY upon milk bough. in the marke
as pasteurized milk unless it has beel
| definitely shown that the process O
| so-called pasteurization to which tn
| dealer resorts is in fact true pasteuri
zatfon and is properly DONE"
Canada Quarantines.
Canadian reciprocity" of a new styl
was announced to the Department o
Agriculture today in telegram stat
ing that the Dominion Is oficiall,
quarantined against the United States
In an effort to prevent the spread o
| the foot-and-mouth disease. Th
United States yesterday established
quarantine against Canada. The actio
of the Dominion government toda
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