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as the inspector may direct. The yard, fence, and manure box shall 

 be freely sprinkled with a strong solution of chloride of lime. The 

 flooring of the shed shall be lifted and the whole shall be left open 

 to the air and unoccupied for three months. 



20. In case of the appearance of any contagious disease the infect- 

 ed herd shall be rigidly confined to its sheds, where disinfectants shall 

 be freely used, and the attendants shall be forbidden all intercourse 

 with the attendants in other yards, and with persons outside the quar- 

 antine grounds. 



J. STERLING MORTON, 



Secretary. 



The quarantine exacted from all sheei^ arriving from for- 

 eign countries excepting Canada reduces the danger of admission 

 of such disease as sheep-pox, rinde-pest, etc., to a minimum, 

 and the proof of the pudding being in the eating, it is only 

 sufficient to say that since such regulations have been in force no 

 outbreaks in the United States have occurred among sheep which 

 are traceable to the admission of foreign animals. 



The same precautions are exercised in the shipments of 

 sheep to foreign countries, notably England. All such animals 

 have to be carefully examined by a Government official at the 

 market where they are purchased. Thej are again inspected 

 before being loaded on the ship for transportation abroad. Great 

 care is taken that no animal showing the least sign of sickness is 

 permitted to be shipped. 



Sheep-scab is particularly guarded against. The sheep be- 

 fore shipment are submitted to a thorough dipping to insure their 

 being free from this troublesome affection These regulations 

 arc necessary owing to the fact that complaints have been made 

 against American sheep, claiming that they have been responsible 

 for outbreaks of contagious diseases in countries importing them, 

 notably England, it having been asserted that scab frequently 

 followed their entrance to that country. These complaints have 

 so prejudiced the authorities there, that at the present time ship- 

 ments of live stock are only iiermitted entry under the condition 



