THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924 PAGE THREE LYTLE ASKS AID OF LIVESTOCK MEN AND IS II Strict Quarantine Regulations in Force Against Introduction of Dreaded Foot and Mouth Malady into Oregon; Symptoms Cited. By W. H. LYTLE, State Veterinarian, To all livestock men and managers of shearing corral in Oregon, through the newspaper, Dear Sir: The state board of agriculture feels called upon to ask your perfect co operation with os In every effort that wt are putting forth to prevent the posiible introduction of foot and mouth dUease into Oregon. While w have put strict quarantine re quirements in operation against Cal ifornia and have been supported to the fullest extent by the press, civic organisations, and from every source in our requirement!, we arc yet very much concerned with the continued existence and spread of this diseaiie in California. Even against the most splendid efforts of the state of Cal ifornia and the nation, to control and eradicate, at this writing the disease is Rpread over a greater area In California than at any previous time. It is not because California is not using every effort. She has money, men, and the undivided sup port of the Federal Government who is there with more than 100 trained men, backed by an appropriation of $1,000,000 emergency fund to control It, and despite their united efforts It is not abating. If this disease were brought into Oregon we cannot see how we could successfully fight it. We fear that it would almont destroy the livestock industry. It would break us up. We are warning you against hav ing anyone come on your ranch or being associated with you or your men other than men you know and who you know have not been in Cal ifornia or possibly exposed. We would appreciate knowing from you if any California tramps, farm labor ers, sheep shearers, or any other per son that might have been in Calif ornia is moving around the state of Oregon to the danger of the livestock industry. Oregon's quarantine requirements read: "All sheep shearers, farm laborers, dairy laborers, farm and ranch and stock-yard help in general coming from the State of California into the State of Oregon, unless able to furnish affidavit evidence that they have not been in any district infected with foot and mouth disease, shall I be required to either discard, wash in ' boiling water, or subject all of their I clothing to a four (4) parts of 40 per cent formalin solution bath (U. S. P.) to each one hundred (100) parts of water and their shoes and shearing equipment to official dis infection. Certificates of disinfec tion shall be required of all farm laborers coming from California." We are not panicky but we are in earnest. This disease spreads so rap idly and with such tremendous con sequences and the cause of its spread is so little known, that we are sus picious that It is likely to be carried by human beings because the quar antine requirements of livestock and other commodities Beems to be all that could be desired. This whole warning can be condensed into this statement; Stay with your own livestock, mind your own business, and have others do likewise. A proper disinfection of any sus pected person might be accomplished by boiling all clothing and the in dividual bathing or proper formalde hyde gas fumigation of from 6 to 8 minutes, using rubber cape, drawn closely around the neck, using 1 ounce of formaldehyde and 2 drams (teaspoonful) potassium permangan ate mixed together in a pan. Shoes to be sponged with a solution of 2 hi-chloride mercury tablets to a bnin of water. These ingredients can be purchased at any drug store at slight cost. Very truly yours, State Livestock Sanitary Board, W. H. Lytle, State Veterinarian. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE SYMPTOMS. Foot and mouth disease is an acute and without any doubt, the most highly infectious disease that at tacks cither man or beast, found chiefly in cattle and other cloven hoofed animals. It does however, affect practically all animals and It is doubtful if any warm-blooded ani mal taken as a species is actually immune. The majority of losses in an epi demic are confined to cattle because they are perhaps the most suscepti ble, followed closely by garbage fed hogs which have their resistance re duced because of being fed garbage. Next in order of susceptibility comes sheep and goats. Many of those ex perienced in foot and mouth dis ease control report that sheep carry a high percentage of immunity, but in a large band there will be some few animals that will take the dis ease, hence the entire band must be destroyed. There is some difference of opinion about the susceptibility of deer, antelope and wild cloven hoofed game. The most authorita tive sources of information class these animals at the end of the list for susceptibility; hence there ap pears to be little grounds for grave concern over the liklihood of these animals becoming a source of great danger even though' there was infec tion in their midst. The part played in the dissemination of water fowl and birds is a somewhat mooted question. There is grounds for thinking that short jumps are at tributable in some cases to these agencies, but long jumps of the in fection is most likely due to some other