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Show POULTRY NOT AFFECTED Tho rise In price of poultry of nil kinds which Is reportod to hnve tak en placo In various States can not, In tho opinion ot experts in tho Department De-partment of Agriculture, bo In any wny attributed to tho outbreak of tho foot and mouth disease. This disease dis-ease does not affect poultry at all, nnd tho Federal quarantines of varl ous States fourteen in all' now lay no embargo upon shipments of poul try. It Is truo Hint when n caso of foot and mouth dlscaso Is found upon n farm that farm Is absolutely qunran lined by the Stato or local authoii tics No produce of any sort can leavo It, tho owner Is not even permitted to drive his horses on' tho public highway, and in somo cases his children chil-dren are not allowed to go to school until tho exposed stock have been dono nwny with and tho entire premises prem-ises thoroughly disinfected. Since tho disease, moreover, Is readily communicated from farm to farm by cats, dogs, poultry and human beings tho local authorities cxerclso their own discretion In determining what restrictions should bo placed upon shipments of produco from tho area In tho Immcdiato vicinity of the Infected In-fected farm. These areas arc so limited In extent, however, that tho amount of poultry that may thus be prevented from reaching tho market Is an Inappreciable percentage ot the total supply. Poultry from tho uninfected unin-fected areas In tho various quarantined quaran-tined States can bo moved freely without tho least danger of spreading tho disease or ot Injuring tho health of tho consumer. |