Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-04
nd-Moxtb Disease Rampant.

| Foot and-MoHth Disease Rampant.
There is an outbreak of the dreaded
foot-and- mouth disease in Berkeley coun-
ty, and there is danger that it may be
widely distributed on account of the Pc
culiar circumstances attending il. Las
Friday John D. Felker, who lives on the
road between Martinsburg and Hedges
vile, held public sale, which was at
tended by hundreds OF persons, and the
live stock sold was scattered all over the
county by the purchasers. A day or two
after the sale if was noticed that some o
the cattle on the Felker farm were sick
and Dr. Adolph Eichorn, an expert from
the Department OF Agriculture at Wash
ngton, was sent for. He made an in
spection of the cattle under suspicion,
and at once pronounced them as being
infected with the loot d-mouth disease
All the cattle on the place were ordered
to be killed and strict quarantine regu-
latons put into effect. All the cattle taken
from the Felker place at the time OF sale
will be traced and observed and the farms
on which they are located will be quar-
antined. This will isolate considerable
number OF farms in Berkeley county, and
will interfere with many public sales thai
have been advertised.
The fact that so many persons attended
the sale on Thursday and were in con-
tact with the stock and premises that may
have been infected at that time, gives rise
to the fear that the disease may be COM
municated all over the county. Ii is
easily carried on the shoes or by the
clothing, and dogs and other animals can
transmit the germs. It's not known how
the disease was communicated 10 the
Felker place. This is the first outbreak
| OF foot-and- mouth disease in the eastern
part OF West Virginia, though there was
good deal of it the past winter in Wash
ington county, Md.
State and national officials will unite in
drastic efforts 10 stamp out the disease.
All cattle affected or which have been
exposed will be killed and stringent quar-
antine regulations will be enforced. The
State and the general government each
pay half OF the value ofthe cattle destroy
ed.
Sheriff J. w. Gardner. OF Jefferson
county yesterday receiveda telegram from
H. E. Williams, State Commissioner oil
Agriculture, establishing quarantine in
four counties of this senatorial district.
The telegram, which is dated at Charles
ton March Sd, is as follows:
On account OF an outbreak OF foot-and
mouth disease, and for the purpose OF
controlling said disease, and by authority
vested in me by House bill 66, hereby
establish general quarantine IN Hamp-
shire, Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson
counties, West Virginia. The movement
OF cattle, sheep. other rumlnantS and swine
upon the public highways is prohibited
| from all farms where the disease has been
announced and from all farms where said
disease is likely TO have been carried by
movement OF persons or animals from said
infected herds within the last two weeks.
The movement OF all domestic animals or
their products, straw, hay or litter, is
hereby prohibited, and all persons except
those authorized by law are forbidden
either TO enter or leave premises. Dogs,
cats and pigeons are ordered TO be con-
fined or destroyed. All practcing vet
erinarians, sheriftS, justices and consta-
bleS are authorized and required by law
to enforce the above quarantine.