The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-10
MOOR, MOUTH DISEASE
IS COSTING MILLIONS
,,npNMENT MEN KILL SICK
w ,-1,,Ar,s AND BURY CAR
o,eeFs $4,000 HEAD LOST.
SLAUGHTER is ONLY CHECK

n,onoers on Trains Undergo
Even r!.:,fsction to Prevent Spread OF
D PAYING Another Costly Visit
T Tl1y IT, S. Ban on Motor Tourists.
-,rpANENTO.-Hoof and mouth
..,s has cost California at least So
s o o,5' represented by the slaughter
ygO. .ooroximately $4,000 head of cat
t;,,e the outbreak of the disease
~ -. .,.te 4 few weeks ago. Thous-
- - automobile tourists have been
e'i (5 ,,o owing to strict quarantine
A'u .,o+ions and even passengers on
egn-'' have been compelled to under
le'l,' orocess of distinction lest they
9 % the malady. Business, particu-
spI t' n the southwest, has begun to
. ai9 ,ba effects OF the epidemic, so the
49, cost of the disease cannot yet
he estimated
Killing Injected Herds.
Tho limited States has learned from
..a,-;ors experience and from Europe,
'S;cb i infested by the disease, that
,s he, only way to check the epidemic is
- LIN a1I-iniected cattle and burn or
w., the carcasses. That is exactly
,b b i being done Agents OF the
o ",,1 are going from dairy to
5s;ry Killing off the diseased animals.
al property, stock and equipment on
the farm are disinfected, and even the
do;rv owners themselves are treated
q that they will not spread the dis
The state and national governments
o.v in oart for the cattle slaughtered,
INF this payment in most cases is said
d come lar from the actual value.
Automobile Complication.
new complication, which has add
ID greatly TO the seriousness OF the
situation in California, has been in
Be ;ected bv the automobile. Hoot and
month disease is highly contagious,
and every precaution must be taken to
avoid germs being carried to non
injected districts. These germs can be
carried by any agency.
For this reason neighboring states
Oi California refused to permit auto
mobile tourists to cross their lines
when the epidemic was discovered.
Finally the ears OF the tourists were
disnfected, and then permitted to
continue on their way.
Evan Trains Stoned
Even trains are stopped at the state
lines and the passengers and their
baggage disinfected. Hoboes are told
to stay away or they will be locked
in JAIL Everything possible to isolate
the afflicted parts OF the state is done
On farms where diseased cattle are
found the animals are slain. Quick
lime is put on their bodies, which are
burned or buried in bitches six feet
deep. Harness, hay, grain, ropes and
all the contents OF barns, even the
buildings themselves in which the cat
BE had been kept are disinfected. In
many instances barns and their con-
tents are burned because distinction
i impossible.
Not the First Epidemic.
The epidemic which is sweeping
parts OF California at the present time
not the first to occur in the United
states. In 1870, 1880, 1884, 1902 and
lgOS epidemics were discovered each
p different part of the country and
zach more serious than the previous
one. Still later, in 1914, another cpl
aemlc broke out The damage done
'nen was estimated at $10,000,000, the
gaue OF cattle destroyed
Destruction of cattle and, if neces-
SaFy' everything that has come in con-
ao with diseased animals, is the on
method OF checking the spread OF
ne disease, government experts de-
CaFe In Europe various other meth
CaS are used, and conditions there in
acate that they are not successful
Many Nations Infected.
III many nations of Europe, nota-
Germany England and Scotland,
'au 70 some extent in Japan, the dis
'Se mas obtained such a foothold that
1'lan beings frequently suffer from
although persons may become al
aD'ed with the disease such cases
sye been very rare in the United
S'P'es, 1t does not often cause death
rs hrSt symptoms among cattle are
IseFS which appear on the mouth
.l hooiS. Eating becomes so painful
1al the animal takes only enough
I'Shnent to keep it alive. The dis
- lasts from three months to d
S ra During that period products
; SA milk OF the COW may carry the
,Iase to human beings or ether
Went Right to Work.
oaliornia and neighboring states
o S"'ng the possibilities OF hoof anC
Il. ,l, n disease, went right to work the
i,,, ue hrst sign OF the scourge wa:
NM orIi'tFed. From that day TO this the
,ont nj mas been going on, and it will
di,s.- iue until every vestige OF the
I H mas been wiped out.
r a,;I, reds OF additional animals like
abIe ",n De destroyed and much vaIu
E,e,i property wrecked to prevent tn,
bopr aSs from getting beyond the
has bo. u California. Tourist traffic
src, 0esh reduced to a minimum, anC
Ire