Show TO MANAGERS A Of SHEARING GOR CORRALS RALS Office of State Board of Agriculture ltd I Salt Lake Cit City Utah April 10 1924 To managers of shearing corrals b fr Dear sir Sll j 1 is Due to th continued existence of j i foot loot and mouth disease in California f I- I with a danger of its possible intro jI into Utah and the tremendous results that would follow the state board of agriculture feels justified and compelled to use every i lion to safe guard Utah No men Una un Un- t a how serious this is better bette than you sheep men the cattlemen cattle men t and nd the hog grower gro If it should i start tart ni lIi any part of ol Utah it would voul t ruin rub every livestock man within the 1 state tate It would shut up our wool I lambs Jambs beef hogs and cut down vallies val r. t lies ues 11 S in everything else and make deU de de- U R nande upon the state for control am and F i. i eradication measures that would well wellI I e to meet s With a rich state eUte like California with great available wealth and with the Government fo Lo the United States cooperating backed with better than Federal Funds and more than han this amount from the state tate they I have not been able to prevent its spread It is covered over a wider area there now than at any time since its existence HOW DOES IT SPREAD We do not know they do not know but they believe it is likely carried by human beings We went ment of livestock agricultural and can cam quarantine and control the move other products but who can follow a manin his travels in and out of California California California Cal Cal- moving mo night and day dayl He Ile Ilemay may be a farm hand or sheep heep shearer or common tramp or stock buyer or anyone anone else who has bAs been in Califor Califor- nia He should for your safety and the safety of Utah disinfect himself I or be disinfected In the drastic proposal we are submitting submitting sub sub- mittin to Y you you U we want you to Understand Understand understand Un Un- the motive j it is to protect the he livestock industry of Utah that we are asking you to cooperate inthis in inthis inthis this requirement and to make it cerain certain certain tain ain every plant shall cooperate we weare weare weare are making this order Each and every shearing plant within the borders of the state of Utah is hereby required to provide a disinfecting outfit hereinafter described de de- scribed so lO as to legally disinfect al all sheep heep and all sheep shearing shearin before opening the plant for or sheep shearing hearing operations and plants Hants will not be permitted to open until given a certificate from the sate ate board of agriculture certifying that hat they have complied with the above bove order The state board of agriculture ag- ag will furnish inspectors to required is one rubber cape for per per- onal Bonal formaldehyde one ounce for each person disinfected 32 32 ounces equals one quart and 2 drams drama rams potassium t teach to toach each ach person disinfected tul ful ul for each person 10 ounces potassium potassium pot- pot to one quart of f formaldehyde and 2 tablets of chloride bi-chloride of mercury to a basin of water for sponging shoes and immersing immersing immersing im im- machines Five to eight minutes minutes min- min utes tes are required for proper Very truly yours STATE BOARD BOAR OF AGRICULTURE I |