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SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1924 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON .... , " . " ; s - ww - . a. A r" , - - A w. EASE DIIBSED by raiiin Easily Detected Man or . Chickens Rarely Affected Kills Whole Herds ; i U ALBANY, A.ptt 19. A full de scription of the dreaded hoot and taout a disease which tita stricken California, and ajalpst .the spread cf Vhich drastic- ;'raea$urea, have been adopted, :hy I 0e" Oregon .and J,Vashlneton authoVlt!ci la giren In an Interview today by Dr. J. W. Ooin, local veterinarian. Mr. Goin describes the disease fend its symptoms as follows: "Foot and mouth disease is an tcnte, highly communicable dis ease chiefly found among cloren hoofed animals, and characterized ty an eruption of vessicles or blis ters oil the mucous membrane of the mouth and on the skin be- tetween the toes and above the oofs. The veasieles rupture, forming erosions and ulcerations. There is also salivation, loss of ap petite, lameness, reduction of milk Secretions and an emaciation. Cat- tie and hogs are affected moat generally, but sheep and goats as well as all wild cloven-footed anl raals, are also amenable. "Horses, dogs, cats, poultry and : man rarely are affected. ; "Foot and mouth disease Is caused by an ultra-microscopic or ganism that has never been. Isolat ed. Unlike most Infections one attack does not cause immunity. Thus the great fight for its elim ination. i -3 ' - i " ? "The period of Incubation rang es from one to 18 days, but usual ly Is between three and six days. As a rule the fatalities are three per cent or less, though J they reach 30 to 40 per cent In malig nant outbreaks. j The greatest ,loss Is In flesh and milk produc tion, and through the effect of the djsease upon cows carrying or 'feeding calves. This all works to "the detriment of the dairying and 'stock raising industry.. ' "Foot and mouth disease is con stant in many countries of Eur ope, Asia and South America. 'Therefore the holding of import ed cattle at seaports in the United ' States for six weeks after arrival. .? "The United States has had six I outbreaks of the last disease. The ."last three have been the worst. In 1902 the cost of curbing an out break was $400,000;' in 1908 it twas 1300,000. and in 1914. $900,- 000, with 23 states and the Dis trict of Columbia affected. - Total animals slaughtered were: 77, ',000 cattle, 35,000 swlne.l 0,000 ' sheep, 133 goats and nine deer. . l "The first symptom usuall Is a '.chill. A high fever follows and in one or two days the vessicles or blisters appear. They .vary in "tize from hemp seed to that of a f pea, appearing upon "the month, , tongue, and later at the coronet ' between the digits, of the feet, 'These are followed by similar le 1'Elons upon the teats and adders of cows. Mild cases soon recover. 5 'Many animals become ; sore of mouth In -fact most of them do. They are hardly able to eat, and " long strips of ropey saliva drip rfrom the lips. The, vessicles break down and may soon disap- ; pear,. but .often cause ugly ulcers Mn'thet month and about the feet. Sometimes there is internal eri- i.dence, particularly in the case of calves Injected by milk from dis I 'eased cows, but these cases soon 'die. Normal appetites are gener ally regained in from 10 to 20 "days in mild cases, but the milk flow will be withheld to another 'freshening. In the malignant i cases from three to 12 months is i required to- regain normal appe i.tlte. Diagnosis Is from symptoms l described, and horses and .calves are Innocalated for . check tests. ..as calves show characterized le- . slons In fro inone to four days. "Absolute slaughter is the best means of control. Carcasses should be buried six feet under JEFF PFTJFFER, ABOUT TO BE TRADED BY ST. LOVIS, ' 13 STAGING "COME-I ACKL" s 1 1 - i- SI 'Hi '! I ? J . , I ; f 1 : i ground and decomposed with quicklime. Strict quarantine and disinfection should also be prac ticed.'" ' : ' ' ' ' '. ' "People in general do not real ize the ease with which the dread disease can be spread. One may be in an infected area, get in his car, go ahy place in the United States, and carry in tie car en ough Infection to start an out break at any place. A crate of let tuce could do the same. "We can get along for a while without California fruit and vege tables. :...;'; r. - "Do not condemn ihe authori ties. They are working" for your Interests, whether you have live stock or not. On the other hand. give them aid. If you have any animal3 that act suspiciously re port them through your state or federal veterinarian. They ,;are doing all they can for your pro tection. , t - "People baring fields where wild geese feed will do the state, as well as themselves a favor, by I keeping their stock from those fields. Anyone wanting more in formation may write to the de partment of agriculture and ask for farmer's bulletin No. 66. I will gladly try to answer any In quiry, either personal or written, that will aid in keeping the dis ease out of Oregon.- Do what you can and let us all try to keep foot and mouth disease out of Oregon'." Golfing Hints Some Things that Golf Players Wish Other Players Would Do. uy graham sharkey The next is a case of personal pride the words cannot be said often enough or loud enough "Re place The Divots" that means that turf cut should at once be replaced and pressed down so that .it will continue growing. No course has a surplus of turf and what Is more discouraging than to see a fairway all hacked up or worse find your ball in one of these young excava tions? - .