The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08
QUARANTINE LIFTED.
Restriction on Five Illinois Counties Because of Traffic in Tubercu-
 lar Cattle is Removed.

lh2 counties of Lake, McH onry. Kane, Dupage, and Cook, in the State of Illinois, have been released from quarantine for tuberculosis in cattle by an order signed by the Secretary of Agriculture July 19, 1916. effective August 1, 1916. These counties were the only portions of the State under quarantine.
 This order revokes the quarantine placed upon these counties by an or der signed August 22, 1914, and effective October l, 1914. This quar- antine prevented the interstate ship ment from the quarantined area ot cattle, for any purpose other than immediate slaughter, unless the cattle had been tested with tuberculin by, or under the supervision of, Bureau of Animal Industry inspector and were accompanied by a Bureau of Animal Industry certificate, including tuber- culin test chart, showing the cattle to be free from the disease.
 This quarantine was placed at the request and with the cooperation of the State Live Stock Sanitary Con- mission of Illinois, in roder that the interstate movement might be pre- vented of breeding and dairy cattle which in numerous instances were found to be affected with tuberculosis on arrival in other States. This con- dition was brought about by the fact that Illinois did not have d law pro. viding for the tuberculin test of cat tie shipped either into or out of the State.
 In the absence of such a law, cer- tain persons in Illinois were able to make business of buying up cattle in Illinois and elsewhere which the tuberculin test showed were infected and shipping these cattle throughout the country. This trade grew to con siderable proportions. The men en- gagged in it operated in the five coun- ties which were quarantined, and the cooperation of the United States De- partment of Agriculture and the Hi nois State authorities has resulted in stopping the traffic in reactng cattle from those counties.
 Prior to the time the five counties in Illinois were placed under quaran- tine, a number of States refused to receive breeding or dairy cattle from any portion of Illinois unless accom- panied by a Bureau of Animal h. dustry certificate of inspection and tuberculin test. In order to protect cattle in other States, as we'll as in other counties in Illinois, from this disease, the department placed in quarantine the five counties in which it was found that most of the dis eased animals originated.
 The purpose of the original quaran- tine has now been met. The State of Illinois now has law enabling the State authorities to control the local situation, and there appears to be no further necessity for the Federal quarantine.
 The Illinois law prohibits the move ment into that State of breeding and dairy cattle over 9 months of age unless accompanied by certificate of health. supported by tuberculn test chart issued by the State veterinarian assistant State veterinarian, or a Bu- reau of Animal Industry veterinary inspector, showing the animals to be free from tuberculosis.
 The action of the department in re- voking this quarantine should not be construed as indicating that the con trol of tuberculosis in cattle is not possible by means of proper sanitary and quarantine measures.
 The action of the department has been taken after consultation with livestock sanitary authorities in other States which had quarantined against Illinois, and II of these States have expressed their approval of the action taken by the department. The revocation of this quarantine was ap- proved by the Advisory Committee on Live Stock Sanitary Affairs recently appointed by Secretary Houston.
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