Important to Stockowners.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 September 1890, Page 2

Important to Stockowners.

We are indebted to Mr Munro, the GoYermr.ent Sheep Inspector, for the following useful information : — It is very da - sirable that those interested in itoek should perus* the new Sheep and Cattle cts just past, tho former of which is now in force, the Cattle Act coming into operation on the Ist of January next. Among the new provisions of the Sheep >ot may be noticed the annual return of sheep is to be made a month earlier. The possession of infected cheep is dealt with in a different manner than by the Act of 1878. The clauses affecting sheep int'ected with lice are moat important, as by section 50 if any owner of sheep infected with lice allows his sheep to stray upon a neighbour, or drives them along a highway he is liable to a minimum ppnalty of £1 for every day they are 80 driven or suffered to stray ; and, by section 51, if sheep infected with lice are offered for sale in a private yard they are liable to a penalty as if offered in a public saleyavd. Section 66 provides that notice must be given to all neighbours previously to mustering for nearly any purpose, and also it assists persons to recover stray sheep from neighbours Section 69 provides that all sheep must be wool-branded at once after shearing before they leave the wool shed. Section! 72, 73, and 74 relate to ear-marking sheep, but they do not take effect until an Order in Council to that effect is issued on the petition of the majority of the owners of sheep in any district or subdivision of a district, ihe Cattle ct, 1890, comes into forca on Ist January next. Section 6 enforces a cattle notice to be given before driving a herd of cattle across a run or a hundred or a commonage. Section 8 treats as to destroying deceased cattle found in public yards or auction yards, and section 9 empowers an inspector to require any owner to destroy any deceased cattle he may have. Sections 10, 11, and 12 enact that pigs are not to be fed with the carcases of any deceased cattle. That the carcases of any dead cattle or horses must be burned or buried if within half a mile of a road under a penalty of not lesß than 10s : also, that no dead carcases be thrown into any water under a penalty of not less than £5. .section 18 provides that if any person interested not prosecuting the inspector is hereby required to prosecute for any fines or penalties incurred Hy any breach of this Aot.— Wanganui Chronicle.