- V'S To protect the turf of the fair ways out here we play "winter rules" the year 'round, a ball may be teed up tn tbe fairway. This is only a measure of turf protection. What can a club gain through a thoughtless member who will tee his ball on a choice bit of grass, take out his "good old mashie" dig up a piece of turf the size of a young door mat without ever con sidering replacing It? If this same golfer Is your opponent he is tak ing advantage of you, the idea is l to protect the fairway, not to build a teeing ground. : A ball in the rough must at all times be played as it lies, to move the grass, sticks or other things more than to locate it is a viola tion of one of the rules, the penalty Is loss of the hole In match play and two strokes in medal play. ! Golf Is golf and If the rules are broken the consequences should be accepted and observed. A play er Is never" allowed to ground his club in a trap whether it Is filled with sand gravel or dirt, ' neither is he ajlowed to press the dirt or sand around tbe ball before he makes his stroke. This Infraction calls for the loss of the hole "or two strokes In medal. While I am . mentioning , It 1 might explain that Match play is the counting of the number of holes that are won from an op ponent. Medal play is counting the number of strokes that it takes to play the round in. National Fight Waged I NEW YORK. April 20. -A spontaneous nation-wide move ment against diphtheria Is now under way. Hundreds : of thou sands of school children and tiny youngsters of pre-school age have been immunized by the harmless toxin-antitoxin inoculation, espe cially in the larger cities. ' In a state-wide campaign in Ohio al ready more than 60,000 children have been immunized, and the authorities plan to reach 200,000 before 1924 closes. 4 In New York and Detroit a special drive is be ing conducted to reach the little children who are more likely than older children to die If they catch the disease. ) The extent of, the efort was dis closed by the welfare division of the largest Insurance company- In the world during the process of spreading health educational ma terial thrugh their agents. So far the existence of 72 separate com munity campaings against dlpther- la has been recorded. In 22 of these special provision was made for actual test and treatment In ad dition to the general publicity. About one in three of these activi ties was Initiated by the agents of the company who. have distributed over 1,300,000 anti-diptheria leaf lets in home or elsewhere through . . . 'i F The company is making a surrey of the entire country through its agents to learn the full extent of the campaign and the number-of persons immunized. Health auth orities believe that the success of the campaign this year will hare an important j influence toward making the Job complete next year an dtoward reducing dipther la deaths among children to a minimum. H v- In Detroit,' in a congested area where the disease is - an annual problem, an Intensive campaign is getting nnder way. .. Here as in a majority of the communities fight ing, the disease the company has employed its agents to help spread the health literature and secure the consent of parents for the Im munization inoculation. : The company gave impetus to the anti-diptheria fight by the pub lication, last November, in many of the largest; magazines In the country, with a total circulation 16,000,000, of a page advertise ment entitled fNo More Dlpther- ia." The copy was devoted en tirely to setting forth the facts concerning diptheria and urging parents to help stamp It out. The gist of the message was that dip theria can be absolutely stamped out with proper cooperation from the general public. In Ohio where there they have already Immun ized a large proportion of the chil dren. Dr. John E. Monger, state health director, declared that it was much easier "to secure con sents since the appearance of the advertisements "We expect by the end of the year," declared Dr. Monger, "to be in a position rapidly to Schick Test and immunize the entire pop ulation of the state of Ohio." The most effective type of cam paign has been that conducted by the state or large city health offi cer, with the immunization treat ment given at clinics, in schools or by private physician. In the general publicity and the work of securing consent from pare Ins the health authorities receive the as sistance of all the private and public social agencies. Largely as a reult of this work, under the di rection of Dr. Wm. H. Park, of the New York City Health Department Laboratories, a pioneer in this field, the death rate from dipther ia has dropped In New York from 22 to 9 per 100,000 in a few years a measure of what can be done everywhere. v mm TT isan "Aristlcoratic in Appearance but Democratic in Price" W. H. EVANS MOTOR COMPANY 147 NORTH HIGH STREET Mothers, Fathers ! DOESYOURv BO Y HAVE A WAGON ? ' If he hasn't you are depriving him of some of the most happy days of his life. : Through a special arrangement with the factory we are able to offer you this HIGH-GRADE wagon shown below at the special price of NOTE these specifications 16x3 6-inch Hardwood bed ' 10-fnch extra heavy steal disc wheels . Very large solid rubber ties. Long steel roller bearings. Heavy steel bolsters. $.75 Designed and constructed to endure come in and give it a careful inspection compare it with any you ll&VG S6He . ' -. 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