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before the sheep are placed therein. The dip shall be maintained 

 at a temperature of from 85 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and 

 the sheep shall be retained therein about one minute. The dipping 

 shall be done carefully and the sheep handled as humanely as pos- 

 sible. The Department disclaims responsibility for any loss or 

 damage resulting from the dipping. 



5. Placarding Cars. When, as hereinbefore provided, ex- 

 posed sheep or sheep of diseased bands are shipped interstate with- 

 out dipping for immediate slaughter, the proper officers of the 

 transportation company shall affix to both sides of each car a dur- 

 able placard not less than 6^ by 10 inches in size, on which shall 

 be printed with permanent black ink in bold-face letters not less 

 than 1% inches in height the words "Sheep for Slaughter Exposed 

 to Lip-and-Leg Ulceration." These placards shall also show the 

 name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of 

 the shipment (which must correspond with the date of the way- 

 bills and other papers), the name of the transportation company, 

 and the name of the place of destination. Each of the waybills, 

 conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading pertaining 

 to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words "Exposed 

 to Lip-and-Leg Ulceration" plainly written or stamped on its face. 



Whenever such shipment are transferred to another transpor- 

 tation company or into other cars or into other boats, or are re- 

 billed or reconsigned to a point other than the original destination, 

 tho cars into which said sheep are transferred and the new waybills, 

 conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading covering such 

 shipments by cars or boats shall be marked as herein specified for 

 cars first carrying said sheep and for the billing, etc., covering the 

 same. If for any reason the placards herein required are removed 

 from the car or are destroyed or rendered illegible, they shall be 

 immediately replaced by the transportation company or its agents, 

 the intention being that legible placards shall be maintained on the 

 cars from the time of shipment until they arrive at destination and 

 the disposition of the cars is indicated by an inspector of the Bu- 

 reau of Animal Industry. 



6. Disinfection. All public stock yards, feeding stations and 

 approaches, chutes, alleys, and pens thereof which have contained 

 diseased animals shall, before healthy or nonexposed animals for 

 interstate transportation are placed therein, be cleaned and disin- 

 fected as hereinafter provided. Failure to clean and disinfect said 

 places will subject them to quarantine. 



Cars and other vehicles, yards, pens, sheds, chutes, alleys, etc., 

 that have contained diseased sheep shall be cleaned and disinfected 

 in the following manner: Remove all litter and manure from all 

 portions of the cars, including the ledges and framework outside, 

 and from the posts, floors, and fences of yards, pens, sheds, chutes, 

 alleys, etc., and empty all troughs, racks, or other feeding or water- 

 ing facilities; then saturate the entire interior surface of the cars, 

 including the inner surface of the car doors, or the entire surface 

 of the fences, posts, floors, troughs, and racks of the yards, pens, 



