Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1885 — CATTLE INTERESTS. [ARTICLE]

CATTLE INTERESTS.

The Governors of lowa and Montana Fire Proclamations at Pleuro-Pneumonia. fDes Moines speoial.J Gov. Sherman, of lowa, issued the following proclamation: Whkbeas, Reliable information from the State Veterinary Surgeon anil otherwise has reached me that the dread epidemic pleuropneumonia exists in virulent and contagious form in many of the States of the Union among the cattle thereof; and Whekeas, In view of the prominent position held by lowa as a cattle-producing and cattlefeeding (State, being first, in value and rank therein among all the (States and Territories, and the immense investments in such stocks held by our people; and Whereas, It is of the greatest importance that this vast interest involving many millions of valuable property should be protected to the people of the State, and tq the end that the good name of the State as a stock-and-f'ood-produc-ing district shall be maintained: Now, therefore, I, Buren R. Sherman, Governor of the State of lowa, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the Constitution and laws of the State, do hereby dec.are and establish quarantine at the boundaries thereof against all animals infected with the said disease, pleuro-pneumonia, or that have been ecxposed thereto, and 1 do hereby absolutely prohibit the importatkm into the State of all cattle shipped or driven from the States hereinafter named unless accompanied by a certificate of health given by the State Veterinary Surgeons of said States, who shall have first made careful examination of such cattle—viz.; The States of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and the District of Columbia. All railroads and transportation companies are hereby forbidden to bring into this State any cattle from the localities above named unless the proper health certificate as above specified shall accompany the shipment. I appeal to all good citizens to assist in the enforcement hereof, and specially direct all Sheriffs, constables, and other peace officers and the Boards of Health throughout the State, and the State Veterinary burgeon and his several deputies shall see that this proclamation be obeyed. Gov. Carpenter, of Montana, has issued a proclamation prohibiting the importation of cattle into that Territory. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky , says that pleuro-pneumonia has again appeared among some Jerseys at Cynthiana. A fine bull displays acrive symptoms of the disease, and half a dozen animals in herds have it in the chronic stages. A St. Louis telegram states that the recent proclamation of Gov. Oglesby, of Hlinois, prohibiting the introduction into Wlliuois of cattle from Missouri, has caused quite a commotion in various parts of the State, and strong condemnation of and opposition to this action is cropping out in all directions. Gov. Marmaduke has telegraphed Gov. Oglesby asking him to reconsider his action in declaring quarantine against Missouri. The executive office of the National Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association furnishes the following live-stock bulletin for the week ending April 30: V ice Presidents Milne and Stonerood, of New Mexico, report fine weather and no disease. Cattle and horses are doing splendidly. The early spring rains and the present condition of the grass and stock indicate the most prosperous season ever experienced by New Mexican cattlemen. The universal sentiment of local associations is adverse to crowding the ranges, and condemns the United States land laws relating to final proofs on land entries, which Congress will be requested to change. In Arkansas heavy rains have prevailed, but the weather is warmer now, the grass is growing finely, and the cattle improving rapidly. There is no disease, and the prospect is bright for the season. In Pennsylvania the weather is cold and the season backward, bnt cattle and horses are in fair condition and no disease is reported.