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Chlorid of lime, U. S. P. strength (30 per cent avail- 

 able ehlorin), 1 pound to 3 gallons of water. 



Formaldehyde, 1 quart 40 per cent solution to 5 gal- 

 lons of water. 



A 8 per cent solution of cresol compound, U. S. P., or 

 accepted substitute therefor, containing at least 50 per 

 cent cresylic acid. 



All stable utensils should be thoroughly cleaned and 

 disinfected by the application of a solution of one of the 

 above disinfectants. The manure should be burned or 

 disinfected and spread over ground (other than meadow 

 land) that is to be turned under. No other cattle should 

 be purchased for at least sixty days after the complete 

 disinfection of the premises. 



The success in eradicating the disease by combined 

 quarantine, slaughter, and disinfection, as practiced in 

 the United States, Denmark, Great Britain, and a few 

 other countries, demonstrates in a striking manner the 

 efficacy of slaughtering and the futility of relying upon 

 quarantine alone in stamping out the disease. 



Inoculation has been adopted in some countries in 

 order to have the disease spread quickly through the 

 herds, and while this practice has undoubted value 

 where the disease is indigenous, it is not desirable in 

 this country and should not be adopted. 



As a rule medical treatment with a view to curing 

 affected animals is not to be recommended under con- 

 ditions prevailing in the United States, where the dis- 

 ease has not become established, and the first object is to 

 stamp it out as quickly as possible. Even though most 

 animals would recover, with or without treatment, it 

 would be practically impossible, while they were being 

 held for recovery, to prevent the spread of the infection 

 to others. The disease would be likely to spread faster 



