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The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
THE C0UNTRYS WAR AGAINST
The FOOT-AND- MOUTH DISEASE

the lime and partly to remove any
temptation to dig them up again and
sell them. The entire farm premises
are the thoroughly disinfected and no
stock allowed upon them for period
OF approximately sixty days.
Appraiser Values the Herd.
In order to compensate the owner
OF his property thus condemned in the
interest OF the public welfare, an ap-
praiser Is appointed by the state au-
thorities to value the herd. The sum
thus fixed Is divided equally between
the state and the federal authorities.
In the last outbreak in 1908 in New
England II cost the federal govern
ment. which was then paying two
thirds of the appraised values, ap-
proximately 100000 for condemna-
ton. slaughter and disinfection. The
present outbreak is regarded as much
more serious.
~The inspectors engaged in this
work are equipped with a complete
rubber outfit which can be thoroughly
disinfected after each exposure to in
lection. Persons who have not the
advantage of this equipment should
vigorously refrain from exposing them
selves to the least risk of infection.
AS has already been said, the disease
is frequently transmitted by human
beings, and ii is really a crime for
any one to crafty his curiosity at
the expense of his neighbors. In ad-
dition to this danger there are also
number of cases on record in which
both children and adults have become
infected themselves. Ordinarily the
disease is not serious in men, but
weakly children who drink contami-
mated milk suffer so severely that In
few cases death has been known to
result. With adults the malady usu-
ally takes no more serious form than
slight eruption in the mouth similar
to fever blisters and possibly a simi-
lar eruption on the hands and fingers.
There may be also some fever and
nausea, but there is comparatively lit
tie danger In countries where the
disease is prevalent many authorities
believe that 1t is fairly general in
human beings but that the consequent
disturbances in health are so slight
that they are not brought to the at
tention of physicians.
Started in Michigan.
The present outbreak originated in
southern Michigan but how the germ
found its way there is not yet def
nitely known. 1t seems probable that
some cattle became infected, that
their milk was sent to a creamery
and the skim milk then returned to
be fed to hogs. A herd of these in
fected hogs was then shipped to Chi
cago where they infected the stock
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
HOOP AND MOUTH DISEASE

Detroit.-Shipment OF live stock to
Detroit Is handicapped by shortage
OF stock cars, according to meat pack
ers in Detroit. Shippers and drovers
throughout the state are experiencing
difficulty in shipping to the plants.
The obstacle that they meet with
everywhere is the refusal OF the rail-
roads to furnish cars until they have
been disinfected TO prevent further
spread of the hoof and mouth dis
ease.
Receipts continue light at local
packing houses, but packers are OPP
timistic and hope within a few days
to see the receipts increase. There
have been no severe increase in the
price of meat, and although pork has
gone up IL to 1 cent a pound, pack
ers declare that there will be no
material increase as result OF the
quarantine.
Hoof and mouth disease now raging
among cattle in IA states is communi-
cable to humans, the department OF
agriculture announced Thursday, but
it's effect rarely is serious. The de-
partment urged, however, that humans
keep away from diseased cattle to
avoid spreading the infection. and rec
commended the use of pasteurized
milk.
The statement said, in part
MEN who come in contact with dis
eased animals may also become In
fected. In adult human beings, the
contagion causes such symptoms as
sore mouths, painful swallowing. fever
and occasionally eruptions on the
hands. finger tips, etc. While caus-
ing considerable discomfort, the dis
ease is rarely serious.
1.-The disease, in short, is dangerous
because of the loss that it occasions
to property, and not because OF It's
effects upon the health OF mankind.
At present all infected herds are be-
ing slaughtered as soon as they are
discovered, the carcasses buried, and
the premises thoroughly disinfected.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

yards before they themselves revealed
any symptoms of the disease. Once
this had taken place, every shipment
of stock from Chicago to other parts
of the country was likely to spread
the infection. For this reason fed
eral inspectors have for some time
now been engaged in tracing, by the
aid of bills Of lading and other rail-
road records, each Of these shipments
to its destination and inspecting the
stock there. This accounts for the
discovery of cases in states as far re-
moved from each other as Iowa and
Massachusetts,. The various quaran-
tines already imposed have been de-
signed to prevent the continued move
ment Of cattle from infected or sus-
picious places. Once these move
ments have been halted and all the
exposed cattle brought to a standstill.
II will be possible for the federal au-
thorities to locate all suspicious cases
and by the slaughter OF all exposed
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
General Markets.

