Middletown transcript., 1915-01-23
SAVING THE CATTLE
Government Officers Point Out
Stock is Being Depleted
THE VETERINARIANS ExPLAM

l1E VETERINARIANS EAFLAlN
The government officers located in
this County who hsve beep investiga-
ting the foot and mouth disease, which
was prevalent in this State for several
weeks, are now working on a campaign
in which they will try to induce the far
mers to keep all Of their heifers in
order to raise more cows than hereto
fore. The authorities say that the large
number of cattle killed while the dis
ease existed has caused the country in
all sections to become short of cows
DR.. c. A. Schauffer in charge of the
district, and one of his assistants, DIR.
w. G. Benner, told reporter some of
the farmers who have had their cattle
quarantined in their stables and farms
because of the territory around them
being infected, show a disposition to
sell their veal heifer calves instead of
raising them. ''This is going to put an
awful crimp in cattle" said the gov
ernment officials. ''It is going to make
prices jump upwards. The farmers
who are now rushing off their cattle to
be slaughtered should not do so. In
stead they should raise others on their
farms in order that in time they will
make up the deficiency caused by the
In speaking about the quarantine in
the State, the inspector said some of
; the people, for some reason, do not
understand the meaning of the phrases,
modified area, =" ''closed area, !" Eek
posed area, "closed area, " and quar-
antined area. If they did, he said
the State veterinarian and his helpers,
would not be misunderstood and their
work interfered with as much as itis
at present. The State veterinarian has
nothing whatever to do with the lifting
OF any quarantine. AL quarantined
sections are made so by the govern
ment, or rather through the govern
ments agent, D. #. Houston, who
is Secretary of Agriculture. Mr..
Houston has absolute charge of this
work and from time to time issues
bulletins regarding the standing of the
varlOu infected districts. On january
I, an official bulletin, No. B. All Order
23l, was received by the local office in
which was the following concerning
Delaware:
"Quarantined area; The entire State.
Closed area: The county of New Cas-
tie. Exposed area: None. Modified
area: The counties of Kent and Sus-
sex. Free area: None.
''Now if this comes from Washington
it is an order and there is nothing for
the local inspectors, the State veterina-
rian or his helpers TO do but inforce the
law. They are nothing more than EN-
ployes of the government and if they
will not do their duty the, government
will get some one who will. 1t was
only on January IA that a modification,
in the quarantine laws of the govern |,
ment for Delaware was received and
that was not to go into effect until the
the next day. This was Immediately
complied with by the local authorities.
The people of Delaware should by no
means try to find disapproval with the
men conducting the investigation in
this State as this State has peen cleaned
up in every much shorter order than
any other State and mainly because
the men working on the case were
right on the job. -
The foot and mouth disease situation
In the State at the present time is run
ming along very mildly. There have
been no discoveries or any probable
cases brought to the attention of the
authorities in the past month or So
The law regarding the State, as it is at
the present time, taken from the last
amendment issued by the Agricultural
Department at Washington. is as fol-
lows:
Delaware: The portion of New Castle
county north of Chesapeake and Della
ware canal and situated outside of a
radius of five miles of any infected
farm or premises is made exposed area.
The portion of New Castle county south
of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal
and situated outside of radius of five
miles of any infected farm or premises
is made modified area. The Kent and
Sussex counties and that portion of
New Castle county south of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware canal outside of |
the five mile radius of Delaware City is |
made modified area.
The explanation of the terms which |
have caused great deal of questions |
to be asked and those which DR.. Schau-
fer referred to is as follows.
Quarantined area: ANY State or any |
portion thereof quarantined for the |
hoOf and mouth disease in live stock.
Closed area: Those portions of the |
qdarantined area into which the inter-
state movement of cattle, sheep, other |
ruminants and swine is permitted, for |
immediate slaughter only, and from |
which the interstate and foreign move |
ment Of such animals is absolutely pro-
dressed carcasses of such animals, the |
hides, skins, wool, hair, horns, or hoofs |
of such animals, and of hay, straw, or |
similar fodder, barnyard refuse or litter |
is restricted.
Exposed area: Those portions of the |
quarantined area from the interstate |
and foreign movement of cattle, sheep, |
other rumlnants, and swine is permit |
ted for immediate slaughter after in |
spection and certification and into |
which such animals may be moved for |
any purpose, also from which the inter- |
state and foreign movement, of the |
dressed carcasses of such animals, the |
hides, skins, wool, hair, horns, and |
hocfs of such animals and of straw,
hay or similar fodder, barnyard refuse |
or litter is restricted. II
Modified area: Those portion of the |
quarantined area from which the inter- |
state and foreign movement of cattle, |
sheep, other ruminants and swine is
permitted for immediate slaughter with |
out inspection, and into which such ami |
mails may be moved for any purpose,
also from which the interstate and for |
.eign movement of the dressed carcasses !
of such animals, the hides, skins, wool |
hair, hoofs of such animals, and of hay,
straw, or similar fodder, barnYard re- |
fuse, or litter is permitted without any |
restriction whatever.
Free area: Those States or portions
thereof which are not quarantined for
foot and mouth disease, and on which
no restrictions whatever are imposed.
livestock from such free areas may be
shipped into any free and exposed area
within the borders of its own State or