The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
CRAVE CHARGES
COLORADO cATTLEMEN PROTEST
DIPPING ORDER.
PROFITS TO DOPE MAKERS

Owners Claim They Are Compelled to
Expose Healthy Critters and Then
Pay Heavy Treatment Charges.
Denver.-Cattlemen of eastern Colo
RADIO are up in arms against another
government bureau and its rules and
regulations This time it is the bureau
OF animal industry. Stockmen say that
recent quarantine order of the bu-
reau is costing them from 5000 to
$1,000 per head in the decreased value
OF their cattle, and that it is forcing alb
solutely healthy cattle to be dipped
on the charge that they have been
exposed, and that when the cattle
come to market they are put In pens
that have contained infected cattle,
thus exposing them. This forces the
owners to dip them before leaving the
yards.
The trouble is over quarantine or.
der issued last April against NANCY
cattle, but which has only recently
bee. enforced. Under this order all of
Colorado east OF the mountains is I'M
der an absolute quarantine and the
government claims that all the cattle
In that district are either infected with
mango or exposed to the infection and
they cannot move out of the state I'M
less dipped. They permit the cattle to
come to Denver or go to Eastern stock
yards in cars tagged to show they are
quarantine cattle, and at the market
they are put in isolated quarantine
pens. They are not permitted to leave
the yards until they are dipped. The
effect of this is to very greatly depre-
ciate the value of the animals, for, If
they are in quarantine buyers will not
pay as much for them, and if they are
bought in just after being dipped they
look so bad that buyers again discrim-
mate.
Keeps Animal Busy.
The infection of mango or "scabbies"
as it is technically called, is caused
by a parasite which burrows in the
skin of the animal causing an itching
sensation. The animal puts in much
time scratching, and while the dis
ease is not fatal except in rare In
stances, if not cared for the animal
is so busy scratching that it does nut
find time to Craze sufficient to keep in
good condition and in bad winter it is
an easy victim. Plenty of green grass
seems to rid the animal of the infec-
ton while with dry feed it becomes
more prevalent.
Several years ago the infection be-
came very bad over the West and both
the state and national governments
undertook to eradicate it. Cattlemen
we're required to dip their cattle, but 1t
is claimed that some refused to obey
this law and thus the disease has con-
Al TIn lact NrIn or.
of the government Is the most strin-
gent ever issued and results In quar-
antine as, severe as though the state
was infected with deadly virulent
disease.
The government has been spending
several millions year combating the
disease. but as cattlemen have always
had more or less of 1t and have found
but little difficulty in taking care of
it, even when it gets bad. the bureau
has not had very enthusiastic assis-
lance from the stockmen. The latter
generally regard the remedy far worse
IL an the disease.
Protest From Colorado.
Eve think the quarantine regulation
of the bureau uncalled for and unnec-
essary," said Secretary Fred P. John
son of the Colorado Cattle Gi.wers'
Association yesterday. I'VE shall prob
ably take some action to try and have
the quarantine abandoned or at least
force the government to let clean and
unexposed cattle alone. The state
board OF stock inspection has been la
boring FOR several years to get this in
lection cleaned up and as matter
Of fact we have reason to believe that
over seventy-f1ve per cent. of the cat
tie in eastern Colorado are entirely
free from the infection. Under this
silly and uncalled-for regulation, the
government Is actually forcing clean
cattle to be exposed and dipped. If
persisted in 1t will cause the cattle
men of eastern Colorado loss of at
least a million dollars on their ship
ments this fall. This is not the first
time that the bureau has issued regu-
Iations that they were forced to aban-
don. remember two or three years
ago we were forced to send commit
lee to Washington to appeal direct TO
the President to stop the interference
with the cattle movement.
'If there was any real necessity FRO
such strenuous regulations, we would
not object, but the disease is of such
a nature that 1t can be easily con
trolled, and no cattleman regards 1T
seriously We now have a state law
that will enable the board to cause the
arrest of any stockman who fails to
properly clean his cattle of the para
site. Most stockmen need no law, as
they realize the advantage OF dipping
their animals, as much to get rid
of the lice as the scab. In fact, most
L.. foy
than mango, and just as infectious, but
the government pays no attention to
that trouble.
when the quarantine regulations
were issued last April, they were re-
pordod cirnpIy no another bluff and no