HOLSTEIN CATTLE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 78, 22 May 1911, Page 6

HOLSTEIN CATTLE.

A DANGER. Tlio current issue of tlio Agricultural Journal contains the following statement which is worthy of considcration by those interested in Holsteins: “Holland, the home of the deep-milking Holstein cattle, still possesses very good herds of the native breed, but at the same time there is a great deal of disease in the country—for instance, foot-and-mouth disease exists to a menacing extent. In view of this fact the British Government absolutely prohibits the entry of live stock from Holland under any circumstances. In connection with the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, the Director of the live stock and meat division (Mr C. .1. Rcakes) haS boon in close touch with the position with a view to taking steps, it necessary, to safeguard the interests of stockowners in this country. It is satisfactory to note that the outbreak in Question has been completely stamped out,and that the disease did not spread beyond the place where it first broke out. Information received points to the fact that the infection probably reached Englapd from Holland. It has to be borne in mind that not only cattle, but fodder—hay, straw, etc.—and, possibly, human'beings also, may bo the medium by which infection is carried. Hence* exceptional care has to ho taken to guard against the possibility of foot-and-mouth disease being introduced into this country.”