The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-10

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to cost about three hundred dollars.
The Chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry estimates the cost Of dipping
for ingredients of the dip, service and
incidental expenses at about one dol
lar per head when cattle are dipped by
the hundreds. In addition to the dip
ping charges the stockman must make
ordinary allowance for yardage, feed
ing, and other detention charges dur
ing and after the dipping. Thus the
| release of each animal from this State
is seen to be not less than n dollar
and a half whether the animal goes
directly for beef purposes or not.
There must be added to this the loss OF
a email percentage of cattle by death
as a result of the dipping which will
certainly fall upon n OF another
shipper if past experience in dipping
cattle in the West is any criterion.
The present depreciation of the values
of cattle in this State resulting from
the quarantine is probably from three
to five dollars per head. This is est
mated as the difference in prices re
ceived for these cattle in the cattle
markets outside of the quarantine
area. The present condition, moreover,
tends to keep the surplus within the
State and to keep prices Of beeves and
mich COWS at lowest notch during the
quarantine season-Jan. 1st to Nov.
18th, inclusive.
So it is evident that the new condl,
ton of affairs is somewhat OF an i'm
provement over the old in so far as the
shipment of cattle by rail is concerned
It has been granted by the United
States Department of Agriculture that
dipping watts may be established IN
Norfolk, Richmond and Lynchburg,
Virginia, the three railroad points
through which the bulk of North Caro-
lima cattle destined northWard by rail
or boat must go.
The vat at Norfolk, Va, is to be built
at the stock yards by the stock yard
company; that at Richmond by the
New Union Stock Yards Company,
located north of the city on the R. f.
and P. Railroad, and that at Lynch
burg, will probably be erected by the
Southern Railway Company for the
benefit of its patrons.
These three dipping vats practically
release the cattle from this State bu'
will probably not be in operation until
Feb. 1st or 18Th,
There has been no provision made
for releasing cattle on foot from the
uuarautined area east of the Blue Ridge
to the mountain counties Of this STATE
or Virginia, after Dec 1st. The prob
lem of securing any release If desired
is difficult under the present regula
tions.
Not only must special Federal IN
gpectCre be- appointed, but vats b.
erected. Whether conditions are favor
able for the cree ion of va s st a cos
of three hundred dollars and the film
of these with g certain OIL dip at al
6uu6u COS1 III bnlSO LULU AOAAG ~
LOCO gallons, used together with tn,
accompanying delays and charges, 81
this ia for the cattle men to determine
A single dipping station will no
readily accommodate all the mountain
{. gaps through which cattle are usual,
t driven to the mountains, and the nun
!. Der of stations must be eventually de
termined by the need of the traffic.
G It will be noticed, moreover, the
: the cattle are only released by the gov
ernment to places duly designated b.
an order issued from the United State
g Department of Agriculture, and ii
easily conceivable that not all places
the mountain counties would be ope
to dip cattle in view Of the still eXper
. mental stage of the dipping process.
refer more especially to those far
from which export cattle are annual
shipped to England, ana which it
e absolutely necessary to prevent inteC
o ton Of on account of detriment to a
export trade.
The dipping process is but a sorr
70 relief to the cattle industry Of tn
State.
y 1t will be noticed that the dips, an
in fact all of the quarantine restri
tons are aOl5iy directed against Gait
ticks, Boophilus boaiS and their r
moval. 1t is because theseIticks whe
b they get upon all cattle excepting calv,
d for the first time produce a very fat
y disease. Calves they disease, but {
Is not kill, and render immurle again
Of future attacks. Because CALVES becon
r immuniz2 ID they subse quehtly be-
~ ticks to maturity without, in most i