Pears-Kiefers, 50060c per bu.
Apples-$1.50Q2.5O per Dbl and SO
075c per bu.
Cranberries-Late blacks, s4.75@5;
Howes, $4,000 per Dbl.
Grapes-Blue. l7@1Sc per S-lb bas.
ket; pony Catawbas, 14c; pony Con
cords, l3c; pony Niagaras, he.
Chestnuts-1O012c per ID.
Tomatoes-Hothouse, l46l5c per Id
Cabbage grown, 75c9S1 per
Dbl.
Dressed Calves-Fancy, 12Q12 lie
common, 10011c per lb.
Onions-SOc per 100 lbs in bulk and
S5G90c per 100 lbs in sacks.
Potatoes-Carlots, soc per bu in
bulk and 32O33c per blu in sacks.
Skeet Potatoes--Virginia, $3.50
2.S5 per Dbl and 81 per bu; Jersey,
S3.75@3.S5 per Dbl and $135 per bu.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens. IL 1-2
d12c; heavy hens. lie; No. 2 hens,
10c; old ROSTERS, loo; ducks, IA 1-2@
15c; geese, 14@14 1-2c; turkeys, 1870
zoe per Id.
Cheese-Wholesale lots: Michigan
flats, 13 1-2014c; New York fats,
10 1-2q15 SAC; brick, 1904 1-2c; linn
burger, IL l-2612c; imported Swiss,
S0932c; domestic Swiss, 10000;
long horns, 14q14 lie; daisies, 14Q
IA 1-2c per Id.
Honey-Choice to fancy new white
comb, 15Q16c; amber, 10a11c; ex-
tracted. 6q7c per Id.
Hides-No. l cured, 16 1-2c; No.
green, IA lie; No. cured bulls, 15c;
No. l green bulls, lie; No. i cured
veal kip, 1Sc; No. / green veal kip,
Ice: No. l cured murrain, 15c; No. 1
green murrain, 13c; No. cured calf,
zoe; No. green calf, 19c; No. l horse
hides, $3.50; No. 2 horsehides, $3.50;
No. hides 1c and No. 2 kip and calf
l l-2c lower than the above; sheep
skins, as to amount OF wool, 50cQ
$1.25.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
EXCELLENT POINTS
CONCERNING SWINE
Alfalfa Recognized as Of Greatest
Value in Hog Feeding
Care for SoWS.
(Ry c. S. MIIhER.O


If you intend to pillow your blue
grass and clover pastures next spring,
let the pigs have free range over them
until the snow falls.
No other feed for small pigs ranks
as high in value as skim milk. II
you do not have plenty of 1t on your
own farm, better arrange to get some
from a neighbor, even II 1t takes
trouble to do it,
In the West alfalfa is now recog-
nized as of the greatest value in
hog feeding Give brood SOW plenty
of cut alfalfa with q small ration OF
corn, say not more than two pounds
per day, and she will come through
the winter In fine condition.
A slop made Of shorts and hot wa
ter, fed every other day. is an excel
lent thing for brod sows.
A good many men will tear them
selves from close proximity TO a hot
stove, dash out into the storm, shovel
a few bushels of corn on the ground
for their hogs, and then leave them
to SILVER and freeze without adequate
shelter during the night These men
are the fellows who are always sure
there ia no money in hog raising.
Since Doctor Moore'B discovery OF
the hitherto unknown qualities OF
copperas, it has been used with great
success to preserve the health OF
hogs. A very small portion, say a
teaspoonful in a barrel of drinking wa
ter once or twice a week, is recon-
mended
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Didn't Believe in TattIlna.

Marjorie, aged four. was in the IL
brary with her father, while her moth
err was experimenting the preparation
of dinner The attention of the head
OF the house was attracted by a
scratching sound. and he looked up to
find his daughter at work with a pair
of scissors on the top of polished
table. Marjorie" he said, sternly. Ego
tell your mother what you've been do
ing" II won't do 1t, papa" she said.
do you think I'm a tattletaler-
Judge.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
FIND PLEASURE IN POULTRY,
Woman May Find as Much Enjoyment
With Flock Of Birds az She Does
on Shopping Expedition.

