The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-20
TICKS AND TEXAS CATTLE.
interesting Report on the Subject From
Uncle Jerry RuSk.
MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION.
The Regents End Their Labor OF Love-The
Tobacco Rebate Claims-w Washington
Notes OF Interest.

WASHINGTON. d. c., May 19.-[Specal !
The annual report of the Secretary Of Agri-
culture among other features Of interest con-
tains chapter entitled The Relation Of
ticks TO Texas Cattle Fever" 1t states that
while the investigations into the nature Of
this disease were going ON other equally i'm
portant work was being carried on at the ex-
pertinent station on the external characters Of
the disease. The report proceeds to state
that the southern cattle, in warm weather,
bring with them to the north the cattle tick.
These ticks are carried north with
cattle during warm weather and When
fully matured they drop of from the
southern cattle lay their eggs on the ground
and perish The young ticks are Matched
within fifteen 10 thirty days after the eggs are
lald and at once get upon the cattle. where
they become mature within twenty TO thirty
days TO again drop of. lay their eggs and dle;
This process goes on continually until cold
weather II has been suggested thatth ticks
were the cause OF Texas leFer 10 Northern cat
tie. ms inference proceeds from tie TACT
that nearly all the cattle that die OF J eNas
fever have these ticks attached to their skin.
PREVENT THE INFrsTNG or TICKS.
The experiment of the most interest 10 The
South, and particularly oi Importance 10 n
gina and North Carolina, Is detailed IN the
following paragraph:
During the summer of 1889 DR.. +. l.. Kill
burn. in arranging the various enclosures at
the experiment station for the exposure of na-
tive cattle 10 the infection of Texas fever,
conceived the happy idea Of testing THIS popu-
lar theory of the relation Of the ticks - the
diseases. This he did 10y placing southern
North Carolina cattle with native cattle IN
the same enclosure and picking the ticks
& o. ul y
grown large enough % be detected on the
skin. This prevented amy ticks from ma
turing and injecting the pasture with the
eggs. and hence prevented any ticks from N
Testing native cattle subsequently,. At the
same time Iu another inclOsure the ticks were
left on the Southern cattle. The natives IN
the latter field died OF Texas fever, those IN
the former did not show any signs Of the
disease"
Other experiments based upon the same
line were equally successful, which goes 10
show that Southern farmers can protect their
cattle from the dreaded Texas fever 10y eliml-
mating the ticks.
THE TOBACCO REBATE CLAIMS.
The TINES correspondent called Mt the
Treasury Department to-day and made FUR
ther inquiries as 10 the payment of the tobacco
rebate claims. So far as Virginia is concern
ed nearly all the claims have been paid. Not
Il single draft as yet has been sent 10 Mary
land, as the collector of that State wa ldla-
tory in fOrwardngcla The commissioner
SAID that IN about four weeks the ilnal settle
ment would be made with Virginia by the
transmission of the last draft 70 settle claim
from that State.
THEIR LABOR or LOVE ENDED.
The Mount Vernon regents have concluded
their business after making arrangements for
improvements that will maintain the home of
the father Of this country.
If anything in this progressive ago were
needed 20 demonstrate the business capacity
of women 10 hold their own with the sterner
sex. the manner in which these ladies have
built up Mount Vernon from q dllapidated
place 10 one of the most beautiful and attrac-
tive resorts iu the country would be enough.
The lady managers have made Mount Vernon
actually the Mecca of all American patriots.
OCEAN STEAMER PosroFFIcfs
One of the Postmaster Generals first inqui-
ries upon bis return from the West related to
the development Of ocean steamer pOstOtilces.
He found theat there are IN success
ful OperatiOu ten of these Beginning
with the arrival Of the Havel on the
9Th of April there have been fourteen inward
trips made from Bremen and Hamburg d
New York. There have been brought on
these trips 100000 unregistered and over
10000 registered letters, besides a large
amount OF printed matter. This mail was
itllNtlN
the addresses ln New York or 20 the railroad
postal Offices running in every direction out
Of New York. The time gained in
getting tins correspondence 10 the adj
dresses in the case of that addressed %
parties in New York city is at least SIX hours.
while in the case Of correspondence addressed
to distant parts of the country there Is q gain
in some instances of nearly two days
There has been q constant Improvement,
the Postmaster-Generals says, lnthe thorough
ness with which these ocean mails are worked
until now very little mail reaches New York,
which Is not ready for immediate dispatch.
CAPITAL NOTES.
I'm Virginia "a postollice has been estab-
lished at AlVah Henry county with Alyah
Stone postmaster.
Tie postofice at Nauck. Alexandria county,
has been discontinued. Mail 20 Crlins.
Special postal seryiceto Chase, Ashecounty.
n. c.. has been discontinued because the
uOstofiice there has been abolished.