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...Authorized an investigation (which was immediately undertaken) to discover "diploma mills" and "fraudulently made" physicians. ¶ Passed a bill appropriating 251,000 to reimburse Texas cattlemen for the loss of 4,300 tick-infested steers "negligently dipped" by the Department of Agriculture...
...Agriculture, provides cattle dipping vats in regions which are infested with what is known as the "fever-tick." To prevent spread of the disease cattle-raisers are required to "dip" their stock. The penalty for failure to do so is arrest and a fine. In parts of the South cattlemen object to this regulation. Rounding up cattle to have them dipped is a nuisance. The stockmen also claim that some of their cattle are injured by plunging through the vats and others by swallowing the disinfectant...