Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-14
CATTLE QUARANTINE CHANGE
Department Will Issue New Regula-
ton Effective April /.
DIPPING RULES ARE AMENDED
Arsenical Solution May he Used ON
Animals from south that Are
Not for
Slaughter.

WASHINGTON. March 1S-The Depart
ment Of Agriculture will soon issue new
regulations governing the movement of
cattle from the area under quarantine on
account Of Texas or tick fever. These
regulations will become effective about
April 1 and will permit the movement Of
cattle from the guaranteed area, pro-
vided they are properly dipped under gov
eminent supervision. The new regulations
differ from those hitherto in effect In that
they provide for the employment OF an
arsenical dipping fluid, as we'll as for
crude petroleum, which has heretofore
been used for the destruction Of the ticks
that transmit the disease. Experiments by
the bureau Of animal industry in dipping
cattle in an arsenical solution indicate that
this method Of treatment is sufficiently
effective to be permitted for cattle in
tended for interstate movement for pur-
poses other than immediate slaughter.
Regulations for Dipping.
The watts in which such dipping is done
under supervision shall be approved by
the department; they shall have. at their
maximum working capacity. a length Of
not less than forty feet at the dip line, a
width of thirty-four to forty inches and a
minimum depth Of swim OF five and a half
feet; the sides shall be perpendicular in
stead of sloplng. the only slope below the
dip line being that at the end from which
the cattle cav the vat. The slide board
shall be five to five and a half feet long,
wit ha slope OF not less han forty-five
degrees. Watts that are already installed,
which have a length Of not less than
thirty-five feet at the dip line, otherwise
conforming to the above requirements, ex-
cept that they may have sloping sides,
may be approved, provided, OF course, that
they were well constructed, water tight
and in general good condition. III watts
shall be covered when not in use; shall
be so constructed that water from rains
and overflow cannot run into them, and
that the drainage into the watts from the
drainage pens shall be cut off when they
are not in use.
Names and Grade Of Arsenic.
In order hat the dipping Of cattle may
be facilitated, the Department of AEricul-
ture desires to secure Immediately the
names of manufacturers who can furnish
to cattle owners or others interested a
standard grade Of white arsenic which
must be finely powdered and guaranteed
to be at least 90 per cent pure. The de-
partment wishes the manufacturer to place
upon packages Intended for use in din
ping a statement guaranteeing that the
arsenic conforms to the standard of purity
indicated. Communications on this subject
should be addressed to the chief Of the
bureau Of animal industry, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, d. c.. Copies of
the new quarantine regulations when is
sued may be obtained on application to
the bureau.
the territory under quarantine for Texas
embraces the whole states Of Louisi-
ana, Alabama and Florida, and parts of
California, Texas. Oklahoma, Missouri, Ar
kansas, Aennessee Mississippi, Georgia, !
South Carolina, North Carolina and Vir-
ginia. The area under quarantine has
been reduced by more than $1,000 square
miles within the last three years as a re-
suit of the campaign being waged by the
federal and state authorities for the ex-
termination Of the ticks, and as this work
the quarantine will be removed
from additional territory.