CHAPTEE XXII. 



DISINFECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES. 



Disinfection of Stables is a very important subject for 

 the stockman to understand, as he can by this means do 

 more to limit and stamp out contagious diseases than by 

 any other method. Carbolic acid, bichloride of mer- 

 cury (corrosive sublimate), chloride of zinc, and numer- 

 ous other antiseptics, including creolin, chloronaphtho- 

 leum, germol, zenoleum may be used for this purpose. 

 Empty the stables, then burn up all bedding used in the 

 infected barn . Sprinkle the floors with sawdust which has 

 been soaked with a ten per cent, solution of carbolic acid, or 

 a 1.1000 solution of corrosive sublimate, letting it remain 

 for twenty-four hours, then rake up and place with the 

 manure. Sprinkle the floor with chloride of lime or 

 some of the antiseptics mentioned; flush out the drains 

 with the same antiseptics. Take a ten per cent, solu- 

 tion of hot soft soap and water and scrub out stalls, man- 

 gers, feed boxes, etc., when dry use a knapsack sprayer 

 and apply hot carbolic whitewash (crude carbolic enough 

 to make a three to five per cent, solution) over the walls 

 and ceiling. Sulphur is sometimes burned in stables, for 

 which purpose one pound of sulphur is needed to every 

 thousand cubic feet. 



Harness should be washed with a hot soap solution 

 and oiled afterward. Disinfection is rendered much 

 easier if the floors of the stables are of cement and the 



