The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
Rigid Quarantine Ordered
on Long Island Farms
Even Visiting Between Neghbors Prohibited in Two Coun-
ties Where Cattle Disease Exsts-Wandering
Dogs and Chickens Under Ban.


Tho State Department of Agriculture
placed a quarantine yesterday on farms
In Kings and Queens counties pending
nm examination OF all cattle to determine
whether any are infected with the foot
and mouth disease. Notices were tackled
on fences and trees warning families own
ing cows, sheep and swine that they
must not visit neighboring farms and TO
be very careful not TO allow any OF
their ducks, chickens, cats, dogs. &c, to
wander Off the premises.
The discovery Of the disease In Frank
Goldstein's dairy herd OF 2S9 cows at
Woodhaven and in Sechter Wicker's
herd of forty at Maspeth has greatly
alarmed Long Island farmers generally.
Practically none of them is familiar with
the symptoms OF the disease and several
cases have been recorded where instead
OF summoning veterinarians owners OF
alling cows have called In their more
experienced neighbors TO find out II the
animals had that newfangled sickness
The foot and mouth disease IL 80 highly
infectious that II may be carried In mems
clothes, and consequently the State Ag-
riCultural Department decided to stop
indiscrlminate visiting as precautionary
measure.
Following in the wake Of twenty-five
or thirty state inspectors who carried
the mo visiting" order from one farm
10 dllOlntT WtIt flkul oNhti hisp'NNSAs
who made an examination OF cattle.
No new cases were discovered yester
day, but the Federal and State officials,
who are working together 10 stamp out
T the endemic, are not satisfied that an
| Infected herd may not be found at almost
any time The report that the disease
had developed on farm at New Lots,
| l.. l.. has not been verified, but the
suspected cases are stil under observu-
: ton. =
| DR.. Albert Long. who has charge OF
the Federal quarantine activities on Long
Island DR.. II. u. Gill, veterinarian for
! the State Department of Agriculture in
/ this section and Or. T. II. Alderman.
chief veterinarian for the New York city
Board of Health. had a busy day making
arrangements for the slaughter of Gold
! stems herd DR. Long said last night
! that the work of killing the cows will
probably begin this afternoon. The De-
partment of Agriculture at Washington
gave permission yesterday to have the
cattle shot on the farm and their car
casses taken TO the disposal plant az
Barren Island.
The departments method has been u
bury diseased cattle in quiclGime In
, trenches on the infected farm. but the
authorities modified their regulations tn
meet the objections Of Or. Goldwater,
Commissioner OF Health. who was fearful
that burial OF the carcdsses on Long
rland farms might oontamnate the
water supply. Besides the health regula-
lions forbid the interment Of animals
within the city limits. The carcasses will
therefore be placed in dead animal
wagons and taken to Newtowu Creek
and then removed by scows to Barren
Island Great care will be taken later.
under the supervision OF the Government
officials. to disinfect the wagons and
scows
After the Woodhaven farm has beer
thoroughly cleaned up the cattle at Mas
peth will he destroyed
DR.. Long said that in case one or more
diseased cattle are discovered in a herd
the other animals may be slaughtered
for beef as soon as II Is established be