Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1904 — WOULD AVOID DIPPING CATTLE. [ARTICLE]

WOULD AVOID DIPPING CATTLE.

Delegation Petitions President and Secretary of Agriculture. By an order promulgated in March by the Secretary of Agriculture, it is required that all cattle west of the Mississippi river intended for shipment should be “dipped” in a preparation prescribed by the department for the purpose of absolutely exterminating the skin disorder known as the mange, which has existed to a limited extent for many years in that section. As it has been found impossible to make necessary preparations and round up and dip the cattle within the limited time allowed, numerous petitions have reached the department praying for a relaxation of the order. The other day a delegation appeared before the Secretary of Agriculture, and later called on the President, requesting that the order be so modified as to obviate the dipping of beef cattle before shipment and in lieu thereof to institute rigid government inspection at the point of shipment before the cattle are loaded on the cars.