The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-11
SHEEP SCABiES.
How a Successful Battle Against This
 Troublesome Disease Was Fought.

Troublesome Disease Was Fought.
 A few complaints have come from Wyoming to the effect that sheep scabies has broken out in some sec tions of the state. Investigation shows that there is no cause for alarm If prompt measures are taken and vigi- lance exercised in the future. Some infected sheep were trailed in from Montana, but these were promptly ap- prehended by authorities, treated and cured. A short time ago 1SS bucks were brought into the state from Can ada. The importer was heavily fined, and the sheep dipped. From reliable sources, says Orange Judd Farmer, 1t is claimed there is no infection of scabies in Wyoming at present, all though few flocks in Albany county were exposed and are in quarantine. These sheep will be dipped next spring.
 The government, through its bureau of animal industry, undertook to erad- icate scabies in Wyoming in 1904. At that time the state was practically one mass of scab. For several years sheep owners had been sorting the sheep not infected and shipping them out. This kept the disease at home with the re- suit that nearly every band was badly infected As a result of the govern ment campaign it is claimed that last spring there were not 250 actual cases of infection in the whole state at shearing time, and these were isolated. During 1906 the authorities have in- spected 6,7S3,372 sheep in Wyoming,, including range inspections and sheep in transit
 The following table shows the num- Der of sheep dipped under federal SUI pervision in Wyoming the past three years. In 1904 and 1 905 the figures are nearly all for infected sheep. In 1906 the data includes 202,770 free sheep. It is notable that this year infected bands average only one to a dozen head of diseased sheep each. It is be- 1ieved by some flockmasters that the state board of sheep commissioners should more thoroughly police the commonwealth so as to prevent the importation of infected sheep.
 FEDERAL DIPPING IN WYOMING. Year. Head leos 49l. .1Ss 1905 ........................ ,022 4lS l9O4 '-'oto4o4
 Good Conditions in Arizona.
 In Arizona the condition of tiocks sro,,, ++o sari+arx- otopdDCint iC vary satisfactory. Two years ago upon in- spection about S5 per cent of the f1ocks of the state were found to be infected with scabies. Immediately after this inspection the sheep were dipped un- der the supervision of the bureau of animal industry. During 1906 another inspection of all sheep in Arizona was conducted, and only 2 per cent of in lection was found. After the last dip ping this season 1t was claimed that scabies had been practically eradi- cated from f1ocks of Arizona.
 Tn New Mexico the sanitary condi- tion of sheep is much better than four years ago. At that time it was not unusual to find scabies in the advanced stage, while at present an advanced case Is rare thing. The amount of infection in the southern half of the territory is very small, probably less than 5 per cent. Four years ago at a conservative estimate, 90 per cent of the fiocks in that part of New Mexico were affected.
 As no general dipping was conduct ed during the past year in the north ern half of the territory. the percent age of infection is somewhat larger. The sanitary board of New Mexico is hopeful that the federal government will take charge of the work of sheep dipping in the territory. In the states of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, scabies, while not entirely eradicated, is com pletely under control of authorities. and all outbreaks are isolated.