Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-02-25
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CATTLE
TRANSPORTATION.

Otnor DOunuuIIoo VI ihAOSeou N'o'iO''
are the following:
All that portion of the Indian ter.
ritory lying cast OF the one hundredtf
meridian along the southern boundary
of the state OF Kansas; thence easterly
along the southern boundary OF the
state OF Kansas to the northeast corner
OF the Indian territory; thence south.
erly along The eastern boundary of the
Indian territory to the southwest cor
her of the state of Missouri; thence
easterly along the southern boundary
of the state OF Missouri to the Mississ'
ippi River; thence running soulherly
along the Mississippi River.
From the 18th day OF February to
the LIST day OF December, 1898, no cat
tie are To be transported from said
area to any portion Of the United
States north or west of the above-de-
scribcd line, except by rail for imme-
date slaughter, and when SO trans
ported the following regulations must
be observed:
l. When any cattle in course of
transportation from said area are un-
loaded north or west of this line 10 be
fed or watered. the places where said
cattle are to be SO fed or watered shall
be set apart and no other cattle shall
be admitted thereto.
.. On unloading said cattle at their
points of destination, pens shall he set
apart 10 receive them, and no other
cattle shall b. admitted TO said pens;
and the regulations relating 10 the
movement OF Texas cattle, prescribed
by the cattle sanitary officers Of the
state where unloaded, shall be careful
ly observed. The cars that have car.
ried said stock shall be cleaned and
disinfecied before they are again used
TO transport, store or shelter animals
or merchandise.
3. All ears carrying cattle from
said area shall bear placards stating
that said cars contain Southern cattle,
and each of the way-b bills of said ship
ments shall have note upon its face
with a similar statement. Whenever
any cattle nave come from said area
and shall be reshipped from any point
at which they have been unlOaded to
other points of destination, the cars
carrying said animals shall bear SIM
liar placards with like. statements, and
the way-bills be So stamped. AT
whatever point these cattle are un-
loaded they shall be placed in separate
pens, to which no other cattle shall be
admitted.
The cars used 10 transport such All
finals, and the pens in which they are
fed and watered, and the pens set
apart for their reception at points Of
destination, shall be dsinfected in the
manner: Remove all litter
and manure. This litter and manure
may be disinfected by mixing II with
lime or diluted sulphurc acid, or, il
not disiniected, ii may be stored where
no cattle can come into contact with
il until after December l. Wash the
cars and The feeding and watering
roughs with water until ciean. Sat-
lrate the walls aud floors of the cars
and fencing, troughs and shutes Of the
pens with solution made BY dissolv-
mg four ounces OF chloride of lime to
each gallon OF water. Or disintect the
cars with Il jet of steam under pres
'urc Of not less than fifty pounds 10
he square inch.
5. 1t is further expressly provided
hat cattle which have been at least
ninety days in the counties of Coke,
Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, Haskell,
Knox, and Hardeman, state Of Texas,
which lie within the abOve-describcd
lrea, may he moved from said c0nn-
les bv rail into the states OF Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, aud South Dako-
u, in accordance with the regulations
made by The said states for the admis.
ion of Southern cattle thereto: Pro-
'ided-
l. That cattle from said area shall
70 into said states only for slaughter,
II grazing, and shall on no account be
hipped from said states into any other
tate or territory Of the United States
before the lst day OF December, 1898. I
.. That such cattle shall not be al
owed in penS or Oh trails or or ranges
hat are to be occupied or crossed lY
attic going 10 the Eastern markets
,efore December l, 1893, aud that these
wO classes of cattle shall not be al
owed to come into contact.
3. That all,cars which have carried
attic from said area shall upon UNI
Dading, at once be cleaned and disin-
ncted in the manner provided by \:
hese regulations.
4. That the state authorities OF the
tates of Colorado, Wyoming, Mon
ana, and South Dakota agree 10 EN-
)rce these provisions.
The losses resulting yearly to the
wners of susceptible cattle, both IN i
he interstate and export trade, by the
of Splenetic or Southern '
,ver from exposure in unclean aud