Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-04
CAMPAIGN To BE
WAGED AGAINST
SHEEP DISEASES
Meeting of Sheep Commits
SiOnS' Sanitary Board and
State Veterinarians.

One of the first meetings of its
kind ever held in the northwest and
which it is believed will result in
great assistance in the stamping out
of the peculiar diseases of sheep,
will take place during the annual
session of the National Wool Grow
ers' assoc iation in ogden next month
and will be attended by members of
sheep commissions, sanitary boards
and state veterinarians from the
states of Idaho, Washington, Mon
tana, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, Colo
rado North Dakota, South Dakota,
California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Sheepmen of Boise, members of the
state and national wool growers as
sociations, were informed this week
of the Inauguration of the new and
interesting session of men trained in
the various forms of sheep diseases
and hail with delight the meeting
for they believe that a great good
will be accomplished for the sheep
industry in the states of the west
Secretary Dan P. Smythe, of the Or
egon board Of sheep commissioners,
has taken the initiative in the calling
of the meeting.
Want Cooperation.
For some time past there has
been considerable friction over the
movement of sheep from one state
to another, and which it was not
possible to reach through the United
States bureau of animal industry
Clean, healthy sheep have suffered
numerous clippings and quarantines
when being transported from state
to state, thus materially affecting
the price of mutton and wool. With
a view of cooperating with each
other and having uniform quaran
tine, inspection and shipping laws,
this meeting has been called to form
an association which will ceet every
year in connection the National
Wool Growers association.
White the association aims to Sc
cure legislation it is not its purpose
to interfere with the business ham
died by the National Wool Growers
association, but rather to work in
harmony with the latter in order to
make theatives for disease that work
havoc among sheep as has been done
in the state of Idaho. In view of
the fact that the sheep industry is
one of the most important in this
state local raisers say they will do
everything in their power to assist
the new association and conform
with it's recommendation for the
treatment of sheep
Interest in Ogden Meeting.
Boise and southern Idaho sheep
men are displaying a great deal of
interest in the annual session of the
National Wool Growers association.
Judging from the expressions heard
from sheepmen of this city today
one Of the largest delegations Idaho
has ever been represented with at a
meeting of this kind will journey
to Utah and take in the work of the
association.
The question of range is one that
is creating considerable worry with
the industry in the Gem state at the
present time and there is still con-
siderable opposition to the Testric-
tions placed on flocks so far as feed
ing on forest reserves is concerned.
1t is the intention of the western
representatives of that bureau to ap-
pear before the association during
the Ogden meeting for the purpose
of securing harmony in the division
of the range and cooperation with
the forestry bureau to assist in both
the preservation of the national for
ests and the sheep industry. It is
also expected that legislation will be
recommended along the lines of the
shipping of sheep and importation
of animals from one state to an
other with a view of preventing the
transfer of disease Capital News.