The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-13
FIGHTING TEXAS FEVER,

state Board of Agricult ure-Llmtts OF
the Infected District Deiined-Stringent
Safe guards to lie Observation-Disclosures
for Their Inrrnction-A Concert Of Action,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March SIN
response to q call, u meeting of the State
Board Of Agriculture was held to-day,
and the following quarantine regula-
tions adopted in reference to the ship
ment of Texas cattle:
WHEREAS, The United states Department.
of Agriculture declares that "splcnetic, or
Texas fever" exists In all that country ly1
Ing west of the Mississippi river, and south
ana cast OF line commencing on the Mist
sissipni river at the boundary line between
Missouri and Arkansas, thence running
westward on said boundary line on said east
boundary of the Indian Territory, thence
running northwaIrl to the southern bound
airy of Kansas, thence westward along said
boundary of Kansas to the Tooth meridian OF
longitude, thence southwark along sui0 iOOth
meridian Of longitude to the southern
boundary of Childrcss County in Texas,
thence westward along the southern bourd.
AIRY of tho counties of Childrcss,
Hall, nriscoc, Swishcr, Castro and Par
mer to the eastern boundary Of New
Mexico, thence south along the eastern
boundary Of New Mexico due south to tho
Rio Grandc river, thence east and south
along said river to the Gulf of Mexico, be IL
49, ~ Wv b'tIN " 4hEl NV
ana the state Veterinarian, assembled with
In the provision of section SIS and section
500, OF the Revised Statutes of 1863, that the
following rules and regulations shall be
adopted as therein provided for:
First-hll shippers of cattle from within
these limits must have said stock branded
or otherwise marked with indcstructible
tags or other signs to secure their idcntitica.
ton, and the person or persons I'm charge OF
snld cattle before transporting them into tho
state OF Missouri must be provided with a
duplicate affidavit oftwo responsible parties,
whose reliability shall be certified to by tho
county clerk of circuit or District Court
clerk or by Il Justice of the peace nearest to
tho range whcrcon said cattle have been
held. Such affidavit shall set forth "the
name and post.oflicc address of the owner,
cOnSigncr and C~oDsignee," the brands, tags
or other marks, tho total number of cattle
seeking Wlinittancc into Missouri, and the
county or counties in which such cattle have
been held during the preceding ninety days.
sccond-Al railroads, transportation com.
nanirs or individuals, on or before trans.
porting or driving through or into the state
OF Missouri any cattle from tho above.
described territory, shall examine carefully
the aliidavits of the shipper or party in
charge of the cattle, and shall keen one or
said afidavits; then and there the
person receiving said affidavit for
the company shall certify to the genuine.
ness in writing, giving date and place of
such action and signing his name to 1t. The
railroads or other transportation agencies
or companies shall file the aflidavits thus re-
cclred, or Il certified copy thereof, with tho
state Veterinarian, at Columbia, Mo, mt
least once II month. All individuals who
shall drive cattle into Missouri from the
aforesaid country shall also file a similar
atlidavit ut the time with the State Vetcri-
marian.
Th,rd-Al the public stock yards within
0 AlEGANt ri Altn1 Nr,utla Co., &C.,. ~
lSt of April aud the lat of December, 1890, a
sufficient number of pens to be used exclu-
siNcly during that period for the accommo
dation of cattle coming from within the
territory above mentioned. Such pens
shall be marked or designated by reason.
ably large signs conspicuously posted and
bearing in PLAIN and large letters the
words southern Cattle Pens" and all public
stock yards shall, in the frat week of April
next, file with the state Veterinarian an afi-
davit setting forth clearly that they have
complied Individually with this section OF
the rules and regulations.
FourtlI-Cattle coming into Missouri from
territory within the lbovc-dcscribcd bound
aries shall not during the period aforesaid
be kept, grazcd or wntcrcd on public ranges,
unfcuccd lands, highways, State lands or
within the corporate limits of any town or
city within the State of Missouri unless
qnarantincd in accordance with article 8 OF
chapter l67, Revised Statutes of 1883.
Fllth-ThcS State Veterinarian shall, as far
rs practicable, cooperate with the United
states Department of Agriculture in the en-.
furcenent of the regulations prescribed in its
circular letter of February "a, 1899, addressed
"to the managers and agents of railroad and
transportation companies of the United
states" the subject of which is to prevent
the spread of Texas fever, in which the fol.
lowing directions for disinfcction are sci
lurlh' The cars used to transport such ami
] nltllS ana tile npnS in which tIpV nrn fad NM
Watcrcd and the pens set apart for their re.
ccutiUn ut points of distribution shall be dis.
infected in the following manners: Remove
all litter and MANURE; this litter and manure
may be disiufcctrd by mixing 1t with limo
d iutcd sulphuric acid, or If rot disinfcctcd
it may be stored where no cattle can come In
contact will it until after December /; wash
tn" cars and the feeding and watering
troughs with water until clean, saturatc the
wall aud floors of the cars and the
fencing, troughs and chutes of tho
pens with Il solution made by dlssolv-
Ing four ounces of chloride of lime to each
gallon of water, or disinfcct the ears with a
I of steam under II pressure of not less
than litty pounds to the square inch.
SiXth-rhe State Veterinarian may an.
point deputies and inspectors to aid him in
the enforcement of the above regulations
aud they are hereby empowered to quaran.
tine under such rules us may be prescribed
by tho state Veterinarian all cattle brought
into the state in violation of these regula,
tons.
These regulations are adopted ny authority
of Sue. SIS Of the Revised Statutes of Mis-,
souri,, 1889, and II approved by the Govcrno,
the same section provides Il p penalty for VIC,
lation of II fine OF not less than Sl,O0D no
more than SlD,0W for each and every offcnsc
to he recovered in any county into o.
thruH5h which such stock is brought.
A Work House Sensation.