Show I 1 THINK CATTLE DISEASE CAME fROM ORIENT Animals Slaughtered By Thousands to Prevent Spread v 4 5 lh Bt lt SLA L LA Scales lee iiA CISCO IRA IRA ISCO April 19 By 19 1 By 4 quick decisive action the Lh United Stales Stat s department of tute tUle 1 has lIas taken Inken In hand a ot of I the mouth foot disease b d not been threatening the thA th 11 Ike e stock ot of this Ihl countr country since Its de- de de de t appearance pp arance In 1914 1814 I h year the lh dread was expected And b being expected it had al ho shown nits Its symptoms here when hen government authorities were ere upon 11 it s a result the th disease that thaI has caused the file loss of oC thou thou- thou 1 1 I sands of oC head of ot caps an and ani other I Ike stock in previous lou tears Sears I li Is now I und under r complete Lon con control LOn Infected animals are quarantined lined tined lined and guard is I against exportation tallon ot or any stock 1 from the confined areas QI Qt leI ICK I 1 nia Is the lh only state In 1 which this disease has hM succeeded int in t gaining J headway helda although reports of Its symptoms have hav come corn tr m nearby stales blates and close Inspection I 1 ot of Ike 11 Ih e stock is being belne made mad else else- elsei elsewhere elsewhere i where here But les less than three weeks Il after the outbreak was WB-S first re- re reported reported re reported ported in the region ot of Oakland I Calif go government veterinary Inspectors In- In had all known infected herds under ground Despite this hit optimistic report j howe however er shipments of ol other live livestock livestock stock were made mad to Los LiOs Angel Angeles and other parts ot of California with the result that further quarantine j 1 had to be placed on new areas r Ae- Ae AeI According Ac I cording to Dr John R Mohler chief or of o the bureau of oC entomology In Washington who Is 1 leadIng the tight fight against spread of this dis- dis disease dis disease ease the th situation Is well under t I control lilL The Ih foot and mouth disease t j explained DI Dl Mohler seems to recur every six or ten tn years Its it last at occurrence in 1914 HH resulted la In laa Ina I a loss of ot 17 animals mostly In western mid and eastern rn states state at a cost to the th government and Z j farmer of ot about 9 f This ear we hate ha e already eRt eaten n Into lato toe greater part of ot our eur appropriation appropriation appropriation tion of and the th 2270 I left lert over O to fight tight the disease aee Figures as ae to the number of ot ani- ani animals animals ani animals mals killed to t stop the spread of the disease this year have not yet been compiled complied but th the f t rat three weeks of eradication brought bro the J 4 slaughter up to more than j I anImals animals consisting mostly of oC cat cat- cattle cat cattle tle tie and S swine SIne Ine CAME CI FROM ORIENT In February of this veer Tear It Is Dr Mohler's opinion Indications ot of the start of ot this disease near nr Oakland Oak Oak- Oakland Oakland land Calif led to a t t reo re- ref re returning f turning from Crom the orient Within three weeks It had jump jump- jumped jumped jumped ed Into the th range country where bet large stocks of ot cattle had to be t killed t I Rifle squads have slaughtered whole bole herds where here only o ly one anI- anI anImal ani animal mal oral might haw bae hat ba e been ben infected to tot tobe tob t t be sure the dIsease could not have spread Long trenches lave aM hu e be been dug where bere these animals hn hate e ebe be been n driven to their deaths deatha and andI ande I e CO COel coveted el ed with lime and toll soil Farm Farmers t ers have bave been reimbursed for tor their losses and the government In co- co cooperation cooperation operation co-operation operation with California ha has stood the loss WARNING TO No Now with i the dIsease fairly well wellI controlled Dr Mohler Issues the I followIng warning to t farmers not only In the west but throughout the country All live stock where Infection I is suspected must mul be bo closely Iosel con con- con confined fined Dogs Dog must not be allowed to torUn torun torun rUn at t large lar e Na J o milk hay bay feed teed or manure is 18 to be removed kom rom the th farm The The farmer and his hi family should hould retrain refrain from other tums farms Do not permit any visitors stray Ih Ike 0 stock or dogs dof to come upon your premises Expedite Expedit In C every Cery ery way possIble the slaughter and burial of Infect infect- Infected ed Cd animals The Th early cleaning and tion n of your our premises are arc Important Im- Im w rf rt r w s e i SHOOTING 4 f CATTLE 1 4 k alJ alJo o g r ra rr a r Sd a s e p a 5 It a ei k r e nM 1 NEv a ty I 0 4 T j e k 4 i cYc r i l tNt I QUARA f a r ra 4 5 I I ARAN a f H Ht 4 t S d h Photo above o shows s hot ho Infected herds are aro driven Into largo laro trench trench- 9 q Os es and killed b riflemen Inset t above Dr John R Mohler In charge of the tho fight at left A Showing Ing spread of disease lu In Call Call- l e a I I II |