The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-11
REGULATIONS FOR The
PREVENTION Of NANCE
6eabby Cattle Shipped to Mar
ket Must Be Slaughtered
or Dipped.
DiSlNFECTION OF CARS
Inspectors Will Give Certificates OF
Cattle Free of Disease-Heavy
Penalties for Violation of
Orders.
DIsINFEcTIoN OF CARS

The United States government is talk
Ing special precautions Throughout the
country for the prevention of disease In
cattle known as scabies or mango. Cat
tie afflicted with this disease shipped to
market are held up by the government in
spectors under prescribed regulations and
even q few head found to be scabby In
with a load subjects the entire bunch to
the strict regulations laid down by the
department of agriculture. The following
bulletin relative to the spread and pre-
Vention Of the disease issued by the
United States department of agriculture
may be of interest to cattle men and espe-
cially section 3:
In furtherance of the regulations for the
suppression and extirpation Of contagious
ALL infectious diseases among domestic
animals in the United States, dated March
10, 1909 (B. A. |. Order No. 1860, notice is
hereby given that a contagious disease
known as scabies, or mango, exists
among cattle in that part of the United
States lying west OF the Mississippi river
and the eastern boundary of Minnesota,
and in order to prevent the dissemination
of said disease and to aid in its eradica-
ton, the movement of cattle within and
from the above-described section of coun-
try shall be governed by the following
regulations:
l. Cattle that are affected with said dis
ease or that have been exposed to its con-
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to move from one state or territory into
another, except as hereinafter provided.
z. Cattle affected with scabies or ex-
posed to the contagion thereof may be
shipped for immediate slaughter when
transported in cars bearing a placard on
each side with the words .'Scabby Cattle
in plainly visible letters, said placard to
be affXed by the railroad company, or
they may be transported by boat when
J healthy cattle aresnot carried on the SAINT
trip. Said cattle when unloaded en- route
or at destination shall not be brought. into
contact with healthy cattle At whatever
point such cattle are unloaded they shall
be yarded in pens reserved for the ex-
elusive use of such cattle and entirely
separated from other cattle pens, or else
the pens shall be Immediately cleaned and
disinfected after the cattle are removed
therefrom. The cars or boat spaces oc-
cupied by such cattle shall be cleaned M
disinfected as soon as possible after the
cattle are unloaded and before being again
used for cattle.
3. When any cattle affected with or ex-
posed to scabies are found in any stock
yards they shall be kept separate from
healthy cattle and shall not be permitted
to leave the yards except for slaughter,
unless they are first dipped in accordance
with these regulations. r.
a. Cattle in the above-described section
of country that are not affected with
ScdDieS ana rave not been exposed to Its
~contagion may be moved without ~restric-
ton, except as may be provided by other
regulations OF this department or such
as may be lawfully imposed by the au-
thorities of the state or territory to which
destined. Cattle affected with scabies
or exposed to its contagion may not be
shipped or trailed out of any state or ter
ritory or stock yards for grazing or stock
ing until they have been dipped in some
preparation approved by his department..
Until otherwise directed the l~ime-and-sul-
phur dip, made In the proportion Of 81
pounds of flowers of sulphur and 1871
pounds Of unslacked lime to 100 gallons Of
water and properly prepared, shall be used
for dipping cattle. Affected cattle shall
be given two clippings with an interval Of
10 to IL days between; exposed cattle shall
receive one dipping.
o. Inspectors of the bureau of animal in
dustry will, upon request, give certificates
for cattle found upon inspection to be
free from the disease and not to have
been exposed to contagion, and for cattle
that have been satisfactorily dipped under
their supervision.
6. Cleaning and disinfection shall be done
by first removing all litter and manure
and then saturating the interior surfaces
If the cars and the woodwork, flooring and
ground OF the chutes, alleys and pens
with, a 5 per cent. solution of crude car
bolic acid In water, with sufficient lime to
show where 1t has ben applied.
7. Violation Of this order Is punishable
by u fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than one thousand dollars,
n by Imprisonment not exceeding one
ear, or by both fine and Imprisonment.
James Wilson, Secretary.