The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-27

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III Paso. Tex. March a7s-Doubts
aa 10 the ability Of the New Mexico
and Arizona hay " 60 meet tho
requirements Of the Texas state i've
stock sanitary board for fnmlgaling
hay shipments into Texas have all
been diEpelicd BY the announcement
made Thursday morning b. DR.. n. A.
Higgins. the El Paso member Of the
state livestock Ganitary board.
DR.. Higgins a hat tho
board had arrived at a solution OF the
hay shipping problems BY deciding
that hay would be received IN the
state when sealed IN dlsinfected box
cars In which a strong solution o. for
mnldohydo had been placed. This will
be tho only fumigating requirements
OF the TexRh boerd and all shipments
OF bag from Arizona. New Mexico
and other southwestern states will be
admitted freely under these condl-
tons.
Must n OfncfRIsy seated.
The cars containing hhy from out
aidc Of the state ! ust be i~nnpected
and sealed by a state or federal MEM
Der OF the livestock sanitary board.
the only requirements being that
someone In authority 10 the health
matters OF this state from which the
hay - shipred have the supervision of
the sealing TO insure its ocina prop
eriy fumlgated before entering Texas.
No provlsion n mad as 10 tho
amount OF formaldohyde TO DO used
In fumlgatlng the scaled cars. as this
will be- left 20 the Judgment OF the
officer making the inspection and
scaling the car. A licensed veiorinar-
ian may also seal tho cars.
The good news that the hay quar-
antine would be lifted by the Texas
sanitary board was received with
much rejoicing IN New Mexico and
Arizona. where more than 81. SOC. 600
worth Of hay he'd besn tied up by tho
original quarantine made necessary
by the foot and mouth disease. The
hay growers Of these two states met
here with Chairman j. n. Avery. OF
the Texas livestock sanitary commits
sion. during the Panhandle and
Southwestern stOckmen's convention
and urged "A modification OF the hay
quarantine. declaring that. as there
was no foot and mouth disease Ia
either 81 these states and AS no cattle
or other hoofcd animals were run on
the ranches producing this hay. there
was absolutely no danger Of infectio
from shipments Of hay from these
states into Texas.
Chairman Was Firm.
Chairman Avery was firm In his
determination that there would be no
lifting OF the hay embargo at the
time OF the conference, which was
held In the directors room OF the
First National bank. Later he wrote
10 John NJ. Wyatt. vice president Of
the First National, who was inAtfn-
mental IN obtaining the conference OF
hay growers with the sanitary officer.
that h state would permit ship
ments OF hay into Texas providing Il
was properly fumigated ar a protec-
ton against any possible disease
germs.
Unable 60 Meet requirements.
However, when The Mesilla valley
hay rover undertook 10 comply
with the requirements they say that
u was found impossible 10 dip their
hay In a solution OF carbolic acid or
other d~isinfectant without spelling
the marketable quality Of the hay.
Oscar SNOW, one OF the laraest hay
growers Ia the Mesilia valley. who
was here recently, declared that he
had decided to abandon the Texas
market entirely and make AN effort
TO dispose OF his hay crop In come
other state. as he had found Il inn
possible TO meet the dipping require
ments OF the Texas livestock sanitary
board. This was taken up with DR..
Higgins. the local member Of the
hoard, ana his announcement thai
simple nmiEation In scaled and flu
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