The woman who finds herself pos
sessed for the first time of flock OF
poultry will soon learn that she may
spend an afternoon working with her
birds and be just as much amused as
II she spent her time shopping. nor
will she be nearly so tired as IL she
had been walking around on hard
sidewalks.
Instead OF being out of pocket-for
most every woman will buy things that
she does not need II she chances to
see them-she will find that she has
added to the possibilities for gain.
To be out in the open air and sun
chine Is to see more real life than
does the woman who is always In the
house.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

cattle ultimately eradicate the dis
ease. The federal guarantees are ac-
companied by state and local quaran-
tines of individual infected farms.
From these no produce whatsoever
can be sent out. In many cases chill
dren are not even permitted to go to
school, and the farmer cannot drive
his horses on the public highways.
Stock Raisers Should Help.
The chief obstacle in the way of the
successful prosecution OF this cam
paign Of isolation and determination
lies in the danger that there may be
concealed sources Of infection. Al
though the farmer receives the APP
praised value of his herd, 1t is in
evitable that the summary slaughter
of all his stock should cause him con-
siderable inconvenience as well as in
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Grains Etc.

Grains Etc.
-Wheat-Cash No. 2 red,
SLIP 1-2; December opened without
change at $1.16, advanced to $1.16 IL
and declined to $1.15; May opened at
$l24, advanced to 1924 1-2 and de-
clined to 1924; No. white, $1.O9 IL.
Corn--Cash No. 3. 76c; No. vel.
low, car at 78c; No. yellow new, l
car at roc; No. 4 yellow, 76c; new No.
4 yellow, car at 69c.
Oats-Standard, car at soc; No.
2 white, 1 car at 40 lie; No. white.
48 1-2c.
Rye-Cash No. 2, s1.02.
Beans-Immediate, prompt and No
vember shipment, $685. December
$3.50; January, $2.35; May, $3.50.
Cloverseed-Prime spot, 1925; De-
cember, $685.; March. $955; sample,
IS bags at $3.50; prime alsike, $3.50;
sample alsike, s bags at $3.50.
Timothy-Prime spot, $3.50.
Hay-No. l timothy, $15915.50;
standard timothy, $14Q14.5O; No. 2
timothy, $1S@13.50; No. timothy,
$1O@11; light mixed, $14Q145O; No.
l mixed, $12.5OQ13; No. mixed, $40
Oil; No. l clover. $12.50@13; No. 2
clover, $10Q11; rye straw, $75O@S;
wheat and oatstraw, $7Q7.5O per ton.
Flour-In one-eighth paper sacks,
per 1876 lbs, jobbing lots: Best patent,
$500; second patent, $3.50; straight,
S5.35; spring patent, $3.50; rye -four,
$3.50 per Dbl.
Feed-ln 1O0-lb sacks, jobbing lots:
Bran, $24; standard middlings, sos;
fine middlings, 1872; coarse middlings,
1872; cracked corn, $32; corn and oat
chop. $28 per ton.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
The Oldest HandIeraft.

The toy industry is one of the old.
est industries in the world. The Brit
ish museum can show us a doll with
strings of mud beads for hair and
others with movable arms. with
which the children of ancient Egypt
played on the banks of the Nile.
Jointed dolls and dolls furniture have
come down to us from the days of
Greece and Rome, and we know that
balls. tops and toy animals were IA
vorite playthings at an ,even earlier
date.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Fourteen states have been quaran-
tined by the United States govern
ment for foot-and-mouth disease
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, I'LL
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Kentucky. This disease is new to
farmers of the United States, for
there have been only FIVE outbreaks
in the history of the country and of
these the first three were unimportant
and the two others confined to a COM
paratively limited area. In Europe.
however, II has long been a well
known and dread scourage. Should
1t ever be permitted to establish It
self as firmly here It would cause not
only tremendous losses to stock but
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Time to Go.

Right in the midst of the advice
you were giving him you broke off and
hurried away"
That's what l did"
But he was listening deferentially
to all you had to say"
You bet he was. never had a
man listen to me that deferentially
that he didn't try to touch me for five
dollars before / got away"
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

