Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-28
WINS Big Fight
ON STOCK PLAGUE
Country at Last Is Entirely Free
Of Foot.and-M Mouth Dis.
ease. T
WA1cHFulNEss NOT ABATED
state and Federal Governmsnts
Brought to Better Understanding
Which viii Insure Efficient
co.operation In Futures

Washington, D. C.-The long fight
against the foot-and.mouth disease Is
over. The secretary of agriculture
has issued an order removing all foot
and.mouth guarantees and .restric'
tons against the shipment and move
ment of live stock. The order speci'
fically removes the quarantine from
small territory in Christian county,
ILL.,, the last area which was under
suspicion. Along with the removal OF
this local quarantine, the various fed
eral orders restricting shipment of cat
tie are rescinded, 50 that dealers can
now ship their cattle az before the nrst I
quarantine was imposed.
Upon notification that the United
States is free from the disease, all
foreign governments which have
placed embargoes on American cattle
are expected to remove these en-
bargoes, so that cattle raisers will then
be able to resume shipments to these
foreign countries.
The magnitude Of the work Of eradi.
cation and control carried on by farm
ers, shippers and the state and federal
governments is shown by the fact that
before being controlled, the disease had
gained temporary footing in 70 states
and the District Of Columbia. The
disease appeared and was controlled
In 269 different counties.
Tho importance to the stock-raisins
industry Of eradicating foot-and.mouth
disease may be judged from the re-
suits Of this plague in Denmark, where
the disease appeared at about the
same time that it broke out in the
United States. The area Of Denmark
ID approximately equal to that Of tho
three England states-Ma Massachusetts,
Connecticut And Rhode Island. 1t is.
however. great dairying country.
and It has been estimated that the
losses IN milk in one year caused by
the foot.and-mouth disease have
amounted to approximately one.third
Of the total cost of eradicating the
pestilence in % states Of this country.
The Danish authorities were unable to
carry out their former policy Of slaugh.
ter, and wers compelled to resort to
such measures Of control as could be
established by guarantees and other
restrictions.
Al Z result Of better understanding
between the state and national govern
mentis. Representatives Of the depart
ment: believe that many Of the OBJ
stacles which confronted the authori-
ties n the past outbreak, would not
Be .entounlered in dealing with any
future occurrence Of the disease. The
veterinarians, however. will not abate
their watchfulness for some time. Ex-
animation of animals and animal prod.
ucts offered for import will continue
to be unusually strict. The depart
ment, moreover, particularly urges all
farmers and cattle handlers to notify
their state veterinarians and the de-
partment of any suspicious cases of
sore mouth combined with lameness
In their animals. Those in charge OF
the eradication work are confident that
the disease is wiped out, but they wish
to use every precaution to detect and
control any sporadic cases that may
develop in remote districts.