Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-09

D CletN at the capital this winter. Her
husband succeeded General F. c. Aims
worth about Sept. l.
mouth disease in cattle, sheep. other
ruminants and swine. The effect O.
this amendment is to permit the ship
ment without disinfection in interstate
or foreign commerce from the area
quarantined for foot and mouth dis
ease, of hides and skins taken from
animals prior to Aug. l, 1914. and
stored since then away from all live
stock.
ITO permit the interstate and for
e.En shipment from such Guaranteed
area without oisinfection of hides and
skins imported into the United States
IN compliance with the import regula-
tions.
To permit the interstate and for
eign shipment without disinfection
from such quarantined area. OF hay
harvested prior to Aug. l, 1914. and
stored since that time away from live
stock providing in all the aforesaid
classes. the owner or consignor files
an affidavit with the transportation
at point OF shipment certifying 10 such
facts. Also to permit the interstate
or foreign shipment from said quaran-
tined area OF hay harvested since
Aug. 1, 1914, and used for packing
purposes which has been disinfected
with formalin gas in the manner de
scribed in farmers bulletin No. 345,
providing facilities for disinfection
have been inspected and approved by
an inspector of the bureau of animal
industry and providing the owner or
cons;gnor files an affidavit with the
transportation company at the point
of shipment certifying to such facts.
(SignedD ID. F. HOUSTON.
Secretary of Agriculture"
Secretarys Statement.
The secretary OF agriculture has is
eued the following statement regard
ing the quarantine for ZOO and mouth
disease:
The present outbreak of the foot
and mouth disease. which is one of the
NEST contagious and destructive dis
eases of cattle, swine and sheep, eX-
ceeds in area affected any of the five
previous outbreaks in this country.
Unless the infection can be immedi-
ateIy localized and quickly eradicated. !
stock.
so ntagious is the disease that
in past outbreaks where but one ami
NAL in herd was infected, the entire
herd in almost all cases later con /
tracted the sickness. While the NOR I
tality is not high the effects of the
disease even on animals that recover !
are such as TO make them practically I
IN
the case Of cows. the milk dries up or .
is made dangerous for human con-
sumption; in the case of breeding an
imals. the animal once infected be
comes valueIess for breeding, as 1t
may continue 10 be a constant carrier
OF cCntagio1.
1T is possible to cure the external
symptoms. but during the process of
attempting 10 cure one sick animal
the chances are that hundreds of 9th
ers NAV be infected. The treatment
CT killing Of a single animal in herd
was tried in an outbreak and did not
prove effective. for the reason that
the remainder of the herd soon be-
came affected and had to be killed.
As a result of the five outbreaks
in this country. and other disastrous
epidemics Of the disease in Europe
and Great Britain. veterinary authori-
ties OF the United States are agreed
that the olly method of combating
the disease is TO stop all movement
of stock and material which have
been subjected TO any danger OF intec-
ton. and TO kill of without delay all
herds in which the disease has gained
any foothold. This enables the au-
thoritie, to eradicate affected herds
and 10 isolate and hold under obser-
walton all suspected herds.
Ten States Involved.
For these reasons. the department
of agriculture has already quarantin-
ed 10 states for the foot and mouth
disease. The federal quarantine pre-
vents all interstate movement OF STOCK
and materials likely to carry the In
tecticu. At the same time. the state
authorities are imposing local quaran-
tines which prevent the passage OF
animals from farms or localities known
10 be Infected to other localities IN
the same state in which the disease
has not appeared. Each injected
nerd. rs rapidly as the disease Is dis
covered is killed and the dead ami
mails buried in a covering OF lime.
The skins OF the animals are slasned
so as 10 permit the rapid action OF
the lime.
..The owner Of the slaughtered ami
mails Is reimbursed on basis OF The