The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-06-27
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FUMIGATION HAS BEEN
MODIFIED BY NEVADA
Personal Disinfection Ends
and Plants May Cease to
Function After July lst

Action OF NtVdud III ciihhiideihB
nersonal fumigation restrictions at
The Nevada California border We'd
nosdav. except under certain condi-
tions. has paved the way for gen.
oral lifting of the fumigation ban in
ali buffer states in the near future.
state quarantine officials in session
at the meeting of the Western States
livestock Sanitary association, which
closed Tuesday, were in favor of
raising the fumigation restrictions
July /, says the Reno Journal. Idaho
has already issued on order to this
effect.
While the order of DIR. Edward
Records. Nevada state quarantine Of
6cer, eliminates the personal fumiga-
.;on of the occupants of automobiles,
be announced Wednesday that the
Spraying of the running gear of ve-
bicles would be continued for the
present.
Until that time all of Nevada's
quarantine restrictions will remain in
force, with the one exception.
II on July l the hoof and mouth
situation in California warrants such
modification the disinfection of
automobiles will be entirely discon-
tinued, he said.
A guard, however, then will be
kent at the various Nevada stations
until all danger of infection is pass
ed. in order to insure fumgation of
the effects of sheep herders, sheep
shearers, farm laborers and others
whom the inspectors have reason to
believe have come from infected
areas in California.
The close of the two-day session
Tuesday of the sanitary association
brought expressions of satisfaction
from California delegates over the
few far-reaching notifications made.
With the Objectionable feature of
fumigation of travellers removed, the
quarantine officials Tuesday morn
ing took definite stand on the
pressing problem of moving the
spring lamb crop from northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon-the real
resaon for calling the Reno meeting.
Recommendation were made by
the association that spring lambs be
permitted to pass, with restrictions,
across the buffer states from the
northern California counties of Las
sen, Modoc. Plumas, Sierra, Nevada
and Placer. This measure passed by
a seven to three vote OF states.
These regulations are not binding
on any of the states and those OPP
posed may interpose any restrictions
they desire. providing they do not
conflict with the interstate commerce
regulations, officials said.
States opposed to lambs crossing
their borders from the six California
counties were Wyoming, Arizona and
Idaho.
While the measure. If adopted by
the states favorable to the amend
ment. will allow movement of the
lamb crop from southern Oregon and
the northern California counties to
middle western markets it will not
allow the shipment of Nevada lambs
from the summer ranges in Mono and
Alpine counties, California.
Secretary Vernon Metealf of the
Nevada Livestock association said
that from 10000 to $4,000 lambs,
representing an investment of from
S250,0000 to $3.50, 900. were prohibit
ed from taking advantage of the
markets of Denver. st. Louis, Omaha
and Chicago.
He expressed the opinion that west
ern Nevada sheep men who Craze
their flocks on California summer
ranges would be forced to market
their lambs to the west, in competi-
ton with California sheep men in
markets where the hoof and mouth
disease and drought situation al
ready have brought the lamb market
to an overloaded point.
The seven states opposed the in
clusion of Alpine and Mono counties,
with the six from the north, on the
grounds that there should be buffer
counties between the infected area in
Tuolomne county. The fact that the
higher Sierras offer an effective bar
rier, as explained by DR.. Robert Dill
OF the Nevada sheep commission,
the seven states opposed