The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-04-02
State Meeting Held in Reno
On Foot and Mouth Disease
Governor To Enlarge Quarantine Order; Will
Use State Police Along Border;
May Call Special Session

Nevada took occasion to commend
the promptitude and thoroughness
with which Nevada's officials have
stepped in and prevented the spread
Of the disease so far, including Gov
ernor Scrugham, in the quick appli-
cation of the quarantine proclama-
ton measure.
Cooperation Planned
Suggestion also will be made to
border counties in California with
which there is interchange of range
that they get together and form a
buffer line against the spread of the
disease from the more southerly
counties in the neighboring state,
and in this connectio ma special com
mittee was working this week on the
formulation of steps facilitating the
movement of such stock on which
the spring. fall and winter ranges
generally are in Nevada and the sum-
mer ranges in California.
Loss $1,OO0,OOO
The following from the Sacramen-
to Bee of March 2Sth gives some Idea
Of the loss in livestock in California
during the few weeks of the cpl
demic:
The total loss in livestock in Cali
fornia to date from the disease is
estimated at s1,000.0O0 by H. w
Levers, accountant of the depart
ment of agriculture.
The total number of animals lost
in the San Francisco bay region TO
March 22nd was 14,534, made up OF
6,424 cattle. 1924 hogs, 80 sheep
and 156 goats. In the Merced dis
cattle, 116 hogs. 151 sheep and
goats. Losses in Los Angeles and
San Joaquin counties will add CON
siderably to these figures.
Steps Against Famine
Steps to prevent a meat famine In
Los Angeles during the quarantine
en- livestock due to the appearance
there of a number of cases of foot
and mouth disease have been taken
by federal and state authorities. The
work of disinfeeting and cleansing
the Los Angeles Union Stockyards
has been completed, and arrange
ments were made to reopen the
stockyards for business.
Under approval of the authorities,
the yards were opened to receive live
stock shipped for immediate slaugh-
ter, under official supervision. No
cattle will be maintained in the yard.
Cattle raisers are being warned
not TO allow visitors. under any pre-
tense, TO go upon the lands or near
the herds. whether of cattle, hogs or
other livestock. 1t was pointed out
that the foot and mouth disease is
carried by human feet as we'll as ami
mails. and that complete isolation of
every herd is essential to protect the
cattle industry from the grave dan
ger il is facing.
No Wide Spread Feared
Although the situation is serious,
Or. Rudolph Snyder, of the federal
bureau of animal husbandry, does
not believe there is. danger of the
epidemic spreading as 1t spread
throughout the middle west in 1914.
At that time, DR.. Snyder stated, 233
counties, including twenty-five states
were visited by the plague and the
loss in the Chicago stoekyards for
the seventeen days that the epidem-
ie was at its worst was approximately
S1.000,000 per day.
In the ordinary epidemic period,
Il is estimated the whole state could
lose 100000 in the event the
plague spread to all of the cattle
counties. The present epidemic, DR.
Snyder said, has cost less than ST.
600, 1000 to date. and the worst phas-
es of IL are believed to have passed
Governor Scrugham, who was in
ronopah at the time of the meeting
in Reno of the cattle and stock in
terests, has returned to Carson and
viii at once issue a new proclama-
ton in relation to guarantees
against the movement of California
produce to this state.
In a telegraphic message to his
private secretary he announced that
the state police would be made avail.
able to patrol the border section lead
ing into this state from the coast.
Undoubtedly some action will be
taken to disinfect all automobile
travellers together with machines,
while the itinerant farm hand will
have to submit to fumigation before
he is allowed to enter the farms OF
Nevada.
May Bar Vegetables
There is a movement on foot In
the various counties to bar the ship
ment of all green stuff from Cali
fornia to the Nevada points. 1t ha,
been pointed out that all of the vege
tables arriving in this state com,
from the districts where the diseas,
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