| Show 11 to it U stitt S ARV u UN 11 11 hult toot and elouth clail ul ail cau causes cs mich APprill hen enlon among a farn farm to luini faini l uini in being made by insa iori washington nov 2 federal quarantine to check a dangerous outbreak of foot toot and anti mouth disease among cattle tn in the middle neat wae was extend ed by the department of agriculture today to include indiana michigan and Il illinois linoN and virtu all placed ohio under the same re it affects the amion stock yarda yards of chicago greatest rattle cattle market odthe of the world to the ex int that no live rattle may be shipped from there during the d of even to another infected area under the of fickal interpretation of the cattle from other areas than those under quarantine may be shipped to the chicago yard but they leave there only as an dressed meat action after a day of conferences confer encee aint amoin 6 0 1 here and exchanges ml v th A field 1 I agents throughout the affected area thil 3 explanation of the government governments action vaa v N aa as issued at the department of agriculture the quarantine of th ll estock on account of ut breaks of the foot and mouth d dictate tabe haa ham been extended to cover coer the entire area of the states of michigan indiana illinois and Pennal vanla in addition restrictions ha hae e been placed upon shipment of stock from ohio the order extending thia this quarantine was signed signed by the secretary of agriculture november 2 and goes into effect imme diatel the of thia this quarantine quai antino arc are practically the same an thone those previously announced for a few counties n michigan and indiana no cattle ca atle sheep or swine can be shipped from these states tates in interstate commerce and a all fodder and anima products of every sort which might possibly convey the disease must be thoroughly klem rigid restriction the quarantined states are not on ar f froio orm ahleong saade ca we att uninfected areas but they cannot even send shipment ship menta of stock from ont on infected area into another no cases of fot fott t and mouth die din ases eases have as yet b ben en d discover d in ohio but because of the fact that shipments from the infected area have been made to thia this state it has been found necessary to pi place a ce practically the a rime restrictions restrict lons upon interstate ter state shipments from ohio ea an on those from the four other state one instance of foot toot and mouth disease haa ham been found almonr the stock exhibited at the national dairy show in chicago in order to prevent the spread of the infection tho the other animate animals are now guarded by sheets saturated with disinfectants and inclosing the etalea fl in much the same way as an human patient patients are isolated an in hospitals other rigid precautions tn in regard to the food and bedding of the stock also have been put in force the federal authorities in charge of thu tho quarantine are earnestly urging every farmer to report at once any suspicious auspicious caso case of nor mouths and lameness ness among his stock thu this Is to regarded s absolutely indispensable if the disease dise ajie Is in to be starn red out unreported of disedare may reau result it in spreading the infection over areas walh could otherwise be safeguarded persons who have recently received shipments of cattle from the infected areas should at once isolate them the disease takes taken only from four to six calm aas to manifest itself a 0 that this precaution should cause but very dittli conen convenience lence tt in fit chigin in this epidemic it vr stated was orl originated g in n bouthern Alic michigan higan in aug august but was wax not discovered until october Oc toler 16 when county tines were tre applied to check it it was found however that milk from infected cattle had been sent to dairies and tiu the kim milk returned to the farmers and fed to hogs transmitting the disease hog shipments of that character charleter were j s nt to the chicago yards and as sporadic cases of the disease began to appear in varl oua ous sections Hect lons of th four states named its origin was attributed to stockers and feeders sent out from the yards to bo be fattened on farms department official explained today the spread of the ats ase was ex tra ordinarily rapid it I 1 Is so highly contagious that cattle panning through pens and alleyways alley waye where infected livestock hao preceded them mcquire the infection drastic mca euree mures tn in the way of cleansing and disinfecting all cars pens and loading docks have been or dered so far the number of casti came rep renT arted ted has been comparatively mail small but ther are satt flattered ered far apart and since the chicago yards form the hub of a vast wheel of cattle amov movements fear the ont brok may be widespread little linon to farmers the foot toot ard mouth dyeak Is little known to farmers and it to aid said its first appearance in michigan Mi was not promptly tl report d the cattle be ing treated with ith matt and disinfect ing washes this held its spread in check somewhat until the infected hoga hogs carried it to the chicago yarda yards A big corpa corps of ff leral inspectors Inn already Is in at work in michigan and indiana and another in illinois A third corps Is being mobilized in the pennsylvania and ohio district these men are making farm to fann farm inspections ions be vides enforcing precaution L they take every care to keep from carrying the disease with them earing rubber far gar menta ments and undergoing fumigation after each belt the disease in 1 not fatal but the only way to prevent he its spread through the herd Is L to kill affe altered ted animals ite its effect la Is to emaciate beef cattle and reduce tho supply of dairy animate mate OP of r ste a said it waa was impossible to pred t the duration of any of the intine As infected ce tlona are determined and localized other parta parts of each state will be freed of restriction restrictions it in 1 understood that the order aa an originally would have prohibited all shipments of cattle in to the quara quarantine titine districts As to 1 aed sued however the prohibition applies only to 0 o of livestock lives k out of the inder quarantine or frem one to naother athin the quarantine ntine lines |
