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Southern individual in our climate, during which they are dan¬ 
gerous. The exact duration awaits demonstration. 
11. It is idle and foolish to argue, as some people of Texas 
have done, and to my astonishment, as some reputable newspapers 
of Missouri have taken up, that there is no such thing as “ Texas 
fever, or u Spanish fever,” or “splenic fever.” Any man who 
has had any experience with that malady in his herd can, if he 
will be truthful and sincere, reduce such childish talk to insig¬ 
nificance. 
Now, the above facts being known, the people should not neg¬ 
lect to apply the regulations that are thereby rendered obvious. 
For instance: 
1. Be always, under any circumstances, most cautious in put¬ 
ting branded cattle among native stock, for they may have come 
recently from regions where the germs of Texas fever exist; in 
fact, it is safer to avoid this practice entirely in summer months. 
2. Never import Southern cattle among natives between at 
least the first of March and first of December. 
3. Cars for shipment of native cattle—during these months 
especially—-can never be too thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. 
In fact, it would pay always to scrub the cars well and then 
sprinkle thoroughly , or better, immerse repeatedly the car floor 
and walls with a solution of corrosive sublimate, one part to a 
thousand of water. It is cheap, and if applied in cars in a local¬ 
ity where there is no grass, no well, no running stream or drink¬ 
ing water, and if the disinfected article be allowed to dry, it is 
entirely safe. It may be safe with less precaution. 
4. Stock yards, pens, alley-ways in public stock markets, 
should be so arranged that Southern and native cattle may be 
kept separate and never trample the same grounds, for it is im¬ 
possible to disinfect sufficiently the stock pens of public markets. 
They should, therefore, be divided into two sections, one for each 
class of stock. 
5. Southern cattle should not be allowed on the highways or 
ranges during the months alluded to. In counties where there 
exists a stock law, this point is less important, and yet it would 
avoid damage even there, 
