Rock Island Argus., 1915-01-28

acquired immunity is over and favor
able conditions present themselves. the
contagio= breaks out with renewed VIZ
Z uleace 30 that the authorities have
practically $indoned ali hope Of con
trolling IL oy means OF quarantines.
one scientist indeed has asserted that
uniess~aH the injected farms we're abb
soiutely isolated and the movement
not only OF live stock but OF persons
absolutely prohibited. the disease could
not be stamped out Such quaran-
tine Is. OF course. utterly impossible 70
enforce. In certain portions OF Ger
many. indeed. the farmers. realizing
that the disease is inevitable. make
haste TO be done with il by exposing
their stock deliberately to mild cases
in the hope that this Will result in an
immediate mild attack and immunity
for several years thereafter.
Great Britain and Norway and Swe-
den. on account OF their comparatively
Isolated positions, have been more
successful in keeping out the dis
case. The outbreaks in these coun-
tries have been more sporadic. and by
resorting TO immediate slaughter the
authorities have been able 10 stamp
them out In the outbreak near Dub
lin in 1912. indeed, measures we're
adopted which we're more stringent
than any used in this country. AS
soon as the existence of the disease
became definitely known, so-called
'stand-stiIl'' restrictions we're imposed
on the affected district. Not only was
the movement of live stock into or out
of the district absolutely forbidden,
but no cattle, sheep, goats or swine
could move along or even across any
highway or thoroughfare.
Moreover, within each of the affected
districts, known as scheduled dis
tricts" we're two smaller areas III
which there were even closer restric-
tiOns. One of these areas consisted
OF the premises on which the actual
outbreak had taken place. These /
premises were declared TO be an in
fected place" From such a place
nothing could be taken of any sort
without permission, and no permission /
was granted until the objects in ques- |
ton had been thoroughly disinfected. /
No one but the person actually attend |
ing the stock was allowed to enter any
shed or field in which a diseased or /
suspected animal had been kept, and |
the one man who could do so was COM /
PEELED upon leaving to wash his hands /
with soap and water and /
disinfect HE boots and clothes. HH
was. moreover, prohibited from caring
FOR any animal which was not dis
aased or suspected. On farms ada
cent 10 the infected place" the own
srs of live stock were ordered 10 stop
all movements of their animals, and
.hese orders. together with the other
equations. were enforced through the
ocaI constabulary who closely guard
I'd all infected places. This patrol
vas so strict that il was practically
for anyone 10 pass into or
,ut from the forbidden area without
instant detection.
Within the schedule districts a
and farm-to-farm in
pection was carried on by veterinary
who not only examined live
took but made a record of the number
n each farm in order to detect any
ases OF surreptitious shipments. Ex-
osed stock was slaughtered, as has
cen done in all sections of this coun-
ry where satisfactory progress has
s vet been made in stamping out the
In addition TO slaughtering the 5
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