Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-01
3MEEriNo OF STATE AND Gov
EMINENT STOCK OFFICIALS
HEARS REPORTS.
HOOP AND MOUTH EPIDEMIC
4 ESTIMATE BY EDITOR
Slaughter Of Herd. in Which Which e@.-
breaks Occur Is Upheld as Only
Means Of Graduating Disease-PIea
Made For Better and More strir-
gent Laws-Iowa Men Participate.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-The hoof and
mouth disease epidemic in the United
States caused direct loss OF s5,soo,ooo
prior to July T.
This was the estimate made yester-
day at conference OF state and fed
eral authorities. by A.. J. Glover. as
so1iate editor of Hoard's Dairyman.
Fort Atkinson, Wis. Mr.. Glover read
a paper on aThe Economic Effect of
the Hcof and Mouth Disease
He put the value Of the animals
Slaughtered at well over 5000. 000, and
estimated the cost Of burial at s150,0f0
and. thA value of property destroyed
In disinteeting at 100000.
Other Factors Of Loss.
The total loss from foot and mouth
disease. said Mr.. Glover, is not cor e
fined to the shinkage in milk flow and
flesh and the loss Of animals through
death but there is the Inconvenience
OF having the disease. the interference
with the buying and selling Of cattle
for breedirg and feeding purposes. the
necessity of carrying fat cattle after
sthey are ready for the market and de-
pressed prices Of live stock The
tanker. the merchant and the railroads
also suffer. -
Slaughter and disinfectfon were de-
elared tn be the only means of con-
auering the disease by DR., V. A. Moore
OF the New York State Veterinary Col
lese Of Cornell University.
The conclusion seems to be justi-
fed declared DR.. Moore, that when
this di.ease appears in a country gen
eriMly free from its infection. like the
United States. quarantine should be
enforced for protsction against all i'm
portations that may bring the virus.
Local quarantines should be employed
only as means for temporarily COM
Eating the disease
Plea for Better Laws.
a plea for better live stock sanitary
laws was made by DR.. c. J. Marshall.
stab. veterinarian Of Pennsylvania. He
urged the creation of federal live
stock commission with broad admins
trative powers.
NJ D. Mum, Of St Paul. president
of the American jersey Cattle Associ-
alton, made plea for the saving of
breed cattle wherever possible. He
urged full indemnity for breed cattle
q restrictive but adequate
quarantine and the treatment of in
sfectAd breed cattle by the quarantine
method used with the dairy show stock
at Hawthorne.
Mr.. Glover. Or Moore and others
declared there was danger in the Latter
practice. 49,
The conference was presided over BY
Carl vrocman OF Bloomington, assist
ant secretary OF agriculture.
Another Meeting Tomorrow.
Sanitary farming and prevention Of
contagious diseases among cattle viii
be discussed by prominent speakers at
the nineteenth annual meeting OF the
United states Live stock Sanitary As
.sociation today and Thursday.
II J n. Gibson OF Iowa, president Of the
association. will introduce Dr.. John
Din Robertson, health commissioner Of
Chicago who will welcome the $50 del
egates. Among the principal speakers
will be Assistant Secretary vrooman,
N. Dorset Of the same department, F.
florence OF Canada, and State Veter-
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