The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-29
I'd. MARION lines
LEADING FIGHT
TO PROTECT THE
RANCE STATES
Man Who Conducted Success
full A Year Fight Against
Sheep Scabies in New Mex
leo in Responsible Post.
FORCES OF GOVERNMENT
MOBOLIZE FOR BATTLE

GNCAy 1bCoouACC VI OuACou
of Animal Industry Being
Used.
DIR. Marion lines, OF the, federal
bureau of animal industry, well known
here, where he made his headquar-
ters during his successful four years
hRht to stamp out acabies from the
New Mexico sheep ranges, nov Is
leading the naht OF the rmobiiized
forces of the government. 10 protect
the range Of tho west and southwest
Il ON invasion by the foot and mouth
disease.
The Kansas City Times says Of this
vastly important work:
An the at the command
OF the bureau OF animal industry Of
the United states department OF as
riculture are being conferred I'm the
middle ana central west TO prevent
the spread of the foot-and-mouth
disease Ia the big cattle ranges OF
the west and southwest. The last OF
the live infected herds In Kansas
was slaughtered and buried a week
ago and there has Jeen' no outbreak
since. That makes the government
agents feel optimistic.
III the foot-and-mouth disease ever
gets a hold ON the big cattle ranges,
good night one Of the officials who
is directing the big fight against the
cattle plague In Kansas said a day or
two ago.
"A nRht was made to conhne IL TO
the north and northwest he contin-
ued. Drastic measures were taken
when Il broke Out IN Montana. IL
was Eipped there early in It's career.
Wfnois II about free Of It and so are
some of the other states. Mass
achusetts and New York are having
their troubles with Il. but Il la easy to
faint there in comparison To the mid
die and central western state. When
IL reached Kansas " caused the great
cst excitement In the bureau In Wash
inEton. II was getting dangerously
.c1r the big cattle ranges-ont of he
distI'c; where feedlots are used"
slaughter Two Blg Herds.
Several Kindred men are putting
lforth every effort to prevent a spread
further 10 the southwest 81 west. In
the states where q has appeared cat
tie are Kept in feed lots during the
winter. Il Is an easy matter to get at
the infected herds there. In Illinois.
Iowa Montana, Michigan, Minnesota,
ard other states where It's spread has
been checked, the government agents
had o. deal with only "a Few hea OF
cattle on each farm.
When Il broke out in small herds
near Mulyane. Kas, II was easy TO
control II there by sluughtering and
burying the herds and disinfccting the
small feed lots and premises. But
when II broke out In a herd Of moro
than i've hundred beef cattle near
E~ldorado. Kns, In Butler county he
agents had their greatest problem to
face. They not only had the largest
herd TO slaughter and bury In trenches
In the history OF the disease In Amer
lea. but also had to contend with So
acre feed lots. knee deep In mud. 1t
isn't possible to dislnfect a feed lot
OF that size.
Then another outbreak occurred in
a herd oil more than 1--we hundred
head Of cattle further down the same
stream. There was another large
feed lot to contend with. IL would re-
quirc several cars Of disinfectunts To
even start on those feed lots. II re-
quired two or three teams TO pull
empty wagons In some places aud n
ranch is twelve miles from town. The
cattle were slaughtered and buried,
but only The barns and immediate
SURROUNDINGS were d%isinfected.
Mount Guard ga Feed Lots.
The large feed lots. alive with the
germs and on the banks OF a creek In
which the cattle were watered. are
guarded night and day by men en-
ployed by the state Of Kansas They
are armed with suns TO shoot birds
crows and dogs and any animals
which get into the big feed lots. Tho
guards sleep In tents on the premises.
Nobody IL permitted 20 leave the
place and no visitors are allowed.
The roads In the neighborhood Of the
infected farms are guarded and travel
Is prohibited. A quarantine h placed
on all dogs. Dogs not kept tied by
the owners are shot. Men are riding
mp and down the creeks and the river
into which they empty, warning farm
ers aud stockmen To keep their herds
or animals away from the streams.
That Is merely "a local fight. but Il
reaches out into an parts of the state
and into other states. Every ship
ment of cattle Is watched. II the
shipment Is made from an infected
state or In a car that has travelled
through an infected state or into in
fected stock yards, the cattle ar quar-
antined, whether they have any
symptoms OF the disease or not. Texas.
Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico
are being guarded as no region was
ever guarded before. Secret agents Of
the federal government ure watching
the movements OF cattle and stock
care. They are not letting anything
get into the DIS range regions that
was ever suspected OF being In an in
fectcd region. Cattlemen are varied
against shipping la cattle and are
earned against every kind OF ship