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that, with boiling water and soft soap or washing soda, a solution 

 of bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate), 1 to 1,000 parts 

 of water, should be applied with a whitewash brush and poured 

 over the floors (corrosive sublimate should be used in wooden ves- 

 sels, as it corrodes metal ones). 



After applying the corrosive sublimate, the ceilings, walls, par- 

 titions, mangers, etc., should again be washed and gone over with 

 warm, freshly made whitewash ; a half pound of chloride of lime 

 to the gallon of whitewash is an addition that may make it more 

 effective. Fumigating with sulphur or chloride gas is not of any 

 great value in ordinary stables. 



In using corrosive sublimate, it must be borne in mind that it 

 is a dangerous poison, and mangers and partitions should be care- 

 fully washed after applying this mixture, and then again scalded 

 or whitewashed. 



If at a season of the year when the animals can be turned out, 

 the stables should be left vacant for some time, with doors and 

 windows open. 



Six months after the first test the herd should again be tested 

 and undergo a careful physical examination, so as to be certain 

 that no diseased animals have been overlooked, and the barns 

 should again be thoroughly disinfected. 



Great care should also be taken that all animals have been tested 

 before their introduction to the herd. 



It would appear, from the report of the inspector, that this 

 work needed to be looked after. It will be noticed that, out 

 of over 700 barns visited, only 59 had been cleansed and dis- 

 infected satisfactorily at the first visit ; on the second visit the 

 figures were reversed, and instead of 397 filthy barns there 

 were only 43. The work is summed up as follows : — 



The general law under which the inspectors are appointed 

 further provides, under section 20, chapter 491 of the Acts 

 of 1894, as amended by section 6 of chapter 496 of the 

 Acts of 1895, that "inspectors must be present at all 



