Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-23
ANTHRAX BATTLE
IS Being WAGED

l. 10 arrange LOT al "details IN the
fight to stamp out anthrax which has
already killed nearly leo head of cat
tie in the Hanalei district of Kauai
the board of commissioners of agricu;
ture and forestry met this mornin:
with Charles A. Rice, representative
of the planters association and cham
| Der of commerce Of Kauai
Rice came from Kauai especially to
meet the board and also to aid in hav.
ing the bill, appropriating $4,000 to
fight epidemies, passed by the legisla.
! ture.
The board went carefully into the
report of DR.. Victor A. Norgaard, ter
ritorial Veterinarian. ana it was de-
cided that either DR.. Norgaard or some
competent person should be kept on
eradicated. At present the disease is
| confined to Hanalei and it is the in
tention of the board to keep it con.
fined to that district.
Cause Yet Undetermined
The board also Went into the ques-
/ tion as to now the disease started and
from the reports so far received it APP
peas that il must have come either
from the. bone meal which is fed the
cattle or from grass seed. In regard
TO the latter theory Rice told the board
that the rice seed, in the paddock
where the cattle are dying, was sown
by Japanese woman, who shortly
afterwards died of what was thought
to be anthrax Rice also said that fat
cattle and not thin ones are affected
At present, he said, the cattle are only
dying in three paddoeks on the ranch.
The board voted to have each veteri-
marian OF the various counties visit
Kauai and study the disease in order
that they may recognize it il it should
occur at any other place. ..
Kauai is now under strict quarantine
and particularly the Hanalei district
guarded. T.. f.. Il
A letter from DR.. Norgaard, read at
the meeting is, in part, as follows:
Has Situation in Hand
"Princeville Plantation Company.
2 HanaIeI, Kauai. T. H., Saturday,
1917.
&c. s. Judd, Esq,
Executive Officer,
Board Of Agriculture and For
>, estFy 81 .- d.
Honolulu, T. H. ~
Dear Mr. judd believe ! now
have things well in hand Hired 10
men who began burning carcasses this
morning and in less than four hours
had five carcasses>5nrned to ashes
net using 4 4 cord OF wood per carcass
but using from - to 2-S barrel OF
crude oil and some kerosene to start
the fire with. This shows that burn.
ing is simple, CHEAP and effective
and had Or, Glaisyer's orders as re-
CARDS wood, oil and men been acted
upon instead OF DISTRACTED a good
many carcasses would not have been
left for days unturned nor would we
now be finding shallowly buried car
casses being dug up by stray dogs.
Have ordered al dogs in the vicinity
Of infected districts killed. What ex.
actly We will do with the buried car
casses have net fully decided upon.
/ do net want them exhumed but will
probably have a trench dug around.
them, the carcass half exposed, but
remaining in position and large fire
built and maintained in the pit so
formed until it may be reasonably as.
sumed that the carcass is either COM
pletely burned CT that it and the sur.
rounding earth have beer sufficiently
heated to destroy infection. ..
Il have decided to take il upon my
self to take every possible measure
for the eradication of the disease re-
gardless of cost CT of who is to Fay
that or what share each is to ray.
The principal question now is the al
ready buried carcasses and the infec.
ton in the ground and it's further dis.
semination by drainage and groun I
water Beyond this We can only hope
for the SPEEDY arrival of the vaccine
and trust that it will he effective In
stopping the epidemic from the time
Of its Infection. 49,. 49,
Cattle Die Rapidly
since April 10, the deaths Cor re-
ports of oarcasses found) stand as fol
lows: .-.... ...... ..".. 4
.AFrfI f3, cows, stallion, / horse:
April I4.f3 cows, / bull, l steer, 2
mules; April Is, 2 COWS; April Is. 2
cows; April II, cows; April j.. ?
cows, hull, 1 mule; April fs,, 2 COWS,
/ mule; April z0;~3 cows; April 81, l.
COW, / mare (up to noon today -!
"This is far greater number than
has heretofore been reported to me,
the number Of horse stock
"a, but there is enc mule and one
horse now sick that 1 am to cxame mi
croscogicaliy this evening. !
Yours truly, q
VICTOR A. NORGhAItD." /
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