The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-02
VAR IS DECLARED
\ on WANDERING DOGS
HENRico SUPERVISORS ORDER ALL
CANNES At LARGE
SHOT.
THEY SPREAD DISEASE.
COUNTY WORKS WITH STATE AND
FEDERAL OFFICERS AGAINST
CATTLE MALADN--MILk
SUPPLY SAFE,
THEY SPREAD DISEASE
SUPPLY SAFE.

BY orders of Sheriff T. II. Kemp
members of the Henrico County con-
stabulary. together with other men
who were deputized yesterday. will
this morning be placed nj Intervals
through 'ut the county 10 see .lat
Quarantine against the foot ana
mouth disease is maintained
William ~. Milan. president Of the
Datrymen's Association WAS yester
day afternoon designated by State
Veterinarian Ferneyhough to act in
the apacity Of quarantine officer, and
he assumed his duties AT once He
will establish a quarantine within a
radius OF Ave miles from the Miller
Brothers farm. where the affected
herd was located
Officers vii be placed at all high
wrys leading into Richmond to pre-
vent any cattle. sheep or swine from
being brought within the quaran-
tined territory.
A special meeting of the Henrico
County Board OF Supervisors was
held yesterday afternoon in the
Courthouse, and they passed a reso-
hutton making II a rnisdemeanor for
airy resident Of the county to allow
sais dogs to run at large,
Dogs Spread Disease
II was brought ont ut the meeting
that the CANNES help 20 scatter the
disease and that every precaution will
be taken to have them kept on their
owners premises for the time being.
Ut least Dogs found running a,
large will De shot by county officers.
and their owners viii he haled TO
court and fined for allowing them
40 venture out alone.
80 Members Of r9e board also agreed
TO cooperate with the farmers.
health officers and veterinarians in
nm effort 10 stamp out the disease IN
the county The board adjourned
over until this morning, at which
time they will meet and IT. all prob
ability the members viii take some
further action with reference 10 the
dread I'd malady.
No Danger In MIX.
% According to Or, Levy. there is no
occasion for alarm over the milk
supply He says that all milk In
Richmond now is good and perfectly
safe for use. No milk from any farm
. in which there is even nm apparently
sick animal will be allowed in this
city. Producers and dealers are
taking most extraordinary precau-
mons tn prevent n drop of question
able milk coming TO Richmond II
ia said that 90 per cent OF the milk
now being brought into Richmond Is
being pasteurtzed and arrangements
have been perfected to have the re-
manning per cent pasteurized.
All tn He Pastcurixed.
The machines In which the milk Is
pasteurized are quite costly, Before
being run through the machine the
milk In held for thirty minutes at a
temperature Of As degrees. After 1t
is run through the machine II Ia
-placed in a cooler which has a tenn
perature OF 80 degrees. After going
through this process It is ready to
he bottled and placed on the mar
3 ket
DR. Levy declares II any persons
have the slie'atest doubt about the
quality OF their milk II will be easy
to resolve their doubts by boiling
the milk and then cooling II, which
+. IL the same az pasteurl2ing IT.
The officers oF Henrico County
seem TO be under the impression thai
there In no cause for alarm. They
will use every precantion TO conhnf
the disease to this one farm, and II
the people carry out the quarantine
there will be no spread