Evening star., 1924-09-28
CATTLE INFECTION
BREAKS OUT ANEW
5000 Acres Under Guard as
F0ot-and-Mouth Disease
la Appears in Texas.
By the ASsociat ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON. Tex, September pa
second outbreak of the foot-and-
mouth disease was discovered late to
day in the 6,000acre area near here
which is under strict guard to pre-
vent spread of the malady.
Announcement of the new outbreak
was made by DR.. w. r. Cotton. Gov
ernment expert from Washington
who said he had definitely diagnosed
the disease among cattle on the
Perry -McFadden ranch, near Web
ster. Tex.
This ranch is slightly north of the
ranch of the Rev. William States
Jacobs, where the epidemic first was
discovered in herd of Brahma cattle
With the definite diagnosis today
of the malady affecting 400 head OF
Brahmas on the ranch of DR.. Jacobs
as the foot and mouth disease, plans
were put into operation to hold the
disease in check. Seventy-flve men,
guards, inspectors and laborers were
thrown into the ranch and before
night 5000 acres of land and 1.100
head of cattle were under guard.
This force was expected to be aug
mented by Monday, with the prob
abaility that ultimately 1000 men
might be engaged in the task.
Embargo Is Invoked.
The state live stock and sanitary
commission issued an official quaran-
tine today on all of Harris and Cal
weston Counties and all that part OF
Fort Bend and Rrazoria Counties East
of the BraZos River, prohibiting the
movement of live stock either within
these counties or out of them. Live
y,S-tt n
was not affected by the order. The
quarantine was extended to dressed
carcasses of all ruminants and their
hides or wool, as we'll as to all prod
ucts of the soil, including hay. grain.
biological products manufactured In
the quarantined territory. trees, grass,
shrubs, flowers and green house
plants
The quarantine first was extended
to dairy products, but was modified
during the day to permit their ship
ment after they had been Steriltzed
and placed in containers approved by
an inspector attached to the com
mission.
Governor Is Summoned.
During the day Gov. Pat NJ. Neff
was notified of the progress being
made to check the disease. 1t was
recognized that the struggle would
entail the expenditure of large
sum of money, and the governor
agreed to come to Houston tomorrow
for a conference.
Trenches were dug today by a
steam shovel for the burial of the in
fected cattle which are scheduled to
be destroyed Monday, according to
present plans. Probably onehalf OF
the Jacobs herd will be sacrificed, il
was stated. Poison bait was scat
tered today to kill any dog, wolf or
other animal that might wander onto
the ranch. All automobile traffic be-
tween Galveston and Houston was
stopped except over a detour.
While these precautions were being
taken DR.. Marion lines was sum-
moned from his home in California,
which recently was the center of an
infection. He will take charge of
the Bureau of Animal Industry forces
In Texas during the fight to eradi-
cate the disease.
Plans to conserve the Fort Worth
live stock market, the largest in the
State. were made, and included per-
mission to ship cattle from outside
the infected area if they were un-
loaded in daylight and promptly in
spected.
There have been several theories re-
this State. The theory that the disease
had developed through contact with a
number of Brahma bulls imported from
Mexico found little support from J. E.
Boog-Sco of Fort Worth, chairman Of
the State live stock and sanitary COM
mission, who said they had been sub
mitted to blood tests by the federal Gov
ernment before becoming attached to
the herd.
x1rac.
they might be carriers" of the disease
in the same sense that a person might
be a carrier of typhoid fever germs.
Source Is Sought.
I'VE are looking for the source of in
lection in every port of the United
States" Boog-Scott said today He in
dicated it was possible it might have
come through the port of Galveston and
been due to the operation of bootleg
gers This theory extended to the prob
ability that germs Of the foot and
mouth disease might easily have become
attached to the material used in pack
ing liquors from foreign countries and
snuggled into Texas. A number Of dis
mantled packing cases which had the
appearance of having held liquor of a
foreign brand have been found on the
infected ranch. =
Another theory, which Boog-Scott
was careful to say was merely one Of
the possibilities, was that the germs
had come from Japan through the port
of Vancouver in seeds shipped to a
nursery conducted by Japanese within
few hundred feet Of the area where
the infection was first found.
Tonight the members of the State
live stock sanitary commission, the
Federal forces and the State and County
officials viewed with satisfaction the
steLe that have been taken to prevent
a spread of the disease. The swiftness
with which plans have been executed
moved them to hope that the struggle
might not be of as long duration as in
other States.