RULES FOR DISINFECTION OF STABLES.

In Case of Appearance of Contagious Diseases.
(TRUMBOWER.)

1. Have all loose litter, hay, and rubbish removed and burned.

2. Have all manure removed to land where cattle have no

access.

3. Have all feed-troughs, hay-racks and all woodwork thoroughly cleaned by washing with hot water in which two ounces of carbolic acid to each gallon of water are dissolved.

4. Thoroughly whitewash the whole of the interior of the building with a whitewash containing one pound of chloride of lime to each four gallons of water. Enough freshly burned quicklime should be added to make the wash show where applied. Especially should this be applied to the sides and front of the stalls, feed-troughs and hay-racks (inside and outside).

5. All rotten woodwork to be removed and burned, and replaced with new.

6. All buckets, forks, shovels, brooms, and other objects used about the stable to be washed and covered with the same solution.

7. All drains to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with a solution of chloride of lime, one pound to four gallons of water.

8. In cases of glanders, all harness, poles, and shafts of wagons, neck-yokes and pole-straps should be thoroughly washed with hot water and soap, and afterwards oiled with carbolized oil (one part of carbolic acid to ten of oil). Before applying the oil, harness should be hung up in the open air for one week.

REGULATIONS

FOR THE

GOVERNMENT

OF

Dairies and Dairy Farms in the District of Columbia.

SECTION 1.-No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which is not well lighted, ventilated, drained, and constructed.

SEC. 2. No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which is not provided with a suitable floor, laid with proper grades and channels to immediately carry off all drainage; and if a public sewer abuts the premises upon which such building is situated, they shall be connected therewith whenever, in the opinion of the health officer, such sewer connection is necessary.

SEC. 3.-No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which is not provided with good and sufficient feeding-troughs or boxes, and with a covered watertight receptacle, outside of the building, for the reception of dung and other refuse.

SEC. 4.-No water closet, privy, cesspool, urinal, inhabited room, or workshop shall be located within any building or shed used for stabling cows for dairy purposes, or for the storage of milk or cream, nor shall any fowl, hog, horse, sheep, or goat be kept in any room used for such purposes.

SEC. 5.—The space in buildings or sheds used for stabling cows shall not be less than five hundred cubic feet for each cow, and the stalls therefor shall not be less than four feet in width.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to keep such premises thoroughly clean and in good repair and well painted or whitewashed at all times.

SEC. 7.-It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to cause the building in which cows are kept to be thoroughly cleaned, and remove all dung from the premises so as to prevent its accumulation in great quantities.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of any person having charge or control of any premises upon which cows are kept to notify the health officer, in writing, of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among such cows, within twenty-four hours of the discovery thereof, and to thoroughly isolate any cow or cows affected or which may reasonably be believed to be infected, and to exercise such

other precautions as may be directed, in writing, by the health officer.

SEC. 9.-Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles made of non-absorbent materials, for the reception, storage, and delivery of milk, and shall cause them at all times to be cleansed and purified, and shall cause all milk to be removed without delay from the rooms in which the cows are kept.

SEC. 10.-Every person keeping cows for the production of milk for sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every day and to be properly fed and watered.

SEC. 11.-Every person using any premises for keeping cows shall cause the yard used in connection there with to be provided with a proper receptacle for drinking water for such cows; none but fresh, clean water to be used in such receptacle.

SEC. 12.-Any enclosure in which cows are kept shall be graded and drained so as to keep the surface reasonably dry and to prevent the accumulation of water therein, except as may be permitted for the purpose of supplying drinking water; no garbage, urine, fecal matter, or similar substances shall be placed or allowed to remain in such enclosure, and no open drain shall be allowed to run through it. SEC. 13.-These regulations shall apply to all premises upon which cow's milk is produced for sale.

SEC. 14.-That any person violating any of these regulations shall, on conviction in the police court of said district, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars for each and every offense, to be collected as other fines and penalties are collected.

Timothy 4 lbs., blue grass 3 lbs., redtop 2 lbs., orchard grass 2 lbs., meadow fescue 1 lb., tall oat grass I lb., meadow foxtail 1 lb., alsike clover 3 lbs., white clover 2 lbs., lucern (alfalfa) 2 lbs., yellow clover 1 lb., total 22 lbs.

And for the States east of Michigan and for the provinces of Canada eastward of Lake Huron:

Lucern (alfalfa) 5 lbs., orchard-grass 4 lbs., meadow fescue and alsike clover 3 lbs. each, tall oat grass, timothy, meadow foxtail, and white clover 2 lbs. each, yellow clover I lb.; total 24 lbs.