The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-29

The following bulletin. signed by NJ.
C. Campbell, II. P. Hood and F. H.
Chamberlain, members of the Live Stock
Sanitary commission, was issued yester-
day:
Bulletin No. 2, issued July q, 1903,
amending rules 1 and 2. abandoning 3.
substituting for 8. of bulletin No. l, re-
Gently published, governing the move
ment Of cattle in certain Quarantined
counties in Kansas, 10 read as follows:
Rule 1. No cattle shall be removed
from one pasture 10 another in the quar-
antined counties. neither shall they be
received for shipment by any railroad
In the state, except they have first been
carefully dipped with some of the stan
dard dips which are known 10 be effect
i've in curing said disease. or may be
treated with hand dressing. with scrub
bing brushes, and then only in case the
disease is apparently cured; excepting
that any cattle may be moved TO any
point within the limits of the county, or
to some adjoining county. where the pur-
pose of the movement of the said cattle
is to reach a dipping plant where said
cattle shall be dipped.
Rule 5. All cattle originating from any
of the specially quarantined counties and
destined TO points beyond the limits of
the state or to market for immediate
slaughter within the state Qncluding
Kansas City may be moved or shipped
without dipping or inspection. But
whore the owners of the cattle wish to
move from said counties to any other
pt WIT hi he Tor Cd xif1er
purposes may do so by filing with the
sheriff Of the county from which cattle
are to be moved affidavits in triplicate.
stating that the said cattle are free from
scabies, itch or mango. or any other in
fictitious or contagious disease, according
to the form furnished by this board.
which will be found with the sheriff.
Upon the fling of such affidavit the sher-
III will issue to said owner a permit
which will authorize the movement of
said cattle to any part of the state. This
permit shall only be issued when the
cattle are ready to Immediately move to
destination. Otherwise, owners of cattle
shall comply with rule 1.
Rule l. Where the above disease is
known to exist in any range or pasture in
this state, the owners of said cattle shall
dip or disiafect 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 re-
quired BY law to take possession OF said
cattle and treat the same until they are
cured all of which expense will be
charged to the owner OF the cattle
The following notice has been sent TO
the railroads of the state:
Notice to Railroads, Stock Yards Com
psnies. Shippers and Drivers of Cattle:
THAT Bulletin No. 3, Issued this day.
amends rules and 2, abandons 3. sub
stitutes for 8, recently published.
Since the issuing of B. A. 1. order No.
ia by the secretary of agriculture. quar-
antining the country west of the Mis-
sissippi river for scabies, itch or mango,
this board, after consultation with the
governor have decided TO amend their
regulations to so nearly conform to the
published by the Bureau of
Animal Industry as is possible to do, and
yet have a measure of protection to the
live stock interests of Kansas.
Instead of attempting to inspect cattle
ior lnls oisedse al lhis ScdSOh VI th0
year, have decided to rely upon an am
davit which shall be signed by the own
ers of cattle, setting forth that their cat
tie are free from scabies, itch or mango
and have not in any manner been ex-
posed to this disease since May l, 1903.
"AfBdavits for this purpose will be
found with the sheriff of each county in
the guaranteed district, sa soon as they
can be gotten from the state printer"