| Show CATTLE VIRU VIRUS NOW IN HAND Only Six of 16 Counties in Quarantine Federal Men Arrive April 20 Bills Ulti appropriating additional for eradication of ot the tho foot toot nd mouth dl 11 00 eno In California and ami for tor relict In the drought affected districts of ot New I were signed today by lj PresIdent Coolidge BY un LEE t EE OVERMAN O StandArd Special Corro- Corro Copyright 1924 by The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated d dated ted Press Presa Association SACRAMENTO April 26 It If credence may bo placed In the statements of ot the tho 60 0 government v in sent to the tho last week by Secretary of Ag Agriculture Ag- Ag Wallace to cope copo the foot toot and mouth disease that epidemic which since sinco Its inception last January J an uary has hail hat cost the farmers of ot this state more than In live lie stock no now Is under complete con con- control control con control and la Ia I e to be er- er ef effectually stamped out within the next 30 10 davs da 8 Of Ot 16 18 counties under Quarantine a month ago because of ot sporadic outbreaks of ot the disease only six remain In which rigid quarantine methods still prevail pre all In three of these government gO veterinarians all nil Ih live lio e stock clock afflicted or ox ox- ox posed to the disease dlease has been boen I but strict precaution precaution- precautionary precautionary ary methods are arc being taken to guard against fu titer Infection nun PUR UC c S tS tSIn In the tho other three counties anI- anI anImals ani animals mals nials are ore situ still sUll being driven drien Into great trenches where hero they thoy are itro be- be beIng being be being ing shot down by b riflemen an and l the carcasses burled buried with team steam shovels after the have been with lIh oil and and burned lit In Inthe Inthe the three counties where the tho dis- dis disease disease dis disease ease stilt still is dangerously active the infected districts have I been eon confined to small areas and within a few tew days das all animals affected or posed exposed viII wili have been exterminated anti and the I further spread of the tho disease ef- ef ef effectually I checked I FARM U I GS up to the end of the week eek total los loss from Irom tho the In- In infectious In Infectious disease and so tar far in- in incurable incurable In Incurable curable maldy has been approxImately approximately OOOO head hend of stock more than half halt of ot which have been cattle callie mostly from high priced dairy herds More titan than 10 hogs and 12 sheep also have beep been slaughter slaughtered d The total live stock and property loss the entailed by burning of farm buildings In which Infected ani- ani animals ani animals mals were ere found Is found Is close to 2 2 OOOO DI DISPEL While the special force of ot 60 50 gO eminent veterinarians dis dispatched patched here by Secretary Jaco VI ViTal lace Iaco has h been a material aid to the California state In Inthe inthe Inthe the final drive 0 against the their greater services sen has been In lulling the tho which obtained ob- ob tamed boUt both inside InIde and outside the state As a II result of their aur a Aur-Ances Aur anes against the danger d of ot a further spread ot of o the disease e sev- sev several sev several eral adjoining ad states which have declared embargoes on Or e thing from California from prunes pot pot- pottery pot pottery tery lery and peanuts nuts to plumbing sUP sUP- supplies sup supplies pile plies are e expected shortly to I ie- ie le e- e estrict strict their embargoes embargo only to such uh shipments as are termed possible germ carriers ca by the go agents agent 1 These hese Include all 11 ship ship- shipment shipment shipment ment of live e stock Block meat meal car car- car carcasses carcasses casses front from which hide hides and hoofs have not DOt been removed Ita ha vegetable products product from the infected area areas and wool that ha has not been thoroughly thorough I disinfected According to Dr U G 0 Houck personal representative of ot Secre Secre- Secretary Secre- Secre Secretary Secretary tary Wallace the recent action ot of Governor Hunt of ot In bar bar- bari bar barling i ling ing California automobile tour tour- tourIsts tour hats from crossing the Arizona state line d was neither unwar unar unnar- unnar unwarranted ranted nor ill III led advised S CARItI GERMS 1 per cent ot of o the tho toot foot and disease germs are arc car car- carried car carried ried ned from one locality to another by humans human sass sas say Dr Houck The Tho danger Is a that some of thee tourists may have havo passed through an Infected asea aca a ea The foot and mouth germ which has neer ne b n isolated and which will III pass through a porcelain filter and still I I retain Its may be picked up on the shoes clothing or even On automobile tires and transported long distances Once one of o those theao germs come comeIn comein comein In contact with Ith live stock tock it means another epidemic Thelo Is no cure curo for Infected animals They must be destroyed I know of ot no case whelo humans were ere ere affected |
