Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-14
SECRETARY RUsK,s CIRCULAR.
Requirements and Rules for transportation
Companies Carrying cattle from Out
side the Government Line.

Requirements and Rules for Transportation
Companies Carrying cattle from Out
side the Government Line.
The following circular, under date of February
~, 1890, has been issued by the department OF
agriculture at Washington to the managers and
agents of railroad and trans portation companies
throughout the United States:
In accordance with section of an act of con-
gress approved May %, 1884, entitled. IAN act
for the establishment of a bureau Of animal in
dusUry to prevent the expectation of diseased
cattle and 70 provide means for the suppression
and extirpation of pleuro- pneumonia and other
contagious diseases among domestic animals, -
you are hereby notified that contagious and
infections disease known as splenetic or Texas
fever exists among cattle in the following de-
scribed area of the United States:
All that country lying south and east OF q line
commencing on theMississippi river at latitude36,
30 north, thence running westward on that par
Rllel of latitude, being the southern boundary of
Missouri, to the eastern boundary OF InQlan
Territory, thence running nortbward to the
southern boundary of Kansas, thence westward
rldlan of longitude, thence southwark along
said Tooth meridian of Longitude to the southern
boundary OF Childress county in Texas, thence
WestT I'd along the southern boundary OF the
counties of Chi dress, Hail. Briscoe, Swisher,
Castro, and Farmer to the eastern boundary of
New Mexico.
From the 18th day Of March to the LIST day of
December, 1880, no cattle are to be transported
from said area to any portion of the United
States lorth, east or west of the above described
line except in accordance with the following reg
ulations: Provided, that these regulations shall
not apply to any cattle taken into or
through the state of Colorado for feeding pur-
poses in accordance with the regulations OF that
state.
J. When any cattle in course of Transport
tation from said area unloaded north, east or
west of this line to be fed watered, the places
where said cattle are to be so fed watered shall
be set apart and no other cattle shall be admitted
thereto.
2. On unloading said cattle at their points OF
destination, pens shall be set apart to receive
them, and no other cattle shall be admitted to
said pens, and the regulations relating to the
movement OF Texas cattle, prescribed by the
cattle sanitary officers of the state where
loaded, shall be carefully observed. The cars
that have carried said stock shall be cleansed
and disinfected before they are again used to
transport, store or shelter animals.
3. Whenever any cattle that have come fl
said area shall be resbipped from any of the
points al which they have been unloaded to
other points Of destination, the car carrying
said animals shall bear placard stating that
said car contains Southern cattle and each of
the waybillS of said shipment shall have note
upon its face with a similar statement. At
whatever POINT these cattle are unloaded they
shall be placed in separate pens to which
other cattle shall be admitted.
4. The cars used to transport such animals and
the pens in which they are led ana waCered and
the pens set apart for their reception at points
of destination shall be disinfected in the follow
ing manner:
Ia) Remove all litter and manure This litter
and manure may be disintected by mixing it
with lime, diluted sulphuTic acid, or, if not
disinfected it may be stored where no cattle can
come in contact with it un Ill after December I.
(D) Wash the cars and the feeding and water
ing troughs with water until clean
(cl Saturate the walls and floors of the cars
and the fencing, troughs and shutes of the pens
with a solution made by dissolving four ounces
of chloride of lime to each gallon of water. Or,
disnfect the with a jet of steam under
pressure of not less than fifty pounds to the
square inch.
The losses resulting yearly to the owners OF
Northern cattle by the contraction of this dis
ease from contact with Southern cattle, and
through infected cars, and by means of the
manure carried in unclean cars from place to
place, have become matter of grave and seri-
Gus concern to the cattle industry of the United
States 1t is necessary, therefore. that this cat
tie industry should be protected as far posi-
BILE by the adoption of methods of disnfection
in order to prevent the dissemination of this
disease.
4 rigid compliance with the above regulations
will insure comparative safety to Northern cat
tie and render it unnecessary to adopt a more
stringent regulation, such the absolute pro-
hibition of the movement OF Southern cattle ex-
cept for slaughter during the time of year this
disease is fatal.
Inspectors viii be instructed to see that disin-
lection is properly done, and it is hoped that
companies viii promptly put in
operation the above methods. Very respectfully,
J. II. RUsK, Secretary.