The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-08
RANCE CATTLE
MUST Be DIPPED
Federal Authorities Will Not
Allow Shipment Out
Of the State.
SOUTH DAKOTA AFFECTED
U DAKOTA AFFECTED
Dr.. Ramsey General Inspector of Cattle
in Northwest, Makes a Statement
Regarding Farmers Who Claim
Law Works Hardship.

Huron, S. d., Sept. 2.-"The federal
authorities will sustain the state board
In all its decisions n all cattle in
Eeadle and other infected counties
must be dipped before they can be
shipped out of The confines of the
state The foregoing statement was
made yesterday by DR.. Ramsey Of
Fargo, n. d., the authoritative head
of the federal department and the eX-
ecutor of the laws promulgated by the
United States government through h
secretary Of agriculture, the statement
being made to Il company of farmers.
cattle owners and others gathered to
talk he 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 its
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 We
Dakota and Montana. being an ap-
pointee of the federal government, and
the government has instituted a quar-
rantine against the three states placed
under the supervision of the Fargo
Il as well as the states of Wyoming,
Idaho and some of the -ther 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 it is the
but If they are infected with any 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. l. Will uphold 1t and tina
Is the long ana short of it. If farmers
cattle are diseased they must be dipped.
and If want to ship their cattle
out of the state they must be dipped
said DIR. Ramsey. The government has
quarantined the whole state, but re-
ports OF our work in the state last year
showed that 80 per cent. Of the dis
eased cattle came from h districts
comprising the counties between the
Missouri and Jim rivers. and basing my
authority on those reports | took the
SetNiiiE "SNih Tx IhdI ]
tine and limiting 1t only to the eighteen
counties between these two rivers, and
by doing this l hoped to be able to
stamp out the disease without sub
Jecting the whole state to the rigid
dipping law. But now, il the people
are not satisfied with the regulation,
why, we can place the whole state UNI
der quarantine and compel the dipping
OF cattle, both east of the Jim and
west OF the Missouri. as we'll nc in those
counties lying between the two rivers
DIR. Ramsey was asked what effect the
Judge Whiting injunction would have,
and he replied that it would have no
effect ut III. at least regarding the ed
eral rules and regulations. The injunc.
ton OF the court will. of course, operate
in this county regarding the uuaran.
timing and dipping of cattle not in
fected. and the farmers me cattle
owners cannot be compelled to dip UNI
less their cattle are infected, but when
a cattle owner ships his stock out of the
state he passes out from under any
rules of orders or intunctions promul-
gated by county, state or court au-
thortt1cs, and comes under the rules of
the federal government, and the he
must dip or else AXE his cattle back
home,
The question was raised regarding
the inspection of cattle and the in
spectors In finding a scab, but ac-
cording to DIR. Ramsey scab is very
'hard to find during warm weather, as
~ disappears almost entirely. settling
afound the horns; but when cold wealth
er returns the scab breaks out and is
much worse than ever II the cattle has
not been dipped.
DIR. Ramsey returned last evening tc
MS Fargo home.