526 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



By September 1 reports were made of the deaths of several more 

 animals. Quarantine regulations were generally established. 



In all about twenty premises were investigated on account of 

 anthrax, in this part of the state. 



It is believed that the infection in this locality originated across 

 the state line in South Dakota, as the disease had been prevalent 

 there for several years. 



In September several cases were reported from Leeds, in "Wood- 

 bury county. In the early part of October cases were reported 

 from Merrill and O'Leary. Numerous cases were reported from 

 Marion township, north of O'Leary, where Thomas Nellis lost 

 thirteen head. A young man working in this vicinity who visited 

 occasionally at O'Leary was thought to have conveyed the infec- 

 tion. Quarantine at some places near Hawarden was raised in No- 

 vember. 



Seventy-four head of cattle belonging to a farmer near Marcus, 

 Cherokee county, were vaccinated in November. Four head belong- 

 ing to this man had died, presumably of anthrax. The premises 

 were quarantined. 



The case at Moville which attracted the most attention was re- 

 ported from the farm of A. L. Rawson, five miles northwest of 

 Moville. Dr. W. E. Miller of Cherokee, made investigations from 

 time to time and reported the conditions surrounding it. On De- 

 cember 3, 1909, Dr. Miller reported the case serious, and about that 

 time Dr. Charles Parke, veterinarian of Kingsley, wrote concerning 

 a case which he had discovered in a steer four miles west of Raw- 

 son's place. The Rawson place was promptly placed under quar- 

 antine, and all the customary precautions taken to prevent the 

 spread of the disease. The quarantine was not observed in all par- 

 ticulars by Rawson, however, with the results which follow: On 

 February 23, 1910, it was reported that contrary to the quarantine 

 Rawson had bought more horses and placed them on the farm, and 

 that he had been hauling corn over the public highway to market. 

 He had vaccinated his stock a second time, but evidently had not 

 succeeded in immunizing them, as eleven head had died. 



By April nineteen horses out of twenty belonging to Rawson had 

 died of anthrax, and also all of his hogs and chickens and three 

 head of cattle. 



On April 11 the Rawson place was undergoing thorough disin- 

 fection by the united efforts of representatives of the township and 

 Rawson, under the direction of this department. All hay and litter 



