562 BOARD OF AGEICULTUKE. 



a 5 per cent, solution of crude carbolic acid in water. Inspectors of tlie 

 Bureau of Animal Industry are directed to see that this order is carried 

 into effect. 



"It is ordered, that from and after August 10, 1899, no sheep affected 

 with scabies, and no sheep which have been in contact with others so 

 affected, shall be allowed shipment from one State or Territory into an- 

 other, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District 

 into any State, unless said sheep shall have first been dipped in a mixture 

 approved by this Department. 



"The dips now approved are: 



"1. The tobacco-and-sulphur dip, made with sufficient extract of to- 

 bacco to give a mixture containing not less than five one-hundredths of 

 one per cent, of nicotine and two per cent, flowers of sulphur. 



"2. The lime-aud-sulphur dip, made with eight pounds of unslaked 

 lime and twenty-four pounds of flowers of sulphur to one hundred gallons 

 of water. Tlie lime and sulphur should be boiled together for not less 

 than two hours, and all sediment allowed to subside before the liquid is 

 placed in the dipping vat. 



"The owner of the sheep is privileged to choose which one of the above- 

 mentioned dips shall be used for his animals. The Department will in- 

 struct inspectors to enforce due care in dipping sheep, but it assumes no 

 responsibility for loss or damage to such animals, and persons who wish 

 to avoid any risks that may be incident to dipping at the stock yards 

 should see that their sheep are free from disease before they are shipped 

 to market." 



No objection will be offered, however, to the use of any effective dip 

 in this State. 



WORK OF THE YEAB ENDING OCTOBER 30, 1901. 



Sheep Scab. 



One of the diseases that it is particularly desirable to stamp out is 

 sheep scab. Being a strictly parasitic disease it is amenable to the stamp- 

 ing out process by dipping and due vigilance in quarantine. One of the 

 first acts Avas to examine all the reports of the township assessors as filed 

 Avith the State Statistician to learn the number of scabby sheep reported 

 from each township. This was followed up by writing to the assessors 

 for the names of the persons reporting the affection in order to definitely 

 locate all cases. 



The following table gives the number of townships in each county re-^ 

 porting the disease and the number of cases reported in each township: 



