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Another measure, \vhich should never be neglected, is the fmnig:tt ion of the spaces 

 beneath the decks with ihc fumes of burning sulphur, From ii\ e lo ten pounds of 

 1hc tloNvers of sulphur iiuiy be used lor :m ordinary ocean-going steamer. It may ho 

 ];iil on a bed of glowing coals, in a metallic pot, set ou brick or other incombustible 

 material, bet\veeu decks, the port-holes and hatches being closed for a period of live, 

 hours or more. To secure a sufficient fumigation, the sulphur should lie allowed to 

 bum until it is extinguished by its >\\ u smoke. 



4. DlSIM K IIOX OF 11LANKKTS, BAGS, AND olHl i: HAIII.K M A I I .Kl AL. 



lllankets, rug*, grain-bags, and other textile fabrics and ropes used about suspected 

 animals, should be boiled or steeped in a solution of carbolic arid d .unices of tlio 

 acid in 1 gallon water), or. failing these, should be, placed in a close room and thor- 

 oughly fumigated wit h sulphur smoke. The clothing of the attendants on sick cattle 

 should be treated iu the samo way. 



4. DESTRUCTION OK DIMM u i ION <>i i.n 11:1:, i ODDER, AND MAM UK. 



The manure from places occupied by suspected animals, and that furnished by th 



cars, trucks, wagons, yards, buildings, and vessels which demand disinfection, should 

 be burned, if possible, or, failing this, should be first drenched with a solution of cop- 

 peras (sulphate of iron) at the rate of one pound of the agent to one gallon of water, 

 and then removed by horse teams. Litter and fodder should not be removed from th 

 iuelosure until it has been thoroughly fumigated by burning sulphur, and even then 

 it should be fed to horses only. 



5. DISINFECTION OF YARDS, BUILDINGS, ETC. 



Yards or other open inclosures which have contained diseased or suspected cattle 

 .should be thoroughly cleansed of manure or other refuse, and of all fodder, litter, or 

 other agent which may cover up the infecting material, and should then be thickly 

 sprinkled with chloride of lime, or drenched with a solution of the same in the pro- 

 portion of one-fourth pound of the powder to every gallon of water. Fences, mangers, 

 racks, and cither woodwork must be washed with the same solution. 



Buildings having been thoroughly cleansed from manure, &c., and the walls 

 scraped, should be washed with the solution of chloride of lime,- to which may be 

 added as much quicklime as will make a good whitewash, and show if the smallest 

 portion of the surface has been missed in making the application. 



In the case of cow stables, in which the odor of the chloride is likely to prove in- 

 jurious to the milk, the following solution may be used instead: Sulphate of zinc, four 

 ounces; common salt, two ounces; water, one gallon. Drains and spaces beneath the 

 floors, all internal fittings or woodwork, aijd all stable utensils, must be thoroughly 

 drenched with one or other of these solutions. 



I After the solids have been disinfected in this way, the air should be purified by 

 burning sulphur in the closed building. As in the case of ships, the sulphur may bo 

 d in a metallic pot, and the burning may be allowed to proceed until the flame 

 i> extinguished by the accumulating smoke. 



In the case of ships, buildings, and other inclosed places, a free circulation of air 

 should be secured as a supplemental measure, as nothing contributes more to keep up 

 infection than coniined and impure, air, whether from accumulation of filth or absence 

 of ventilation. 



JAMES LAW. 

 E. F. THAYKR. 

 J. H. SANDERS. 



UNIFORM QUARANTINE OF FOREIGN CATTLE. 



All cattle arriving from the infected countries of Europe should be 

 .subjected to an unvarying quarantine of ninety days after arrival at the 

 port of entrance. 



This quarantine should be in special yards or buildings erected or se- 

 lected for the purpose in a safe and suitable locality at the port of de- 

 barkation, and no quarantine should be allowed, under any consideration, 

 apart from these places or from the direct and constant control of the 

 Treasury Department. A small impost per head upon the animals may 

 give some return as interest on the money expended in the erection of 

 the necessary buildings. 



