226 SHEEP DISEASES. 



cial disinfection. The permitted saponified cresol solution 

 shall be used at a dilution of at least 4 ounces of the solution 

 to 1 gallon of water. 



It is further ordered that the regulations hereinbefore speci- 

 fied be, and the same are, modified and amended to permit 

 the use of substances for disinfecting infectious cars, boats, 

 other vehicles, and premises, as follows: 



Compound solution of cresol U. S. P., or a specifically per- 

 mitted brand of "saponified cresol solution," at a dilution of 

 at least 4 fluid ounces to 1 gallon of water, or liquefied phenol 

 U. S. P. (liquefied carbolic acid) at a dilution of at least 6 

 fluid ounces to 1 gallon of water, without the addition of lime 

 to show where the solution has been applied. Chlorid of lime 

 U. S. P. (strength, 30 per cent available chlorin). This chlorid 

 of lime solution to be used at a dilution of 1 pound of chlorid 

 of lime to 3 gallons of water. 



Amendment 5 to B. A. I. Order 210, dated September 17, 

 1915, shall cease to be effective February 1, 1916, on and after 

 which date this amendment, which for the purpose of identi- 

 fication is designated as Amendment 6 to B. A. I. Order 210, 

 shall be effective. 



Done at Washington this 20th day of January, 1916. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture. 



SECTION 5. Paragraph 1. The dips at present permitted by 

 the department for the treatment, under official supervision, 

 of sheep affected with or exposed to scabies are as follows: 



Lime-sulphur dip made in the proportion of 8 pounds of 

 unslaked lime (or 11 pounds of commercial hydrated lime 

 not air-slaked lime) and 24 pounds of flowers of sulphur or 

 sulphur flour to 100 gallons of water. 



Nicotin dip containing not less than five one-hundredths 

 of 1 per cent of nicotin, provided there is added thereto to 

 prevent reinfection 2 per cent of flowers of sulphur or sulphur 

 flour. 



The dipping bath should be used at a temperature of 100 

 to 105 F., and must at all times be maintained at a strength 

 of not less than l l / 2 per cent of "sulphid sulphur" in the case 

 of the lime-sulphur dip, and not less than five one-hundredths 

 of 1 per cent of nicotin in the case of the nicotin dip as in- 

 dicated by the field tests for such baths approved by the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry. 



This amendment, which for the purpose of identification is 

 designated as Amendment 4 to B. A. I. Order 210, shall be 

 effective on and after March 1, 1915. 



Done at Washington this 20th day of February, 1915. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture. 



