The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-16
MUST DIP
THE SHEEP
a., 90 Doing Sheepmen CON Clean.
Out The SCa6.

Out The SCab.
,OAHO At IHE PORTLAND FAIR
Tho Imoortance of the State is now
Realized-Greatest Engineer
ing feat of Times -
Salt Lake City, Utah,
August 19, 1905.
DR.. G. E. Noble.
State Veterinarian, Idaho,
Boise, Idaho,
Dear Sir: .-
wish to express my appreciation
and that of the Bureau Of Animal In
dustrv of the hearty cooperation by
vourSelf and the people of Idaho in
complying with the orders of the
Sanitary Board of your state in the
general dipping of all sheep in the
soring of this year. It has been a
Measure to assist you in this work as
there has been such a willing COM
Diauce with said order on the part
Of the Wool Growers of your State,
and wish to emphasize the approval
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry
snd myself of the order just issued
for q general fall dipping. Unless
such dipping is done your people
would be subject to a general spring
dipping year after year, which would
be like erecting a fine house but
leaving the roof off during the winter
and exposing the building to be in
iured by the elements.
When the flock masters of your
State thoroughly understand that
this fall dipping (lf the results are
what we anticipate and have every
reason to expect} will do away with
the necessity for spring dipping, l
believe they will cheerfully comply
with the order. You would then
have no further use of the assistance
Of the Government employees since
the cases of infection would be so
few that careful inspection of the
sheep in the spring and the dipping
Of those few flocks which may be
found infected will be all that is
necessary. After this has been ac-
complished petition, backed by the
Sanitary Board and Governor of your
state, can be presented to the
Secretary of Agriculture, showing
the State of Idaho to be clean and
asking to have the quarantine remov-
cd therefrom, which 1 will gladly
adVie ard which am sure cwill be
seconded dy the Chief of the Bureau
Of Animal Industry.
Under an act of Congress, approx
cd March 3, 1905, the Secretary of
Agriculture is given power to quaran-
tine State, or prevent Interstate
movement therDfrom. Should the
sasep in your State be allowed to
oFltt into the condition they were in
laSE spring should consider it my
duty to advise that the most radical
measures be adopted, and tnat such
'0S'rlctlons be enfo -ced as would
prevent the movement of sheep out of
the State.
l am very sure that if this order
~ complied with and the work
thoroughly done Idaho will ac-
oompllsh in one year what other
0'S'es have been three OF four years
accomplishing. We learn from
prActlcal experiene many cthings in
regard to handling this disease. Two
n''luOers of the Board of Sheep
commissioners of Wyoming recently
W tUi0 me that the greatest mistake
A0y made was recindine the order
'Or 1ail dipping in the year 1904,
~uu clalmed it had put them back at
1''ot TWO years in thier efforts to
s'Sulclate scab. If the order for
n Ian dipping is enforced 1 believe
u tuSnO will have the proud distinc-
o o'Ou OF being declared clean State
a auu relaesed from quarantine before
Si,, dty other State in the quarantined
~ ''''loI will be so declared. 1t will
n.Su ru0a only be necessary for you tc
ra r.OSSct yourselves by quarantine
" sU,s'lons a' against the stock from
OaU. w 'ates and all restrictions, ex-
0Sp' sS The inspection of Interstate
Iaa'p@ents, a. will be removed from
Very Respectfully,
Geo. S. Hickox,