The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-31
blACKlEG NAY
Be SPREAD BY
DEAD ANIMALS
Disease Prevalent Around
Here Now, and It Is I'm.
portant That Carcasses Be
Buried or Burned.

There IL a good deal of blackleg
among cattle IN this vicinity now,
and for that reason prominence TX
given to- the warning of the United
states department OF agriculture re-
sarding HE danger OF spreading the
disease through failure 10 dispose of
carcassos properly.
often when animals die ol the farm
az small ranch no disposal IL made
of their carcasses other than to drag
Them way 10 u spot where they are
left ON the surface Of the sround to
docompose or be eaten by ANIMALS or
birds not aVersc to taTrion.
This practice cannot be too severe
~ condemned. says the government
expert. 1t contributes seriously to the
dissemination OF disease Ec'ms ana
the pcrpetuation ~ all the infectious
diseases To which the farm OF ranch
animals are subject.
The %carcasscs OF animals which
have succumbed To- infectious diseases
like anthrax. hog cholera, tubercu-
losis. blacklcg. etc, are charged with
great numbers ot Nirulcnt disease
germs. and lust ~ long ~ they re-
main where scavcngers can reach
them and portions uf them can be- car
| ricd away promiscuously by dogs. buzz
yards ~ other carton eaters they are
a dangerous menace over a large ter
ri,urN 90 an animals witch ate liable
20 be- attacked hy disease Gems.
Even c%arcases of animals which
have died from other causes than in
, feciious diseases. unless they are dis
posed OF IN a proper way. are u source
of danger. Lett on the surface OF the
ground thc', odur soon invites scaN-
cngcis To c~ungrcsatc and To bring
with thcu the infectious material with
which thcN may have become contain
mated lay eating carriou elsewhere.
Dead animals on the farm should
be buried deep enough to- prevent
them from being dug up again or they
should be burned To burn large ear
casscs like those ut dead horses and
cattle Is difficult ana hilarious and
requires a large quantity OF Ucl In
most Instances Il H. more economical
to bury them AZ animals which
have died Of infectious diseases and
are buried should be covered with "A
heavy layer uf lime before the graves
are closed.
In the winter, when the ground is
frozen. u - more diihcnlt To dig
graves thar at other seasons of the
year, hut II is Just In cold weather that
disease germs remain alive sud Nitu.
lent longest iu dead organic matter
aud mat -schN"nE"rs travel the longest
distances. have The best app.titcs and
are most likely To carry disease germs
on and IN their bodies. The extra
trouble of digging grave in the win
ter II easily offset bs the greater dan
GET il count"rarts. Low temperature
prevents the multiplication 90 disease
germs, but many kinds 81 disoas.
germs are not Killed or deprived of
heir pcrn,cious possibilities by expos
ure To- II lower temperature than the
lowest reached during an ty arctic
winter.
Everywhere farmers not only should
attend to tn" proper and safe disposal
OF IN. bodies of their own animals
which unfortunately die. but they
should insist ON the proper disposal
~ the bodies OF all animals which III.
anywhere IN the regions in which
their farms are located.