Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1914 — THIS PRIZE HERD SAVED. [ARTICLE]

THIS PRIZE HERD SAVED.

Animals Valued at $1,750,000 Cured After Government Agents Sought to Kill Them. Chicago, Dec. 10.—The prize cattle taken from the National Dairy Show to pens in the stockyards Nov. 1 and placed in quarantine have passed through every phase of the foot and mouth disease and apparently have completely recovered. The cattle number 736 head and are valued at $1,750,000. It has been decided not to release the anittials immediately, but within a week they will be removed to a new quarantine station outside the yards and will be subjected to every known scientific test for trace of the disease before they are returned to their owners. More than thirty scientist*, including Dr. Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute of New York, have studied the plight of this valuable herd. W. E. Skinner, general manager Of the dairy show, and others who opposed the plans of government agents to destroy the animals are greatly pleased with the results of the quarantine and treatment of the disease. It is now believed that in the future another such epidemic will be practically impossible.