The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Governor Bailey Says Cattle
Quarantine Is Doing Good.
Disease Stamped Out Where
Rules Are Obeyed.
ORDERS ARE MODIFIED
Cattle Owners May Ship by
Swearing to Affidavit.
Quarantine Raised from Trego
and Graham Counties.

The state livestock sanitary commits
sion has again modified its rules with
regard 10 the quarantine for Texas itch
OF mango in the western Kansas coun-
ties. and Governor Bailey today issued
proclamation embodying the modihca-
tons The chief modification in the new
rules is that cattle owners can move
their cattle by making affidavit that
they are free from any contagious or in
fectious disease. Upon the strength Of
such affidavit the sheriff of the county
is allowed to issue permit for the own
er TO move the cattle Trego and Ora
ham counties are also taken out of the
quarantine limits.
The quarantine has already done a
great deal Of good" said Governor
Bailey today. 1t has resulted in the
establishment of great many dipping
plants, and in communities where the
cattle men entered into the spirit of the
business and complied with the orders
the disease has been stamped out.
OF course the board labOred under
disadvantage when the order was first
made in that 1t was impossible to find
out conditions in every locality and It
Is possible that the order was too sweep
ing at first But IL has been modified
from time 10 time and good results nave
followed Before the order was made
prominent cattlemeu in Trego repre-
scented that the mango existed in that
county. and on the strength of that
Trego county was included in the quar-
anCined counties II made trouble and
the board and state veterinarian made
a personal examination and found only
a few cases along the west edge of the
county. but not enough 10 justify quar-
aEtining the entire county The same
condition existed in Graham county. so
the quarantine on these Two counties
was raised"
The new rules promulgated in Cover
nor Bailey's proclamation today are as
follows:
Rule No cattle shall be removed
from one pasture TO another in the
quarautined counties, neither shall they
Z be received for shipment by any rail-
road in the state. except they have been
y first carefully dipped with some one OF
the standard dips, which are known 10
I be effective in curing such disease, OF
may be treated with hand dressing
WIN scrubbiug brushes, and then only
IN case the disease is apparently cured
except that any cattle may be moved
to any point within the limits or tns
county or 10 some adjoining county
where the purpose Of the movement 81
1 the said cattle is to reach dipping plants
where cattle shall be dipped
/ '.Rule All cattle originating ron
auv of the specially quarantiued coun-
ties and destined to points beyond tnt
limits OF the state, or 10 market 1or I'M
mediate slaughter within the state TN,
I GLIDING Kansas City,. may be moNee
or shipped without dipping or 1nspec-
tfor. But where the owners OF Cattle
wish 70 move from said counties to any
other point within the state for feed OF
era zing purposes may do so o. Hhns
with the sheriff of the county from
which the cattle are to be moved. aftI-
davits in triplicate, stating that ths
said cattle are free from scabies, iscf
or mango or any infectious or con
tagious disease according to the form
furnished by this board which VIII bt
found with the sheriff Upon the filing
Of such affidavits the sheriff viii ISSUE
to said owner a permit which viii au
thorize the movement of said cattle Il
any part Of the state. This permit shall
only be issued when the cattle ar
ready to Immediately move to destina
ton otherwise owners OF cattle snail
comply with Rule l.
Rule 3-Where the above disease i
I known 70 exist in any range or Dastur,
within this state, the owners OF sail