seriously interfere with the supply of
meat for the people.
The foot-and-mouth disease affects
particularly cattle, swine and sheep.
1t is characterized by sores in the
the mouth which make swallowing
painful and frequently cause the ami
mails to refuse all food, and by sores
on the feet which cause lameness and
in severe cases, occasionally result in
the hoofs dropping off. The animals
lose flesh with extraordinary rapidity
and in the case of milk cows the milk
supply is so seriously affected that it
frequently dries up altogether. The
first evidences of the disease are
chill followed quickly by fever, the
temperature sometimes rising as high
as 106 degrees Fahrenheit. Small
vesicles or blisters about the size of
a pea appear shortly after in the
mouth and spread rapidly. AS the
disease advances ropy saliva hangs
from the afflicted animals mouth,
which is opened and shut with a
peculiar smacking sound. In a short
time similar eruptions appear on the
feet, which are red, tender, swollen
and painful. In consequence the ami
NAL persists in lying down and bed
sores soon develop. The udders of
milk cows are also susceptible and
the sores interfere with milking.
Most Contagious of Stock Plaques.
Although the mortality is, except in
very severe outbreaks, comparatively
low. foot-and-mouth disease is prob
ably the most contagious of all stock
plaques. The germ which causes 1t
is so small that it is invisible under
the microscope and passes through
the finest filter known to science. 1t
can be carried in any one of a hun
dred ways In addition to direct con-
tact with affected animals, the disease
can be communicated by hay, straw,
bedding, harness, ropes, in fact. any
thing that has even indirectly came
in contact with diseased animals.
Cats, dogs, and poultry have been
known to carry the germ from farm
TO farm, and in particular this Is fire.
quently done by human beings. AL
ready in the present outbreak cases
are on record where the curiosity OF
farmers has led them to visit infected
herds. On their return to their own
homes these men have given the dis
ease to their own animals. For this
reason the authorities are urging up
on every one the duty of refraining
from such visits and of keeping
strangers from visiting their stock.
The contagiousness of the disease
indeed is such that when one animal
Ia a herd becomes infected 1t Is con-
sidered useless to attempt to save
the remainder of the herd For this
reason the federal authorities have
adopted the only practical method of
stamping out the disease, namely, the
slaughter of all cattle, sheep and
swine on an infected farm. When a
case is discovered a deep trench is
dug, the animals led into 1t, slaught-
cred, their hides slashed, and the car
casses treated with quicklime and
then buried under at least FIVE feet of
earth. II is advisable to slaughter
the animals in the ditch itself in order
that the ground may not become af-
fected by dragging the dead bodies
over IL. The hides are slashed part
ly in order to facilitate the action of
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
center Of British Industry.

Within two OF three hours by rail
and linked to the River Humber by
a network of canals, live 100000
to 10000 900 people, mostly engaged
in manufacturing and mining, and
largely exporting their products to
foreign lands and receiving from
abroad the bulk OF their raw material
and food supplies. Seed crushing.
-four milling, oil refining. and the max
ing of paints and other goods into
which these oils enter. are the special
industries of Hull, England.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

direct financial loss. To those who
can see no further ahead than this
and who do not realize what it would
mean to the entire country IL the dis
ease were once to gain firm foothold
here, there Is q natural temptation
not to report suspicious cases to the
authorities. This, however, is simply
to cut on ones nose to spite ones
face. The disease cannot be stamped
out by ignoring It The only possible
way in which stock raisers can save
themselves tremendous losses in the
future is to cooperate now with the
authorities by reporting every sus-
picious case of sore mouth or lame
ness among their stock and by as
sisting in enforcing the guarantees,
both federal and local, which have
been declared.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Married in Haste.

Neighbor-The Widow Gays mar.
riage was rather sudden. wasn't it?
Friend-Yes; her daughters baby
was beginning to talk; and the widow
wanted to have the wedding over be
fore the kid learned to say grand
ma. New York Weekly.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
WHY They Settle.

Wife-Who can doubt the power of
woman's love! Think of the thou
sands of wild youths who have set
tied down into staid and respectable
citizens as soon as they married?
Husband-They couldn't afford to
be anything else after they got mar
ried."
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
A General Collapse.

IT hear poor Mrs. Smith was COM
pletely broken up when she tried to
sing at the concert"
$50 she was, poor thing! Her voice
broke, her face fell, and she went all
to pieces"
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
AntIcIpatjno IL,

"You know Ethelbert Wombat, that
model young MANI"
Eyes; what has he been caught do
ing?"
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak. watery
iust Eye Comfort Write for book of the I've
81 mail Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Thu Worker.

Does your furnace work."
mo, but l do."-Philadelphia Eve
ming Ledger.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Lite Stock. Grain and General Farm
Produce.

(There are no live stock quotations
owing to the closing of stock yards
due to epidemic of foot and mouth
disease.)
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

Be happy. Use Red Cross Ball Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress All grocers. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Ball Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19

II you are going to get in debt 1t is
perhaps better to run in than to be
pushed in.
The Yale expositor., 1914-11-19
Important 10 Mothars
Not Always.

