PEURO-PNEUMONIA IN AMERICA.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 5

PEURO-PNEUMONIA IN AMERICA.

At a meeting, in November last, of the Consolidated Cattle Growers' Association of the United States — Phoebus, what a name ! — a great deal of interesting information was elicited concerning the efforts that have been made by the United States Govern, ment to repress, and, if possible extirpate pleuro pneumonia in the States. Mr Norman J. Colman, Commissioner of Agriculture, addressing the meeting of over 100 delegates from almost every State and Territory in the Union, said that the cattle industry of the country, representing twelve hundred millions of dollars, was under a cloud of misfortune at present, but that population was increasing faster thun cattle, and therefore prices should in time improve. With reference to the work ©f the department in' fighting the disease mentioned from January lsb to October 15fch of the present year the inspectors of the Bureau of, Animal Industry had examined 12,655 herds, containing 92,698 head of cattle. Of these 476' herds, containing 6,956 cattle, were placed in special quarantine, and 1,209 were found to be diseased. This did not, include the Chicago quarantine. Mr Colmun, in saying that the disease had been eradicated from Coot Co. 111., 'paid a high compliment to Professor Law, of New York, who had charge of the work; Dr. Salmon, 1 of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the Illinois State Board. He said : '[' Maryland' and New" York have been the worst hot-beds of the disease. For years it has existed iri Maryland and defied all attempts to extirpate it. The cities' of New York, Brooklyn and Baltimore, and their suburbs have for forty years been plague spots whence the disease has spread to other parts of the country. But in Maryland we now have things under control. The system which proved so successful in Chicago is now in operation under the direction 1 of Professor Law, and we have hopes of entirely destroying it in a short time." The Commissioner then read statistics of the number of herds examined and' 1 * quarantined ' in" Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, and epoke encouragingly' of affairs'/ in the , latter State, ,where the Legislature and Governor have invited the placing of the whole' business' under government control. In regard 'to the needs of the bureau for the next year; Mr Colman said said that' about all that wa6 necessary was a sufficient' appropriation, as the work was' progressing smoothly and ' systematically. In conclusion, the commissioner says : "I have not alluded to the fact that the disease has been stamped out in the Missouri, where one Illinois bull coming mtb the State at Fulton caused a Quarantine against the whole State and a 'loss to cattle men of $1,000,000. I have not alluded f to the fact that it hrts been stamped out in Kentucky where the amount df the loss was $2J(k)O,'OOO.2 J (k)O,'OOO. It hasocen estimated that cattle diseasein the paslt forty 1 - five has cost* Great Britain five hundred' million dollars, yet* it exists theret o-day in almost as bad a form as' it ever' did. They have' strong laws* but they J leaVe tha execution of them 'to the lobal- authorities. THe disease needs ' heroic t'tfedtmen't'. >! In Scotla'H'd it' is so bad 'to-day J that vtpbh'iriy red'oncmehdatiion this c'6i{ntry has declared a quarantine against aill l Sc6tcb'cai;tl& J It'liaerbe'en hiy .'ambition tq seethe 'disease w-itied^o'u't' until' pot a a !t trace of ib^Mhall VemainV^nH 1 tyittifft a* y*eaWnd a-half jWpecifid'haVe^hi's 1 Arribi-' 't'ipn gratified; t&t'ilTffiay #c ja^Wifee 'idgft^tb-^uafaTitine ' sfftainsfc' "all 'Europe^ «whi6h has foe'en'tn^ho^befrbf^ise'ases •^hich^ I afterward* 1 afHictad 'iliif "Soufntry." , , r^fu/ , ■ WaaSßtArf %tii U! iU mktitss: ,ment for remo«ing f the. coloniaLprdhMtiUon