Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1914 — FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IS CLOSE [ARTICLE]

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IS CLOSE

Cattle and Hogs Near Frankfort Infected—Stock Ordered Killed and Burned at Once. - Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 6.—The hoof and mouth disease, attacking all cloven foot animals, has 'broken out in Clinton county and a number of cases have been investigated by local veterinarians and government inspectors. On the farm of Richard Heavilon, west of this city, a herd of 63 cattle and a drove of 175 hogs were found to be infected by Dr. Smith,*a local inspector He reported the cases to/government' inspectors and a complete examin-' ation of all shipping cattle is being made by government inspectors under the direction of Dr. WP. Spencer of Chicago. At the Hea vilon farm, all of the hogs and cattle were ordered killed and burned immediately. They will be killed tomorrow morning. On the John Derrick farm,- west of this city, several loads of steers ready for the market are believed to be infected and may be ordered killed and burned. A number of other herds of cattle in the coun-' ty are reported to be infected. As rapidly as the stock can be examined by inspectors the cases will bfi disposed of According to the statement pt Dr. Spencer, it is probable that a quarantine will be placed on all cattle arid live stock in the county to prevent shipping to the markets. The infected stock found, in this was purchased at the Chicago Stock Yards Oct. 26 and* 27 and was shipped here for feeding. 'The Chicago stockyards are closed up tight. The great packing interests of that city are temporarily transferred to Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis. t The agricultural department at Washington has extended the quarantine. lowa and Massachusetts are now included. The Lafayette stock yards were closed today and will remain closed until next Tuesday, possibly longer. During the time the yards are closed Purdue experts will supervise a thorough disinfection. Fifty five herds of cattle have been slaughtered in St. Jpseph county since the quarantine. Included was the slaughter j>f a dairy herd of 52 cows at Notre Dame. The federal government will pay half of the ibutcher value of the stock and the state will pay the other half. T. Wynegar, the plow salesman, was in Wolcott Friday and brought home the report that the disease had been found there among cattle shipped from Chicago. A herd of sheep was also infected and Purdue experts were to superintend the killing and destruction of the carcasses. '( Twenty infected stoerj are reported in Ko toiuskoX county, near Warsaw. Porter county also reports the finding of the disease. Several shipments/ of cattle for feeding purposes were received in Jasper county from the Chicago stock yards, but sd far no infected cases are reported. Dr. J. Hanston is quoted as saying that he does not regard the disease as dangerous as reported. He has seen much of it abroad and regards it as curable.