Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-03-02 | Page 7 | Officials Expect to Control Plague

OFFICIALS EXPECT TO CONTROL PLAGUE Foot and Month. Disease Is Being Ex terminated In Illinois Stock Centers. CHICAGO. March 1 Federal and state oftic als expect to stamp out foot and month disease m Illino s by the last of this week when the last of the infected animals have been slaughtered. But five of tho herds remained to be killed. E lis appropriat ng $o 000 000 to re mburse owners already have been introduced in the legislature Figures compiled by the United States bureau of an mal ndustry show ms; the s tnation regard ne foot and mouth disease n the different, stated affected as existing February 16 proved niino s to have been the greatest suf ferer Illino s according to the re port had fifty one infected count es, 653 infected herds 22 9o0 cattle 630 sheep 27 840 ewine, a total of 51 482 infected animals Ohio had th rty six infected counties 188 infected herds w th a total of 10 6' uf ected animals Pennsylvan a had twenty eight in fectcd count es 07 infected herds w th a total of 18 561 infected animals In M eh gan the total number of in fected animals was 7 90 in Ind ana 6840 Iowi 3o72 and W scons d 4440