FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.
— SERIOUS EFFECT QN BRITISH MEAT SUPPLIES. 1 By Telceraph—Press Association—Copyrirlit London; July 8. It lias now been decided in connection with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that Irish cattle and pigs will bo allowed to be sent to certain ports for immediate slaughter. At Glasgow, Birkenhead, and Avonmouth only a thousand cattle and seven thousand sheep are sold weekly at ■ tho metropolitan markets, representing one fourth of tho supply from Homo sources. - The effect on the general supply is serious, in consequence of the facilities for slaughtering at local centres. .(Rec. July 9, 11.25 p.m.) London, July '9. The most serious development in connection with tho outbreak; of foot and mouth disease is the discovery at St. John's Market, Liverpool, that offal from Waterford contained an affcctcd head. In the House of Commons, Mr. T. W. Russell, Vice-president of the Department of Agriculture in Ireland, denied a sensational story that the head had been mutilated to conceal the signs of disease. All heads of boasts shipped from Waterford liad the tongues removed for sale separately. ' •
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1488, 10 July 1912, Page 5
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177FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1488, 10 July 1912, Page 5
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