The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
DIPPING EXPERIMENTS.
The Tests nt Fort Worth Were n
SuCcene.

Fort Worth. Texas. August es. From
time 10 time mention has been made OF
the fact that DR.. Victor A. Norgaard,
chief OF the bureau of animal pathology
In the department Of animal industry at
Washington, was here experimenting with
n view to finding some means by which
the Texas fevcr-giv.ng ticks might be re-
moved from cattle without detrImcht 70
the same. For some weeks this work has
steadily progressed Al times those at tho
head of III after failures would almost be-
come discouraged and be ready to give up,
Perseverance was the rule, however and
nj last It can be said with reasonable Ger.
tainty lint success has been achieved,
That the ticks could be killed was early
demonstrated In the work. bu, how TO do
IL at once without injury 10 the animal
and at a reasonable cost was the ques-
ton Monday evening OF this week, after
additional pens have been constructed,
new solution, the nature OF which VIII not
al present bo divnlged, was put IN IN"
large vat and twenty-seveil head u the
worst ck-infectcd cattle seen here 10
date were put through IT, To Tho sur
prise OF many, the cattle had no sooner
gone through II and on TO the drip BOARD
before a perfect rain of ticks began fall
ing TO the floor. AT once the conntenahoes
of DR. Norgaard. Colonel W. II. Skinner
and Others lighted up ana II WAS plainly
evident tnat something Hhu uUppNu'
These cattle wre then placed IN new pens
where they have been closely watched 4
In just seventeen hours nfter taking tho
bath moi even the scmblpnec OF Aok
was TO be found about them and again,
to render IN nas more gratifying, the AMI
mBs did not appear 10 have been IN any
wise Injured, The eyes. nortfllh ana tkln
OF the cattle dipped present a decided
ly healthy appearance. Other patches OF
cattle have been run through this Solu-
tion with results equally Rratifyiug While
DIR. Norgaard VIII not authorize an M
terview al this time. stan II IL well
known fact that he thinks the nrst and
most important step IN connection with
til matter has been taken and that only
MINOR details remain Tor compilation. an
official announcement may now be looked
for any day, Cattiemcn who have notM
the rcsults achieved speak most hopefully
and are candid enough 10 ndfnit that sue
fever problem has not already been
solved, There ~ no doubt but that the
last solution tried Is death 10 the ticks
and that. too, right speedily, y y tho
desire TO be absolutely certain that i'm
pels DR. Norgaard TO refrain from making
official utterances at this timo. II h I'M
derstood that the solution used ana bring
ing such gratifying results In q combinD-
tlon Of certain properties proposed aud TO
which an addition, tho huggceton fof DR.
Norgaard. was added There are reasons
for the withholding Of the ingredients Of
this dip for the present.
THAT the ticks are now readily removed
and that. too. without apparent injury to
cattle. is an evident fact JAist the next
step to be taken ie not officially given out
as yet. II the original intention IL car
rled out these cattle VIII now he shipped
10 Kansas and placed with natives. where
all doubts In the promises mHy be set at
rest by actual contact and tests.
Considerable enthusiasm exists at the
stocks yards and among cattlemcn here.
all earnestly. believing as they do that n
great step forward, so far rs the i've
stock industry Is concerned. has been
made.