Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
POULTRY EMBARGO
TO EXTEND ONLY TO
INFECTED FARMS
Federal Inspector Announces
Turkeyless Thanksgiving
Need Not Be Feared From
Quarantine.

| Fears of the extension of the foot and
mouth quarantine on livestock to poul-
try, with its visions of a turkeyless
| Thanksgiving. in Philadelphia and other
cities, have been allayed by the Federal
authorities
THE Federal quarantine has not been
and will not he extended to poultry, ex-
cept to farms where the disease has been
discovered among cattle. swine or sheep"
said Or. John Il. Mohlcr, chief patholo-
gist. of the Bureau Of Animal Industry
today.
Health authorities here however, Of
ficials of the Department of Agriculture
said. might for their own protection
place a local State embargo on poultry
shipments to guard against the spread
OF the livestock plague. The State Live
stock Sanitary Board has not included
turkeys and other fowls in the quar-
antine prohibiting the shipment of ami
mails In Pennsylvania, and will not un-
less the situation absolutely demands it.
Kentucky has been added to the list
of States put under quarantine by the
ing the total now II. and another State,
Mississippi, is under suspicion.
Federal officials do not believe there
will be any further spread of the dis
ease, owing to prompt methods taken to
combat it, Colder weather, reported from
nearly all of the quarantlned States will
help to curtail the spread of the disease,
they believe
The disease Is now known to exist In
10 counties of Pennsylvania, but the fol-
lowing have not yet been quarantined
Montour, Columbia, Perry, Cumberland.
Berks, Carbon, Adams, Westmoreland
Beaver Shipment from county to county
however, is prevented by the State quar-
antine. Such shipments may be made
only upon permit of an agent of the board
specifically issued in each instance
Wool shipments from this city are being
held up at the Canadian border as the
result of the ban en- exports OF cattle
from this country, and the trade of this
city In that commodity Is now virtually at
s.andstil. Embargoes have been
placed on shipments OF wool from Eng
land and Australia.
The embargo by the Canadian authori-
ties is for a period of 10 months begin
ming October IT, on wool, hair and hides
from Pennsylvania, New York Maryland,
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.
LOCAL SITUATION GOOD.
The situation in the West Philadelphia
yards is believed to be we'll in hand, and
no additional cases of the disease have
been found in the city. Although sew
cra' droves of cattle and swine were
suspected, examination showed that they
nre free from the ailment.
The price of meat remains unaffected,
with the supply on hand sufficient to
supply the demand for two or three |
weeks. |
THE quarantine may affect prices |
temporarily. but ii is nothing to become |
excited about" said H. Lammertz. vice |
president of the D. b. Martin Company, |
packers The present supply is cover |
inG the demand. II the ten-day quar- |
antine Is extended we may look for an |
advance in price,
Mix dealers report no appreciable fall |
ing OFF in the city's milk supply through |
the infection of herds. Although some /
dairy herds have been affected and the |
supply from that source consequently cut |
on, the supply Is practically undImin- |
ished All milk consumed in the city is |
pasteuriZed in accordance with the regu-
lations of the health authorities.
Director Harte. OF the Department of
Public Health, has issued a warning to
the public OF the danger of foot and
mouth disease. and advises where milk
cannot be pasteurized II should be boiled
Children are more susceptible to the dis
ease than are adults and 1t may prove
fatal to very young children.