The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-23
CHANGE In SOUTHERN CATTLE
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
ArsenicaI Solution as we'll as Crude Pc
troIeum to be Employed for Dipping
Cattle for Destruction Of Ticks.

The Department of Agriculture will soon
issue new regulations governing the move
ment of cattle from the area under quar-
antine on account Of Texas or tick fever.
These regulations will become effective
April 1, and will permit the movement OF
cattle from the quarantined area PROVIDED
they are properly dipped under govern
differ from those hitherto in effect In that
they provide for the employment OF an ar
senical dipping fluid as we'll as Tor crude
petroleum which has heretofore been used
for the destruction Of the ticks that trans
init the disease. Experiments by the Bu-
reau OF Animal Industry in dipping cattle
in an arsenical solution indicate that thls
method of treatment is sufficiently ei1ec-
tive to be permitted for cattle intended for
interstate movement, Tor purposes other
than immediats slaughter.
The watts in which such dipping Is done
under supervision shall be approved by the
Department, they shall have, at their max
imum working capacity, length OF not
| less than 40 feet at the dip line, width OF
"a to 40 inches, and minimum depth OF
swim Of So feet; the sides shall be ,perpen-
dicuar instead OF sloping, the only slope
below the dip line being that at the emo
from which the cattle leave the vat. Inc
slide board shall be to 5% feet long with
La slope of not less than As degrees. Vats
that are already installed, which have G.
length of not less than IS feet at the dip
line, otherwise conforming to the above re-
uuirements, except that they may nave
sloping sides, may be approved, provided
of course that they were we'll constructed,
water-tight, and in general good condltlon.
The watts shall be covered when not In use )
shall be so constructed that water from
rains and overflow can not run into them,
ha drain into vatS from the
drainage pens shall be cut off when they
are not in use.
In order that the dipping OF cattle may
be facilitated, the Department OF Agrlcul-
ture desires to secure immediately the
names of manufacturers who can furnish
to cattle owners or others interested q
standard grade Of white arsenic which
must be finely powdered and guaranteed
to be at least SO per cent pure. The De-
partment wishes the manufacturer to place
upon packages intended for use IN dipping
statement guaranteeing that the arsenic
conforms to the standard OF purity indl,
Gated. Communications on this subject
| should be addressed to the Chief OF the Bu-
reeu Of Animal Industry, Department OF
Agriculture, Washington, D. G. Copies OF
the new quarantine regulations when !s-
sued may be obtained on application to the
Bureau.
The territory under quarantine Tor Texas
fever embraces the whole States OF Louis.
lana, Alabama, and Florida, and parts OF
California, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Vir-
ginia The area under quarantine has been
reduced by more than $4,000 square miles
within the last three years as result OF
the campaign being waged by the Federal
and State authorities for the determination
OF the ticks, and as this work progresses
the quarantine will be removed from addl-
tional territory.