The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-29

| prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Inspectors in the United States de-
partment of agriculture have found
in the course of their work that ig-
norance or carelessness on the part
of stock owners has frequently led to
| fresh outbreaks OF infectious disease
after 1t had been supposed that the
previous ones had been completely
stamped out. Comparatively few farm
ers, it Is said, realize the importance
! of the scientific disinfection of prem
ises which have once harbored in
fected stock.
When ii Is remembered that the
germ which causes tuberculosis In cat
tie measures about one-thousandth of
an inch in length, 1t is obvious that
the ''lick-and-promise" method of
cleaning is no obstacle at all to the
existence of the disease. The geryc
Of CHAMBERS is little larger. These two
germs are thrown off by diseased ami
mails In large quantities. In the aver
age stable they have no difficulty in
finding many lodging places whence
any one of hundred different things
may cause them to emerge and start
fresh outbreak upon the farm. When
a stable has once harbored diseased
animals, therefore, absolute disinfec-
ton with sufficiently powerful disin-
fectants is the only way to insure the
stock from another visitation.
| In Farmers Bulletin 4S0, Practical
Methods of Disinfecting Stables"
some of the most easily obtainable
disinfectants are named, and the best
methods of applying them discussed.
In the first place it is imperative that
the stable be thoroughly cleaned be-
fore any disinfectant at all is applied
The various surfaces such as ceilings,
walls, partitions, floors, etc., should
be swept free from cobwebs and dust
Where the filth has been allowed to
accumulate, this should be removed
by thorough scrubbing If the wood
work has become soft and porous so
that 1t affords a good refuge for the
disease germ, it should be torn down
and burned and new wood substituted.
All refuse of every description should
be removed to a place inaccessible to
live stock and there either burned or
treated with solution of chloride of
lime in the proportion of six ounces
70 one gallon of water. If the floor
If the stable is of earth, the surface
soil should be removed to a depth
If four inches or more and new earth
substituted, 1t is better, however, 10
lake advantage of this opportunity to
lay down a concrete floor, which in
he end will be found more satisfac-
Tory as well as more sanitary.
The stable thus thoroughly cleansed
and stripped of all its odds and ends
and refuse is now ready for the APP
| plication of the disinfectant A dis
nfectant is drug which has the pow
er of destroying germs merely by com
ing in contact with them. There are
number of these drugs, varying con-
slderably in efficacy, and some of them
dangerous to animal as we'll as germ
| life. Bichloride of mercury is one of
the most powerful. but it has the
great disadvantage of being a violent
poison and in consequence great care
must be used when handling it to
keen it away from all live stock. For
ordinary purposes 1t is probable that
eresol or the compound solution of
! cresol, known as liquor cresolis COM
positus, is best adapted to general
a LOT 10, it 4
De mixed with water in the proper
ion of four or five ounces to a gal
lon. Cresol is not as soluble as the
compound solution and should. there
lore, be thoroughly stirred while mix
ing. If a grade of the drug guaran-
ICED to De 95 per cent pure is secured,
,wo or three ounces to a gallon of wa
Ter will be sufficient.
To apply the disinfectant on any
hing but a very limited surface, a
strong spray pump is essential The
Jump should be equipped with Is feet
Ut hose with five-foot section of iron
ripe, with a spraying nozzle at one
md, attached to it. The entire IN
terror of the stable should be saturat.
ed with the solution forced through
ibis apparatus. Special attention
should be given to feeding troughs
and drains, as It is in these that the
disease germs are most likely to find
their first resting places. After
thorough spraying with the disin.
fectant, It is we'll to apply a lime
wash containing four or five ounces
Of chloride Of lime to each gallon.
In many cases. however, II will save
trouble II this wash is combined with
the disinfectant This can be done In
the following manner: for FIVE gal