The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-12-08
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Late Happenings of More Than
Ordinary Interest
BRIEFLY IOLD{OR HURRIED READER
Csttlsmen Protest Against the Rnle for
Dipping Letter From DIR. Lewi-
Family Trouble. Leads to
Murder aod soieide.
Meeting of til. Ll,. stock sanitary Board.

Meeting Of the Live stock Sanitary Board.
The Live Stock Sanitary board will
meet TO consider the protests Of cattle
men against the continuation of the
cattle dipping system. Their chief
complaint is that the dipping causes
serious injury to the cattle, especially
TO the eyes and lungs, and frequently
results in death. The interests of the
farmer are also made TO appear TO suf-
fer by reason of the fact that II the
cattle were not excluded they would
consume the surplus feed Of the farmer;
but in spite of this altruistic solicitude
of the cattlemen the farmers are seem
ingly cot enough interested in their
own welfare TO file solitary com
plant against the rigid precautions to
prevent their dFnestic stock from he
coming tich-infested. Moreover the
dipping process is only compulsory
where the cattle are shown to be in
Tested, and as many as q, 900 head have
been admitted into the territory since
the 18th Of the month, after passing D
examination of the inspectors Re-
garding the complaint that dipping
causes the death OF the cattle the fol-
lowing letter from DIR. Lewis, the vet
erinary surgeon connected with the
agricultural college at Saltwater will
be of interest:
IL returned last night from Norman n.
One hundred and sixty-three head of
cattle belonging to j. 7. May and S.
NJ. Winningham have been dipped at
Wewoka on Sovembe 10th, shipped TO
Oklahoma City and driven l2 miles 10
! the feeding lots. The cattle were OF
all ages from calves TO mature cattle,
and number of them poor in flesh.
Mr.. May stated that the day following
the dipping the cattle were stff and
moved with difficulty. They gradually
became sitter and less inclined to
move, unGil on the seventh day after
dipping they began dying. ! looked
/ over most of the cattle carefully and
saw a number OF dead calves, probably y
ten or H. l examined two that had
died the night previous; found in one
considerable evidence ofinflamation o
internal organs; in the second thi,
was confined more especially to the
iuupss ne SKIN SHONtu INC tHtcte u
the oil, the outer skin, or epidermis
peeling off in the form of dandrnff
The cattle saw moving around wer,
quite stiff, wuich was due to the con
dition of the skin. Mr.. May reported
the eyes badly injured after the dip
ping, but those | saw appeared TO hay,
no permanent injury done the eyes, a
they were clear and bright. The colo
weather following so closely after til,
dipping, with the age of the cattl,
NEARLY all that have died are calves
com mbined to give the bad results. Blu
all the cattle showed that the oil Il
quite severe on the skin. wrote t.
Mr.. Benson asking him to Lave somt
of the oil examined. as / did not know
who owned the vat. The cold weat he
will probably increase the bad effec
OF the oil, and poor cattle, especial!
calves, are apt to suffer from the pro
cess. The last cattle dipped by tin
station were seen at Cimarron City oil
Thursday. In Truber OF instance
the skin was considerably irrituted
bat at the time saw them the cattl
showed no bad effects, either to tn
ewes or to the skin"