Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-04-12
THE CATTlEMEN
They Have a Harmonius Meeting
YESTERDAY.

yesterday
The meeting of the Cattlemen of Ne.
vada and the California parties interested
in the same was called to order at
O'Clock by Governor Sadler. The Gov
ernor opened the meeting by reading the
dispatches from the Secretary of Agri-
culture, aud the letter from Governor
Budd and his answers to the various
communications received.
Mr.. George Nixon of Winnemucca
then nominated the Governor as perma-
nent Chairman. and he was elected, with
Private Secretary Kelly as Secretary OF
the meeting.
h room was crowded with people
interested in the cattle business in both
States and the greatest interest was man
ifested by all hands.
There were also several Government
cattle inspectors. In order to show the
great danger of allowing infected cattle
to come into Nevada, the following let
tiers were read by the Secretary, throwing
light on the dreaded cattle tick:
A DIEGO, Cal. Feb. II, 1898.
Mr.. E H. BAILEY, Berkeley. Cal.
DEAR SIR:-Yours of the 9th at hand
1t reveals to me that you are the Mr..
bayley of ModOc county, Cal, Manager
Of the Modoc Land Il Livestock Co. of
that coanty whom l met at Reno. Ne
a while making inspections of stock
coming from Modoc, Lassen, Plumas,
and Sierra counties, California. enroute to
other parts of the country
l concede from your letter that Won
would like to take cattle from the in
fected area. Tor district of California TO
Lassen or NOdoc counties. California. if
IL cohlo be done without danger of in
fectlng the native cattle in those conn
ties, and you quote me as saving. the
tick was never found at an elevation of
1900 feet. You put this a little stronger
than the facts will warrant. I said that
the cattle tick (~Boophilus Bowls was not
indigenous 10 that section of North
Eastern California, lying East of the
Sierra Nevada range. because the elava-
tlon being over 1000 feet, they would not
survive the extreme cold winters that
usually prevailed in that section.
This does not mean or imply that they
Will not live and thrive in that section
during the more moderate portions of
the year, if once taken there on cattle and
DO untold damage to the cattle industry
before the cold weather of the following
winter would destroy them.
If you have any desire to wish TO take
cattle from the infected area Tor DISTRICT
of California to Modoc and other counties
IN Northeastern Cal, east of the Sierr,
rah@e. You should abandon it at once.
ist. You can't afford to take any chances
IN Jeopardlzlng the cattle industry of that
sectlon, endangering our own interests
ana hat OF every one else in that section.
Ihd. 1t IS not likely that the Depart
iient would permit you or anyone TO
take cattle from the infected area (or Dis
trlct) to any section they are trying to
protect from infection. The Department
Is OF the opinion hat certain portions of
are free from the cattle tick
tBoophilus Bowls and have bv printed
regulations and maps plainly indicated
what they consider to be safe and the in
1scted areas. The whole cattle interest of
California should assist the Department
IN carrying out the idtent or spirit of the
regulations by cheerfully complying
with the requirements of the regulations
issued by the Department, that the fur
Their spread of the cattle tick Boopbilus
BOWS may be stopped. s
Yours Respectfully. {
w. f. Hill. l
San Diego. Cal, February 1898. {
MR.. GEO. II. BAYLEY, BerkIev. Cal. l
Dear Slr:-1Our letter of the 18th is at
and | note the question asked l
therein. See note at close Of COPY. If |
fully understood the life history of '
ne cattle tick (Boophilus Bovis.0 '
mink you would hardly have asked the [
question:, because you could have an $
'"ered IT IN the negative yourself. When '
he young tick is first Matched it is so t
'ery small it is almost impossible TO see i
[ with the naked eye, or find it on an t
'nlmal. While it remains so small. n
it would be almost impossible il
o determine TO Il certainty, even Nv in e
pectlOn, as to where or not these sn,ou
icks were on an animal. When these t
lckS hrst get onto an animal. thew crawl u
n unier the hair next the skin hnra 81
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