Not Always.
THE flag system has gone out of
schools now, hasn't it?"
mot the brain flag kind"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-05
Victim of Brother-in-Law.

Winchester, Va, August 5.-Maud
Drummond, very pretty girl Of 13
years member of well-known and
substantial family of near Strasbure,
Shenandoah county, Va, lies in n
precarious condition in the Stras-
burg Hospital as the result of hav-
ing been criminally assaulted on Sum-
day morning by her brother-in-la law,
Harry Robinson, according to mes
sages received from Strasburg.
The girls condition it was stated,
is very serious. She is suffering
principally from a severe nervous
shock, and although it is expected
she will ultimately recover, it will
lie some time before she will be able
to leave the hospital. She weighs
siXty-seven pounds. ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-05
LUSITANIA DEPARTS.
German And British Cruisers SAID 10
be lowering on Coast.

Nor York August 5.-Despite the
announcement of war between Eng
land and Germany, the Cunard liner
1nsitania slipped away from her
nior at midnight last night and start
ad across the ocean. She carried
about 1875 passengers, who either
wanted to return 10 their homes IN
ENGLAND, or were ready to undertake
the VOYAGE in the face Of European
war. The Lusitania also carried
mails and a little express.
The sailing of the fast liner was
undoubtedly at the bidding Of the
English government, which subsidized
the owning company and which will
need the vessel as transport IN
sending troops to the Continent, 1t Is
p risk not so much to the passengers
as to the government and the steam
ship company, because the assump-
tion is that German cruisers will at
:tempt to capture the vessel.
There were rUmorS ti.at three Ger
man cruisers were of the Hook and
that along the coast were two Eng
lish cruisers and two French cruisers.
Such rumors may be founded on the
fact that these warships are really
in Atlantic waters, but it is quite like
~ that the English government would
not have ordered the sailing Of the
vessel at this time without taking
some measures to prrtect the vessel.
1t is expected that the British cruis-
ers will act as convoy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-05
STRANDED AMERICANS.
Twenty-Five Thousand Far From
Home And Destitute.

London, August 5.-Panic among
the 5000 Americans here increased
yesterday when England was plunged
into the general European war.
Practically all transatlantic traffic
is suspended.
The condition of many of the Amer
leans here is .pitiful. Without funds
and without Trends, they have had
to depend upon United States Am
bassador Walter II. Page to help
all the needy ones, but the requests
are flooding him. Each must take
its turn, and those who have held off
making an application may not be
able to get relief for another twenty
four hours.
Some Of the Americans here have
not had food for nearly twenty-four
hours. Last night many Of them
did not have the price :. of lodging,
and were compelled to sit up all night
on chairs in hotel lobbies, railroad
stations and the city parks.
Prominent Americans here are
herding together all their stranded
fellow men, and the committee ap-
pointed to care for those most in
need has distributed sufficient funds
10 carry the penniless through for
another day or two.
"Travel on the Channel boats is
nothing short of hell" declared
State Senator Halves, of Pennsyl-
vania, who was one of the last ar
rivals from Paris. "Women and chill
dren are packed in like cattle. The
boats are overloaded, and those who
travel on them must go without food
and quite often without water during
the entire trip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-05
ALL EUROPE AT WAR.
Break Between England and Ger
many Causes Grave Conditions.

Declarations of war against each
other by Germany and England, have
brought the war to point at which
practically all of Europe is now in
volved.
Diplomatic relations between Ger
many and France have been broken
off and a state of war between the
two countries declared.
A bill appropriating $1,250,000,000
for war expenses was introduced in
the German Parliament. 20
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies
has voted $4O,OOO,OOO for national de-
fense.
Invasion of Belgium by German
troops is reported.
Fighting continues along the
Franco-G German frontier.
Gen. Joseph Joffre, commander-in-
chief of the French Army, has
gone to the German frontier.
Bombs were dropped upon the
French fortified town of Luneville by
a German Army aeroplane.
All railroads in Great Britain have
been taken under government con-
troll.
The capture by a French fleet of
two German cruisers the Goeben
and the Breslau, is reported from AL
giers.
President Wilson asked Congress
to appropriate S2,5OO,OOO for the gen
eral accommodation of Americans in
Europe.
A German detachment entered the
French village of Morneville. A par
ish priest was killed.
Turkey has declared neutrality, but
is mobilizing her forces.
Two German steamers were seized
at Bordeauy, France.