The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-01
Twenty Thousands Dollar
Worth of Cattle Will Be
Slaughtered Today on Pre-
misses of Miller Brothers
o Ask Injunction
Against Railroads
Steamship Lines. Also, Includ-
ed In Petition Governor
Stuart Will File With kich-
mond Circuit Court lhis
Morning

Foot and mouth disease has
anccted the cattle OF Miller
brothers dairy, one of the largest
IN the state, and today on the
premises. near stop ~, Rich
mond and Rappahannock Rail-
way Company, Eesirico County,
more than two hundred i.He
dairy cattle, valued at $4,000 or
more, will be slaughtered.
Charging that the railroads and
steamship lines entering Virginia
have ignored his prociamations,
Governor Stuart will ask the City
Circuit Court today for an in
Junction prohibiting them from
transporting cattle into the State,
under any conditions. and hay,
straw or similar fodder except
In enumerated excepted cases.
The Governor Is inclined to place
q large measure of the RESPONSE
bility upon the transportation
companies.
Governor Stuart last night is
sued warming to the people Of
Virginia telling them that a
calamity threatens the State and
that III NOT arrested. might prove
almost. II not quite. as disastrous
In It's consequences az the Civil
War. II would be- the colossal
catastrophe OF the human race"
he says.
Dr. f.. G. Lew. chief health
officer OF Richmond, who adj
dressed q mass-mccting OF dairy Z
men and farmers at Crcig ton
Road on the situation yesterday
afternoon, declared to vfr-
ginian reporter that 1.-THE very life
of the dairying business In Vir-
ginia Is at stake"
Facing n Crisis.
I'VE are really facing a crisis b.
aid. and unless the greatest pre-
are taken many of our dairy
men may be ruined The farmers
90. are threatened
DIR. Levy said that the health o
he people is not likely to be affected
He has ordered the diaries of IN
city to pasteurize all their milk AM
several days ago, when she p-esenc'
If the disease near Richmond wa
1rst suspected. he stopped the ship
ment of milk into the city from Mil
er Brothers dairy.
Pending the result of the State
suit for an injunction against tn
companies the Cover
nor. decla ing that there Is grav
Danger of The spread of this highl.
disease TO the practica
ruin of the live stock and dairy in
.erests. of this section. has issued
quarantine proclamation against tn
premises Of Miller Brothers and tn
territory within a flv
mile radius.
Farmers Aroused.
The farmers of Henrico Count.
we're greatly aroused by the rapid,
spreading news of Hle great DANCE
them. Forty or fift.
iairymen ana farmers met in a hur
riedly called meeting at Creigtol
Road yesterday afternoon and list
sned to talks filled with warnings ant
advice. delivered by City Health or
lcer Levy, president William Milan
u the Dairy Association: II. G. Beat
lie, Andrew Scott and T. J. Strauch
dairy inspector. They wer'
urged to suspect everything ant
10 take the most exactinl
not to visit amonl
and not to allow move
nents of swine. cattle and so forth
1t was even suggested that thu
larry inspectors be not allowed u
u
larry to dairy. and there were SOM
who suggested a shotgun quarantine
rhe farmers, said DIR. Levy. ar
greatly aroused They are not in a!
lgly mood. hut they are greatly con
and alive TO the menace o
he situation.
The presence of the disease amonl
he cattle of Miller Brothers was sue
oected several days ago and yester
lay Dr. j. G.. Ferncyhough. repre-
senting the State. and DR.. Henry Mar
,hail. of the United States Bureau o
Animal Industry. in the Fedora
here representing the Fed
sral Government. inspected the cat
lie. foHnd them infected and orderc<
heir slaughter.
Are OF Great Value.
There are two hundred and seventy
I've fine dairy cattle on the premise
Of Miller Brothers, and it Is under
stood that about eighty per cent. o
shem are infected. This means tina
nearly all of them, with an estimated
value of at least $4,000. will b
killed. put under ground, covered witt
IuickliIne and buried. Not a hair q
heir hides will he saved; the loss vii
b. complete. One-half the cost Will
be paid by the State and one-hai
by the United States Government. Pro
lessor w ID. Saunders. of IT, Vtr
ginia Polytechnic Institute. formel
Dairy and Food Commissioner. vii
be the appraiser for the State. TIT
Federal appra ser. whose name II no
now known. will arrive today.
This is the second definitely d.
.ermined ease OF the discovery Of tn
~ L. 1A
md by "a. the worst. At the Unios
stock YarAs. lAhnut M month $50 Z
was learned that infected cattle hee
been received The PLACES w9s ~
qi,arantined and Tho ea41
llaug Uttered The dil4aaa III ~