Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-07
Prevalence of Hoof and Mouth
Disease Leads 10 Drastic
Measures by Federal and
State Authorities.
OPTIMISTIC VIEW BY
LIVESTOCK DEALERS
Believe Plague Is Checked and
Danger 10 Industry Averted
by Prompt Action at Nation
al Capital,

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisEi q
Chicago, Nov. GA large part OF
the cattle receiving and meat packing
industry of the country, Ions centered
in Chicago, tonight temporarily was
shifted to Kansas City. Omaha, st.
Joseph. Mo, and other western cities,
and the Chicago union stock yards,
for the first time since its organiza-
tion in 1866, was closed down for nine
days in consequence of the prevalence
of hoof and mouth disease among
cattle. The quarantine against sthe
stock yards and all other cattle pens
within the state went into effect at
midnight. The states action supple
ments the federal quarantine against
Illinois.
No more cattle. sheep or hogs are
to be received in Chicago until No
vember IS. when business is to be re-
sumed after the yards have been thor
oughly disinfected and pronounced
free from the disease.
The packers tonight sent to Kansas
City and their other western branches
1000 killers and butchers to kill and
dress the animals which ordinarily
would have been sent to Chicago.
They announced that the products
from their western plants would be
sufficient TO supply the market with
out any change in prices.
An optimistic view was taken of the
situation here. All the packers said
they had enough stock on hand to run
their plants for three or four days,
and none Of them would entirely shut
down. A. G. Leonard, president Of
the stock yards, said
General Cleaning Up.
By the middle of next week every
animal in the yards will have been
killed and the thousands of pens and
miles Of water troughs will have been
cleaned and disinfeeted. / feel confi-
dent full operations might be resumed
by next Thursday. but as the cleanup
is to be thorough. and as such a vital
point-the health of our cattle
throughout the state--is at stake,
few days further delay won't matter.
Our only apprehension is that the dis
ease might spread in other states
which the government might quaran-
tine and we would be unable to get
cattle even when the Illinois quaran-
tine is lifted However, the drastic
uetion Of the federal government has I
the full cooperation Of cattlcmen |
everywhere"
Disinfccting Is proceeding night and
day at the stock yards Spectators I
who formerly, from the elevated I
gangways. saw herds of cattle now be-
hold acres of empty pens from most
of which spout streams Of pungent
dlsinfectant A notice cautioning peo-
pie not to enter the pens occupied by
affected cattle said:
Those who do will have to under
80 very disagreeable form of fumi-
CATION"
The herd Of 600 infected cattle or
iginally found was augmented by the
discovery today of ZIG more cattle and
600 hogs which were affected. No
sheep SO far have been affected.
The collection Of 500 prize cattle
brought here for last weeks dairy
show from twenty-eight states and
Canada is still held In quarantine.
Eighteen of the herd have been in
fected. The owners today formed an
organization to protect the remaining
cattle and prevent, If possible, their
being contaminated. The state live :
stock commissioners said it would be
unwise to remove the prize cattle be-
fore II had been definitely established
that they were uninfected. The herd
is valued at several million dollars
Anticipating a stronger demand for
poultry by reason of the epidemic OF
foot and mouth disease among cattle.
the price of live fowl has advanced
cents pound in the last forty eight
hours. The price Of dressed meats
SO far has not been advanced and as
snrances given by the packers are to
the effect that it will not be.
The killing of cattle and swine Ill
of the disease continued at the stock
yards and disinfectants were spread
In every nook and Granny of the place.
-Four more prize winners at the re-
cent dairy show were taken sick and
isolated for observation.
). Ogden Armour, head of Armour
a Co, issued a statement to the effect