Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-05

forbidden, but no cattle, sheep, goats
or swine could move along or even
across any highway or thoroughfare.
Moreover, within each of the at
tected districts, known as scheduled
districts" were two smaller areas in
which there were even closer restrie.
tons. 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 permits
sion was granted until the objects in
question had been thoroughly disin
fected. No one but the person actual.
iy attending 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 compelled upon leaving to
wash his hands thoroughly with soap
and water and disinfect his boots and
clothes. He was, moreover, prohib-
tied from caring for any animal which
was not diseased or suspected. On
farms adjacent to the infected place.
the owners of live stock we're ordered
to stop all movements of their ami
mails, and these orders, together with
the other regulations, were enforced
through the local constabulary. This
patrol was so strict that 1t was prac-
tically impossible for anyone to pass
into or out from the forbidden area
without instant detection.
Within the Scheduled districts" q
house to house and farm to farm in
spection was carried on by veterinary
inspectors, who not only examined
live stock, but made a record of the
number on each farm in order to de-
tect any cases of surreptitious ship
ments. Exposed stocS was slaugh-
tered, as has been done in all sec
tions of this country where satisfac-
tory progress has as yet been made In
stamping out the pestilence.
In addition to slaughtering the
stock, farmyards and similar places
were thoroughly disinfected; the
fields in which the animals had grazed
were carefully strewn by machines
with newly burned lime; stacks OF
hay were disinfected by superheated
steam, the foxes in the neighborhood
were destroyed as far as possible by
poison, and all persons in the neigh
borhood were compelled to tie up
heir dogs. The wheels of all vehicles
and the feet of horses which left the
INFECTED places" were previously
washed with dislnfectant fluid, and
cans Of this fluid we're placed about
fields so that there would be no
eScuse for anyone failing to observe
be required precautions.
These methods were successful In
Stamping out the disease although
tAere have been one or two minor
Outbreaks in ireland since that time.
IL this connection it is interesting to
nste that the authorities in charge of
TIE campaign were unable to discover
any clue to the origin of the pest
HpOt-and-mouth disease" they re-
ported, is of such an infectious char,
acter and may apparently be carried
Through so many diverse and elusive
wags that in this, as in other cases
IT | most difficult to fix on any speci
ftc nedium of diffusing the infection
The disease was probably carried, for
the most part. by persons who had
been in contact with infected animals
but he connection between the vari
GUS eases could not be definitely
tracea except in one or two In
stances"