Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
Federal Authorities Defend Them
selpes For Strict Epidemic Rules
BY Laurence Todd


Some of the German farmers, in
despair at getting rid of pestilence,
have adopted the method of exposing
their stock deliberately to mild case1,
hoping that a mild attack will result.
and that their stock will then be I'M
mune for several years.
Great Britain and Norway and
Sweden, on account of their compare
lively isolated positions" says the re-
port, have been more successful IN
keeping out the disease. The outbreaks
have been more sporadic and by resort
ing to immediate slaughter the author
tiles have been able to stamp them out.
In the outbreak near Dublin In 1912,
indeed, measures were adopted which
were more stringent than any used in
this country. AS soon as the existence
of the disease became definitely known,
so-called "stand-still" restrictions were
imposed on the affected district. Not
only was the movement Of live stock
into or out of the district absolutely
forbidden, but no cattle, sheep. goats
or swine could move along or even
across any highway or thoroughfare.
Moreover, within each of the affect
ed districts, known as scheduled dis.
tricts,' were two smaller areas in which
there were even closer restrictions
The premises on which the actual out.
break had taken place were declared
to he an infected place From such
a place nothing of any sort could be
taken without permission, and no per-
mission was granted until the objects
in question had been thoroughly dis
infected No one but the person actual
ly attending the stock was allowed to
enter any shed or field in which dis
eased or suspected animal had been
kept. and he was prohibited for caring
for any animal which was not diseased
or suspected. On farms adjacent to
the infected place the owners OF live
stock were ordered to stop all move
ments of their animals, and these or
de1s together with all other regula-
ticns, were enforced through the local
constabulary, who closely guarded all
infected places.
within the scheduled districts a
farm to farm inspection was carried
on by veterinary inspectors who not
only examined all live stock but made
a record OF the number on each farm
In order to detect any cases OF sur
reptitious shipments. Exposed stock
was slaughtered, as has been done In
all sections Of this country where salts
factory progress has as yet been made
in stamping out the pestilence.'
Az illustrating the precautions tax
en-, the report declares that the Irish
regulations required that the wheels
OF ali vehicles and the feet of horses
which left the infected places" be
washed with disinfectant> fluid before
starting out.
Representative vollmer Of Davenport
will deliver speech in Philadelphia
on Thursday, when mass meeting in
behalf of American neutrality toward
all belligerents in Europe is to be held
in the academy of music.
One of the Iowans recently at the
capitol who failed to call on Represen-
tative vollmer was former Senator
LATE Young of Des Moines. Col. Young
is on his way to Europe to report the
war for his newspaper, but he is un-
derstood to be planning to stay on the
allies side Of the firing line.