Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-12
inspectors of Eleven New
Mexico Districts Prepare
to Enforce orders
of Board.
CONFERENCE HERE
DECIDES ON METHODS
Conditions Are UnSdnitary but
All Regulations viii be Com
piled With by Officials Who
Hope to Stamp Out the
SCdbieS Among Sheep.

Eleven United States district in
spectors for the eleven districts of
New Mexico, under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Animal Industry,
met yesterday and today in confer
ence upon topics in relation to the
sheep industry in New Mexico. The
conference was held in the office of
DR.. Marion lines chief OF the bureau
department of New Mexico and Ari-
zona, in the Reynolds building.
The object of the meeting was to
consider measures relative to the
cleaning of all sheep corrals in the
territory, the disinfecting and dipping
of sheep and other matters ordered
by the sheep sanitary board at a re-
cent meeting. The inspectors and
their assistants have just completed
far, reaching tour of inspection of
every sheep owner was personally
visited and his stock and corrals in
spected.
Conditions Bad.
THE present condition of the
sheep corrals in the territory is very
bad" said DIR. lines, but the sheep
men will have to clean up. Among
the small sheep raisers, especially
the methods in vogue are unsanitary
and injurious to the industry. The
new rules of the sanitary board in
regard to dipping and otherwise safe
guarding against sheep diseases will
be enforced.
THE penalty for disobedience TO
these orders is seizure of the infected
stock, which will then be treated and
the expense charged to the recalcit-
rant owners. The new order provid-
ing for dipping goes Into effect July
l.
List of Inspectors.
The district inspectors from the
eleven districts, all of whom are
represented at this conference, are:
DR.. G.. A. Lipp. Roswell; DR.. r. j.
Blanche, Las Vegas; Dr. c. c. Hea-
hart; DR.. J. ]. Hougendobler. Ration;
DR.. q. r. Casper, Chama DR.. w. A.
Skinner, Santa Fe; G. H. Robinson.
Alamorgordo; f. S. Spindler, Magda-
lena; DR.. F.. l.. Synder, Grants, and
DR.. M. c. Wiley, Albuquerque.
The conference will be concluded
tonight.
Destruction of Scabies.
The Sheep Sanitary Board of New
Mexico is represented at the confer
ence by Harry f. Lee" continued DR..
lines. This board, although it is a
territorial institution, is acting heart
lily in conjunction and cooperation
the Bureau of Livestock Industry,
which is a part of the Department of
Agriculture. The meeting is largely
taken up with purely technical dis
cussions as to the best scientific meth
DDS of combating the 'scabies, the
disease which is so destructive to the
welfare of the sheep industry.
Sheep Must BE DipDed.
1--WE met to discuss the details con-
nprtp1 with n1nqipn again ct
sheep diseases. The new order COM
pelling the dipping of sheep, which
goes into effect July l, will be carried
into execution under the personal su-
peviSion of about one hundred gov
ernment inspectors.
"All sheep in the territory will have
to be dipped in the presence OF an
inspector or a commissioned assist
ant. The dipping vats must conform
to the requirements, that Is, they
must be 100 feet long and be deep
enough for sheep to swim the full
length. 1t is prescribed in the order
that the animals must remain in the
at least two minutes to swim 100
feet
There are many different prep
arationS in which Sneep are dipped,
but we have authorized and will use
bath Of lime and sulphur, or per-
Hd DS tODdctO ana SulpnuI- L ne NdLS
also must have arrangements for
heating, which will insure the liquid
remaining at a certain temperature.
Certain specified kinds of tanks for
cooking the medicine are also to be
insisted upon. The dipping will be
thoroughly done in the strict accord
ance with the regulations.
Investigating Ranges.
"Since April l, several hundred
men under the direction of the dis
trict inspectors have been inspecting
the ranges and corrals of the terri
tory, and IL is upon the reports OF
these inspectors that the plans for the
coming campaign are being laid.
This is a special meeting for the pur-
pose Of systematiZing the work.
Where goats are kept with sheep
they must be dipped the same as
sheep. Goats are not subject TO the
scabies, but they can carry the dis
ease i'm their wool and transfer il to
the sheep.
The losses Of wool and sheep TO
this dreaded disease are enormous II
II once gets beyond control. Noth,.g 2
We can do To stamp out tle plague
viii remain uudOue. The matter is
Of vital Importance 90 every one in
the territory as the welfare Of the
sheep industry reflects good or bad,
financially upon the whole COmmuu-
ity. few years Will probably serve
To rid New Mexico of -CabieS.
In addition 10 the work Of dip
ping the sheep, 3lI Corrals and pens
as exposed affected or free and
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