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Show STOCK SCOURGE SPREAD DUE TO FM1JSIT0RS Secretary Wallace Be-1 Be-1 Iieres 90 Per Cent of Infection In-fection Is Result of People Peo-ple Carrying ' Gems WASHINGTON. . May . Responsibility Re-sponsibility for spread of the foot and mouth dlaa among cattl In California waa placed by Secretary Wallac In a statement today on thoughtlea person who travel j from Infected farm to nonlnfected arena. Th secretary said that If ! that was atopped the Joint efforts of the department of agriculture and the authorities or California would atamp out the dlaeaaa In a very abort time. "Ninety per rent of the cases of the infection Is spread by careless people who travel from farm to farm, said Secretary Wallace. "We quarantined Orange county. California, laat week becauae eome cattle buyers and traders pe related la vial ting farms In Los Amrelss county, which is In the quarantine district. We were certain - theae pejufUe- would - eprea4 the d leasee, and quarantined Orange county aa ft precaution. Our suspicions were Justified, aa we have an outbreak of the disease reported In that county. coun-ty. If we could only get people to understand the Importance of keeping keep-ing away from infected herds, -and If people In Infected dietrtcta would keep away from healthy herds, this disease would be wiped out In short order. Ons of the most serious cases of Infection In a large band of sheep waa due to one person who insisted on riding over the country visiting different ranges to see If the stock there had the dleease. "Curiosity la a very general human hu-man weakness, hut a very danger-oua danger-oua wsskness when we have to deal with audi a highly Infectious disease. We have had fine cooperation coopera-tion from the people ef California, and If they could only control thoae few thoughtless persons who run about the country from Infected districts te nonlnfected, our Joint, efforts would be crowned with success suc-cess very soon. |