272 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



amount of work to be done is agreed upon, the way it shall be 

 done and the price to be paid. The "Card" is signed and 

 returned to the Commissioner ordering the work, when it is 

 completed and ready for inspection. 



Maixe Cattle Commission. 

 F. O. Beal, Bangor. 

 John M. Deering, Secretary, Saco. 

 F. S. Adams, Bowdoinham. 



This card must be returned to the Commissioner authorizing 

 the work, when the disinfection is completed. 



This is to certify that the disinfection ordered by you has 

 been completed and is nozv ready for your inspection. 



Amount agreed upon 



Directions for Disinfecting Cozv Stables. 



A thorough disinfection is necessary, and this should be prac- 

 ticed immediately after the diseased animals are removed from 

 the stable. 



In order to carry out such disinfection there should first be 

 a thorough cleaning with brooms to remove all litter and dust, 

 not only from the floor but from the walls, the ceiling, and all 

 projections where dust may lodge. 



All loose boards and decayed woodwork should be removed. 

 In most tie-ups of the ordinary stable, a complete removal of 

 all partitions, both in front and between the cows, and the put- 

 ting in of new work is the surest way, and where extensive dis- 

 ease has been found, the only way of treating the matter safely. 

 If this be not advisable, all the partitions and floors should be 

 washed and scoured with a solution of hot lye. In fact, the 

 whole interior of the stable should be sprayed with a disinfect- 

 ing solution. 



The woodwork should then be whitewashed with a lime wash 

 made from freshly burned lime, containing four ounces of "for- 

 maldehyde" solution to the gallon. Corrosive sublimate and 

 carbolic acid are often recommended for this purpose; but as 

 both are dangerous poisons it is better to use lime wash and 



