The Socorro chieftain., 1907-06-15
United States Bureau of Animal
Industry and New Mexico Sheep
Sanitary Board,
TO ERADICATE THE sCABIES
Force of Government inspectors Now
in the Field Prepared to supervic
the Dipping.

cnOItS now being made to
eradicate the disease of scabies
among the sheep of New Mexico,
the following important orders
have been issued by the sheep
sanitary board recently:
To the Sheep Growers of New
Mexico:
Notice is hereby given to all
owners or persons in charge of
any sheep within the territory of
New Mexico that all sheep must
be delivered at dipping plants
Tor dipping under supervision of
a government inspector.
The dipping must be COM
menced in each section by July
lSt, 1907, and any sheep within
the territory of New Mexico
which have not been dipped un-
der supervision prior to October
LIST, 1907, will be placed in
quarantine, under guard, and
held at owners expense, until
properly dipped, and officially
released. This does not, how
ever, authorize owners to delay
until October LIST, 1907, to dip
their sheep but all owners or
parsons in charge of any sheep
which are not voluntarily pre-
Sented at dipping plants before
an order TO do so has been given
by an inspector of this board,
are hereby ordered and directed
to deliver said sheep for dipping
at such times and places and in
such manner as may be design
ated by inspectors in the field.
PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
ANY sheep which are not de-
livered at watts for dipping at
such times and places as may be
specified by inspectors in the
field, will be seized and dipped,
and all costs and expenses Incl
dent to such seizure and dipping
will be levied against such sheep
and the sheep held BY inspector
until such expenses are paid.
All corrals or places of close
confinement of sheep, which are
designated by the inspectors as
being infectious, must be cleaned
and disinfected, moved and dis
or DESTROYED by the
owner or person in charge, in
such manner as the inspector
shall perScribe.
SOLOMON LUNA,
HARRY +. LEE, President.
Secretary.
DIsEASE DEMANDS ATTENTION.
To the Sheep Growers of New
Mexico:
The disease of scabies is still
so prevalent among the sheep of
the territory of New Mexico that
it seriously interferes with the
movement of the same
and the department of agricul-
ture demands, and the board is
determined, that vigorous
action must be taken for the
eradication of the disease.
A plan of cooperation has
been determined on between the
United States Bureau of Animal
Industry and the board by which
all sheep in the territory are to
be dipped under the supervision of
inspectors of the bureau of animal
industry, the board placing in
the field sufficient force tn see
that all sheep are dipped.
INSPECTORS IN THE FIELD.
The above order has therefore
been given at the request OF the
bureau of animal industry and a
force OF government inspectors
are now in the field prepared to
supervise the dipping of all sheep,
and sheep owners are urged to
fully cooperate with inspectors
in this work aud to deliver their
sheep at vats for dipping early
in the season in order that the
dipping may be finished before
the shipping season opens. By
out the lambs and dip
ping them separate from ewes il
IS perfectly safe to begin the dip
ping when the majority of the
lambs OF any one flock are one
month old. 1t is believed that
less loss in shrinkage will result
by this method than by waiting
until the lambs are three or
Iour months old as the early