Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
RANCE CATTLE
MUST Be DIPPED
Federal Authorities Will Not
Allow Shipment Out
of the State.
SOUTH DAKOTA AFFECTED
Or. Ramsey General inspector of Cattle
in Northwest, Makes a Statement
Regarding Farmers Who Claim
Law Works Hardship.

Huron, s. D., Sept. 1.-THE federal
authorities VIII sustain the state board
In all it's decisions and all cattle In
Beadle' and lother infected counties
must be diIped before they can be
shipped out of the confines OF the
state" The foregoing statement was
made yesterday by Or. Ramsey OF
Fargo, n. II, the authoritative head
OF the federal department and the ex-
ecutor Of the laws promulgated by the
United States government through the
secretary OF agriculture, the statement
being made TO a company of farmers,
cattle owners and others gathered to
talk the matter over with the govern
ment inspectors. Several government
inspectors, one OF the county deputies
and a score or more of cattle owners, as
well as representatives Of the press,
were present at the meeting and the
matter OF dipping of cattle was gone
over thoroughly and the law and it's
workings explained by the gentleman
from Fargo, the doctor concluding his
remarks with the statement that all
cattle, whether infected with the scab-
bies or not must be dipped before being
shipped out of the state.
DR.. Ramsey has general supervision
of the inspection OF cattle in the two
Dakotas aud Montana, being an APP
pointee of the federal government, and
the government has instituted a quar-
rantine against the three states placed
under h supervision of the Fargo
man, as well as the states of Wyoming,
Idaho and some Of the other states. 1t
is DIR. Ramsey's business to see that the
orders OF the government are carried
out, and complying with one of these
orders he makes the statement that all
cattle must be dipped if they are to be
shipped. IF cattle are not infected"
said the doctor. they do not neces-
sarily have to be dipped unless 1t is the
intention of the owner 10 ship them,
but if they are infected with n con
tagious or infectious disease they must
be dipped, ship or no ship: and if they
are to be shipped they must be dipped,
infection or no infection. contagious
disease or no contagious disease. That
is the law. I will uphold it and that
is the long and short OF it. If farmers
cattle are diseased they must be dipped,
n IL farmers want to ship their cattle
out of the state they must be dipped"
said Or. Ramsey. THE government has
quarantined the whole state, but re-
ports of u work I'm the state last year
showed that 90 per cent. of the dis
eased cattle came from the districts
comprising the counties between the
Missouri and Jim rivers, and basing my
authority on those reports / took the
liberty of cutting down the quaran-
tine and limiting it only 10 the eighteen
counties between these two rivers, and
by doing this / hoped 10 be able to
stamp out the disease without sub
jecting the whole state to the rigid
dipping law, But now, If the people
are not satisfied with the regulation,
why, we can place the whole state I'M
der quarantine and compel the dipping
OF cattle, both east of the Jim and
west of the Missouri, as well as in those
counties lying between the two rivers. Z"
DR.. Ramsey was asked what effect the
Judge Whiting injunction would have,
and he replied that IL would have no
effect at I'll. ut least regarding the fed
eral rulcs and regulations. The injunc-
ton o. IS court viii, Of course, operate
In tnis county regarding the quaran-
timing n dipping Of cattle not in
fected. and the farmers and cattle
owners cannot be compelled 70 dip un-
less their cattle are infected, but when
g cattle wne ships his stock out of the
state he passes out from under any
rules OF orders or injunctions promul-
gated by county, state or court au-
thorities, and comes under the rules of
the federal government, and then he
must dip or else take his cattle back
home.
The question was raised regarding
the inspection OF cattle and the i'm
spectors In finding a scab, but ac-
cording to DR.. Ramsey seal is very
hard to find during warm weather, as
IL disappears almost entirely, settling
around the horns; but when cold wealth
er eturns the scab breaks out md Is
much worse than ever II THE cattle has
not been dipped.
DR.. Ramsey returned last evening to
his Fargo home,