carrier. No one should un necessarily expose their cattle to fields in which wild geese are light ing, but the pastures should be safe after a day's exposure to the sun, as the infection is destroyed by twenty four hour's exposure to sunlight and dry, deslcating winds perhaps de stroy the infection in a few hours. Just how the disease always spreads we do not know. It traveled at least four thousand miles to be come implanted in California as no infection was nearer than Asia and the Philippines where It exists con tinuously as it does in practically all of Europe, execptnig the British and Channel Isles. It exists in South America and has traveled as .far north as Honduras in Central Amer ica. The question is often asked, "Why is slaughter control necessary?" The reason for this is, foot and mouth disease is epidemic, that is it attacks practically all animals. One attack does not confer immunity. True, the actual mortality or death rate is only about five per cent, but the injury to the animal is permnent and in many cases simply ruinous; they be come sterile, abort, lose weight, cease milking, lose their hoofs and lose a considerable proportion of their ef ficiency, hence they are as a cUrb unprofitable animals and ft is, when viewed from a strictly economic standpoint, better to kill them off, pay the bill and be rid of the infec tion for a period that has averaged about eight years, ss there has now been seven and distinct outbreaks In the United States. The first three were definitely traced to the Importa tion of animals from Europe. We now Import no animals without they Can You Tell Wool? Do you know which fabrics give longest wear? Do you know why retail costs are so high? Our little booklet gives you answers to these questions and much other useful and interesting information for clothes buy ers. J. B. 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HUFF Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Co. are kept in quarantine two month , which gives tire for tha diaeaaa to develop and do not import ani mal from any country when foot and mouth diseaia ja known to be prenent. The fourth and fifth out breaks were traceable to vaccina vir us shipped from Japan for tha pur pose of making human small pox vac cine. Unfortunately and unknowing ly the animal that thia vaccine was taken from had foot and mouth dis eaHe ai well as cow pox and when In oculated into calves here in America set up foot and mouth disease. The sixth infection probably originated in hides imported from some for eign country and was the most se vere infection that we have ever had. Twenty-two states were infected and the expense bill for Indemnity alone was nine million dollars. No one should doubt the ability to success fully cope with the California out break when we recall what was done by the U. S. Bureau of Animal In dustry and the cooperating States in the 1014 outbreak. Just What Are the Symptoms? In the beginning it is well to re member that blisters or vesicles form in the mouth of cattle and also between and around the clefts of the hoof of all cloven-hoofed animals; along and probably preceding these blister disturbances there is a rel atively high fever. Fever symptoms are largely the same in all diseases; there is a loss of appetite, drying up of the milk flow, languor, because of the blisters or vesicles in the mouth there is a drolling or frothing of saliva that is quite noticeable, often appearing as lather for a shave, and accompanying this will occasionally be heard a smacking of the lips (many animals do not do this how ever.) The position of the animal will be humped and frequently one leg will be held up and the animal if moved about will be lame. Hogs do not show mouth lesions to any extent, but become very lame, so much so that they frequently run on their knees, stand under behind, squeal with pain and sit on their haunches. Sheep and goats do not easily become infected and show mfld foot and mouth lesions. Cattle, when their mouths are opened show vesicles or blisters filled with a yel lowish fluid which are frequently on the surface of the tongue and as Urge as a hazel nut and when press ed will rupture. Around the gums the blisters are smaller and leave a square edge after rupturing. Cattle, when getting over the disease show only mlid symptoms and animal inoc ulation must be resorted to definitely diagnose the disease. One's suspi cion should be aroused (a) When a considerable number of cattle, sheep or goats show above symptoms. (b) When hogs running on same farm show lameness. (c) When there is ft history of possible exposure. Report should be made to a vet erinarian and great care should be exercised in examining all animals with sore mouth or foot symptoms, because several very costly mistakes have been made and it is quite dif ficult and almost impossible to diag nose with certainty some cases. A veterinarian who has seen the dis ease should be called before suspi cious cases are finally released. All suspicious cases should be held un der precautionary quarantine until definitely dsiposed of. All neighbors should be kept away from any sus picious case. It is estimated that ninety per cent of the disease out breaks are spread in this manner. Just when the disease is