Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16
CATTLE neutrality-suspicious..
ArsenicaI Solution and Crude Petroleum
to be Employed for Dipping Cattle.

The Department 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 quarantined area pro-
vided they are properly dipped
under government 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 hithertofore been used for
the destruction of the ticks that
transmit the disease. Expert
ments by the Bureau of Animal
Industry in dipping cattle in an
arsenical solution Indicate that
this method of treatment is suffi :.
GENTLY effective to be permitted
for cattle intended for interstate
movement for purposes other
than immediate slaughter,
The watts in which such dipping
is done under supervision shall
be approved by the department..
They shall have, at their maxi
mum working capacity, a length
of not less than 40 feet at the
dip line, width of 81 to 40 inch
es, aud a minimum depth of swim
of 81 feet; the sides shall be
perpendicular instead Of sloping,
the only slope below the dip line
being that at the end from which
the cattle leave the vat. The
slide board shall be 5 to 81 feet
long with slope of not less than
45 degrees, Watts that are already
installed, which have length of
not less than 35 feet at the dip
line, otherwise conforming to the
above requirements, except that
they may have sloping sides, may
be approved, provided, of course,
that they were we'll constructed
water-tight, and in general good
condition. The vats shall be cov-
cred when not in use; shall be 80
constructed that water from rains
and overflow can not run into
them and that the drainage into
vats from the drainage pens shall
be cut { # when they are not II
use.
In order that the cattle may bo
facilitated, the Department Of
Agriculture desires to secure i'm
mediately the names of manufac-
turers who can furnish to cattle
owners or others interested STAN
dard grade of white arsenic which
must be finely powdered and
guaranteed to be at least SO per
cent pure, The department wishes
the manufacturer to place upon
packages intended for use in dip
ping 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 Indus.
try, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. G. Copies of
the new quarantine regulations
when issued may be obtained on
application tc the bureau.
The territory under quarantine
for Texas fever embraces the
whole States of Louisiana, Ala
bama, and Florida, and parts Of
California, Texas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Georgia, South Car
olina, and Virginia. The AREA
under quarantine has been re-
duced by more than $4,000 square
miles within the last three years
as a result of the campaign being
waged by the federal and state
authorities for the determination
of ticks, and as this work progress.
ses the quarantine will be reno.
vad from additional territory.