Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-27
No Stock Except That For
Immediate Slaughter
Received.
WORK OF FUMIGATION
PROCEEDING RAPIDLY
Pittsburgh Yards Also Closed 70 outs
going shipmsnts-outbrsak Of Feee
and Mouth Disease Among Cattle
Sent East Cause Of Government Ace
tion-Ban May Be Lifted Next Mons
day-Traeins Source Of Infection.

Washington, Jan. 27-Orders closing
the Pittsburgh and Chicago stock
yards because Of new injections OF foot
and mouth disease went out today
from the department of agriculture.:
Cattle may be received at the yards
for immediate slaughter. however.
Chicago. Jan. 27-Squads OF men bes
gan disinfecting the Chicago union
stock yards, the worlds largest cattle
market. today. for the second time
within three months. to prevent a pos
sible serious outbreak OF the foot and
| mouth disease.
Orders received by DIR. H. c. Houcka.
chief veterinary inspector Of the fed>
eral bureau of animal industry placin0
an embargo at the yards against ship.
ment OF cattle out of the yards until
the miles of alleys and pens were dis.
infected. became effective yesterday
The order was issued because 1t was
expected that new case Of the dis.
ease found among cattle originated ae
the yards. There Is no immediate dan.
ger of shut down. Live stock will be
permitted to come into the market for
immediate slaughter under inspection,
No new case OF the disease had been
found here since the outbreak Of last
November
Tracing New Outbreak.
A. c. Leonard, president OF the un<
ion Stock Yards and Transit Company.
said the governments order was issued
because of the finding OF the disease
in cattle shipped to Philadelphia yia
! Pittsburgh.
inspectors ara now tracing the
shipment to determine wissrs the disa
! ease originated.
Officials OF the Union Stock Yards
Company said they hoped to complete
the disinfecting OF the yards SO that
the ban might be lifted Monday. Live
stock dealings today were confined ID
| receipt OF animals for Immediate
slaughter and the transfer of livestock
| to the quarantine section.
No Immediate Danger.
There is no immediate danger the
Chicago stock yards will be closed
down completely" said DR.. Houclc.
to this market for immediate slaueh,
officials at the time stock is unloadetiA
when 1t is driven from the pens, ana
twice after slaughtering will be con-
tinued as special precautionary
| measure
| I'VE have not found any cases Of
| foot and mouth disease in the yards
| since the outbreak last November.
There is suspicion. however. infected
cases have passed thru the yards dur
ing the last two weeks and for this
reason the federal bureau at Washing
ton issued an order requiring thor
! oush disinfectlon of the pens occupied
| by the suspected herds"
This order by the federal insnec.
| tors practically eliminated the specu-
, lator market at the yards" and cus
off much of the competition for tha
buyers for the local packing plants.
| Buyers and commission men were a
| bit pancky when the news was an
nounced in the live stock exchange
Fumigating at Pittsburgh.
| Pittsburgh, Jan. 27-Shipm ents OF
| livestock to other states from the
! Hares' Island stock yards was STONED
today until the fumigation of the
| yards was made. because OF the arrival
last week OF infected stock. The hog
section already has been f,Imigated and
a largely increased force is engaged in
the sheep and cattle district. Cattle
from other states are passing thru tho
yards but cars are not unsealed.
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