breaking it is most infectious. What Are the Dangerous Spreaders? Ninety per cent of all foot and mouth disease cases are spread by human agencies carrying contamin ation on their clothes and feet The infection is most likely to be carried twelve hours after contact because the sun kills it in twenty-four hours and dry winds much more quickly. The virus that causes the disease in found In the fluid of the blisters VMM M W . C ?m 7?m mm ROUND TRIP Summer Excursion Fares IN EFFECT DAILY BETWEEN MAY 22 AND ft- SEPT. 15 in contaminated saliva and In saeata, hides and raw by-products from in fected animals. Garbage in an in fected district is particularly dan gerous; it Is always dangerous In any community and should be cooked be fore being fed. (The Oregon Live stock Sanitary Board has a regula tion that requires all garbage fed to bo cooked; see that this is enforced.) Ports of ocean entry are always possible sources of danger. Suspi cions eases should be reported to the State Veterinarian. DONTS Don't let outside people from on- known districts and California visit your herd. Don't employ laborers from Calif ornia. Require all to disinfect their shoes and wash their clothes. Don't give credence to rumors. If foot and mouth disease appears It will be in your daily paper. Don't repeat rumors, ft hurts your Strte, and get your information from authentic sources. Don't get panicky or excited. The infection is now one hundred miles further away than two months ago. There Is safety in distance and the disease centers are now known. The spread existed in California two months before they knew it. We did not get it then, we should not get it now. Be careful but be calm. Embargo on California Vegetables Stringent; Other Notes. Br C. E. S PENCE, SUte Market Agent. There are grave doubts of the pas sage of the McNary-Haueen wheat export bill. The large business con cerns and the grain speculators have ordered "thumbs down." They state there are "many economic and polit ical reasons why it would be bad policy." There are many economic and polit ical reasons why it would be bad policy to continue the present sys tem of raising millions of bushels of wheat and selling them for leas than the eost of production. The passage of this bill might put the grain ex changes and the speculators out of business, but a continuance of the present system will put millions of farmers out of business. This bill is an effort on the part of farmers to do with wheat and other farm products what the manufacturers do with their outputs force a profit price. Realizing the benefits to producers from the potato grading and inspec tion law, local granges are indorsing it, and the state market agent has received many indorsements from farmers in many parts of the state. Boring Grange is the latest local to take such action. March 8 it passed a resolution opposing any change In the law that would eliminate the growers' aames and addresses from the sacks, and that the law was pro tection to both grower and producer. The law Is rapidly gaining in popu larity. Benjamin P. Yoacum, ex-chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Lours k San Franciico Railroad, states that one family Is supported by selling the food produced by about every two families of the Cnitfd States, and that there are 3,793,000 food dealers selling the products of 6.600,000 farm families of this coun try. He declares that it coats $2 to distribute the products the farmers get fl for, including the middle pro fits. He recommends co-operative selling agencies and the pushing of consumers co-operative organizations in the cities. If co-operative marketing associa tions never increased the selling prices of commodities a dime; never accomplished more than a system to get the prodocts to the ultimate con sumer by the very shortest possible route; if they never did anything more than become their own middle men and retained the profits of the speculators and commission inter ests, they would be most successful. Such a system would save waste, needless expenses in distribution and would standardize products. Co-operation is simply business, good bus iness. Its purpose is to get more for what is sold and to pay less for what is bought. Fear of the spread of the foot and mouth disease into Oregon and Wash ington from California has resulted in drastic preventative measures be ing taken by the state livestock sani tary board and Governor Pierce. At the Portland public meeting held be fore the sanitary board the sentiment was unanimous to give the board un limited authority o take any action necessary for precautions. State Market Agent S pence's resolution for an absolute embargo on all veget ables from California until the dis ease was nnder control, was anani mously supported. All citrus fruit Is barred unless accompanied by a cer tificate from the stato board of hor ticulture; and autos will not be per mitted to enter Oregon until they have been thoroughly fumigated at the stations on the Oregon side of the border. California is practically shut off from the rest of the country by the rigid quarantines, but if the sit uation improves the drastic measures will be modified. Otherwise they will be tightened. 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