The Dickinson press., 1904-09-03
RANCH TALK.

"a. ~ D. ~. l. inspectors III INoItu
Dakota: In view Of the fact that many
of the cattle men of this locality, especi-
ally North Dakota, have complied with
the requirements Of B. A. /. Order No.
1873 and dipped their cattle during the
last few months, making an honest effort
to eradicate scabies, this Office is advised
by the Chief of Bureau that due consid-
Grafton should be given to this fact. In
localities where general dipping has
been practiced, it is considered safe to
allow cattle to 60 "Free" of disease with.
out marking the certificate "Fat cattle
from locality infected with seabies", or
placarding the cars provided no evidence
of mango is found o inspection.
In order to do uniform work and that
you may have some definite rule regard
ing the issuing of Free" certificates
you are hereby instructed to accept the
dipping certificates issued this year,
both state and federal, for cattle pre-.
sented for shipment out of the state.
Provided: That the state certificate
bear the signature of DR.. L. Van Es,
Chief State Veterinarian, and the feder-
al certificate bear the signature of a
federal employee who has been super.
vising the dipping of cattle in the state
this season.
Cattle bearing such dipping certificates
must OF course be carefully inspected
and it no symptoms of scabies are found
and you are convinced that the dipping
was done in good faith, you may issue l.
D: form 4S certificates without restriction
allowing the cattle to 20 "Free" for
feeding, breeding or slaughter as the
case may be. If, however, you have
reliable evidence that scabies exists in
the herd from which cattle presented for
shipment were taken, you must treat
them as affected under B. A. l. Order
No. 173.
(Signed) R. A. RAMSAY,
Inspector in Charge.
In reference to the above, owners Of
cattle dipped at the state or county watts
are advised hereby that they can have
their dipping certificates or receipts
countersigned by forwarding the same
to this office or by applying to such
state or deputy state veterinarian as has
knowledge of the dipping.
L. VAN Es,
Chief State Veterinarian.
A garbled report of the above order
has appeared in several publications
which would lead the reader to suppose
that the government had relaxed thei,
efforts i'll the matter of eradicating seal
and that everything, whether having
been dipped or not, could be shipped tc
market without questions. Such is no,
the case at all. Those cattle which have
been dipped as required by the govern.
ment, providing they pass the inspection
Of the federal officer at time of loading
may be shipped anywhere without fur
Their questions, for slaughter or feeders
but those parties who have not made ar
honest effort to comply with the quaran
tine regulations are not given any bene
fits by the new order. The new ordel
has the effect of putting South Dakot;
and Montana under the ban, as thes.
states have practically done nothing to
ward cleaning up the disease.
North Dakota stands first in this work
thanks to the efficient work of DR.. L
Van Es, chief state veterinarian, VIII,
has labored faithfully for the interests o
the people-for the greatest good to tn
greatest number. DR.. Van Els has work
ed on broad lines. He saw early tina
the only successful way to eradicate tn
scab was to adopt stringent measures
and to seek the cooperation OF Secretar,
Wilson in carrying these measures out
The cattle industry was threatened. In
telligent cattlemen knew this, but som,
of them were selfish and said in thei
hearts 1--WE want to stave this thing OF
another year and in the meantime ",
will get clear of the most of our cattl
and the next fellow a stand the brun
of cleaning the range Of scab". Tn
PRESS is pleased to say that most peopl
in Western North Dakota have put thei
feelings aside in this matter and gon,
ahead with the work indicated by D,
Van Es. and the PRESS will say turtle
that the stockmen will see, in the cours
of time, that the course pursued by tn
chief veterinarian of the state and tn
Bureau of Animal Industry has bee!
the only wise thing to do.
Montana and South Dakota have 60
to do what this state has and is doing
and their delay has not helped thei
cause.
Two weeks ago the PRESS publishe,
that the Geo. Harkins cattle, averagin
I424 pounds in weight, sold in 1909 a
$40 per cwt. live weight in Chicago
the highest price ever obtained in an
market for grass fed cattle, and now
reader wants to know what was highe.
price obtained in 1903. The PRESS file
show that the credit belongs here ais
for last year. The Rasmus Jensen ca
tie, raised North Of Dickinson, sold Z
s5.o5 in Chicago. The cattle were 3-yea
Herefords and averaged 1901 lbs. an
were bought by Eddie Eagen for expor
Of the sale the Chicago Livestock Worlt
published the first week in Octobe
said: again North Dakota is on top i
the grass fed live stock market"
Allenberg & Co. report the followin
sales from this locality last week: Wn
Kennedy II steers II48 lbs. s4.Io, 2
cows 1929 lbs. $780, cows oI5 lbs. $2.3,
Bait Cornell 10 steers 1876 lbs. S4.1o, I
COWS 1865 lbs, $500, 4 COWS oI2 lbs. $2.3
Gamer 1850 lbs. s1.5o.
Commencing with Thursday the buyer
of stock at Chicago commenced to ri,
. more attention to offerings on what ha,
t heretofore been known as off mark,
! days-Tuesday, Thursday and Frida'
The agreement was signed in June an
cattlemen will watch with interest tt
result.
: c. y. Armstrong and Fred Hoera,
> loaded two cars each of cattle at II
Dickinson stock yards on Sunday.