Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-27
DIPPING ORDER MODIFIED.
Kansas Live Stock Commits
= sion Issues New Rules.
Cattle May Now Be Moved to
Any Part of the County
or to an Adjoining
County Ship
ment Rules
Changed

From the kansas City STAR
Topeka, June 23.-The state live
stock sanitary commission this after
noon issued bulletin modifying its
recent order auarantIning a number
of western Kansas counties on account
of the infection of cattle with the
Texas Itch The old order prohibited
the movement of infected catcle a
greater distance than fifteen miles in
the county in which the ranch of their
owner was located for the purpose of
dipping. The amended order permits
them to move to any place in the
county, or TO an adjoining county
The stringent regulation against
the shipment of cattle, unless dipped,
from the infected district is also re-
voked and provision made that cattle
may be shipped from the quarantined
counties outside of the state or to
market within the state for immedi-
ate slaughter without Inspection or
dipping The rule authorizing sher-
ifs and constables to inspect cattle
which have been dipped previous TO
shipment is changed Increasing their
authority and providing that they
may collect reasonable fees for their
work. In the bulletin the time tor
dipping is extended To September l.
The quarantine counties are: Cley-
enne, Rawlins. Decatur. Sheridan.
Thomas, Sherman. Graham. Trego.
Cove, Logan, Wallace, Greeley, Wich-
tia, Scott. Lane, Ness. Hodgeman,
Finney, Kearnev. Hamilton, Stanton,
Grant, Haskell, Gray. Ford. Morton,
Stevens, Seward, Meade and Clark.
The following is the new order:
Rule NO cattle shall be moved
from one pasture to another in the
quarantined counties, neither shall
they be received for shipment bv any
railroad in the state, except they have
been first carefully dipped with some
one of the standard dips, in solution
of not less than one part. full strength
DIP to TWENTY-FIVE parts water, which
are known TO be effective in curing
said disease, or may be treated by
hard dressing, with scrubbing brush
es, and then only in case the disease
is apparently cured, excepting that
any cattle NAV be moved to any point
within the limits of the county, or TO
some adjoining county. where the pur-
pose for the movement of said cattle
is to reach dipping plant, where said
| cattle shall be dipped.
Rule All cattle originating from
any of the specially quarantined coun-
ties and destined to points beyond the
limits of the state, or to market for
immediate slaughter within the state
Including Kansas City,, may be NOV
ed or shipped without dipping or in
spection- But where the owners of
said cattle wish to move from said
counties to any other point within the
state for feed or grazing purposes,
they shall caH the sheriff or any con-
stable of their county, who shall in
spect SAID cattle and issue a bill of
health to the same, providing. that
rule has been complied with and the
cattle are apparently free from infec-
ton. This inspection shall be made
only when cattle are ready to move.
Rule BIN localities where there
are no agents appointed by the sani-
tary board, inspection may be made
by sheriffs of counties, or deputies or
any constable Said officers are here
Ol dutuOFiLcu anu lupOWefeu 20 make
such inspection. and are instructed to
collect reasonable fee for their Serv-
ices: no other charges will be required
Rule 4--WlIere the above disease is
known to exist in any range or pasture
in this state, the owners of Saic cattle
shall dip or diSinfect said cattle on or
before September 1. 1903, as required
by rule L. If not SO done the sheriff
of the county in which the cattle are
located is required by law to take pos
session of said cattle and treat the
same until they are cured, all of which
expense will be charged to the owner
OF the cattle
NJ c. CAMPBELL.
F. H. CHAMBERLAIN
Members of the Live Stock Sanitary
Commission