Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-06
Items ON Cattle.

regulations of the State and
National government, and know.
ing the possibilities OF relief, /
nm prompted to speak to them on
this matter. Other, and neighbor-
ing counties OF this State have
been in our condition but from
persistent efforts they have been
relieved of an embarrassment that
now beclo1ds one of our best in.
dustries, the cattle business. So
far as I have been able to learn,
we have had but q few cases of
murrain, or Texas fever, in this
county and there are but few
ticks. This shows the cattle TO
be unusually healthy this season
and with an effort we might do
away with murrain in this county
and bring her above the quaran'
tine line and thus be relieved of
one of the greatest drawbacks
that the county now has. The
cattle industry Of Hardin county
| is and should, from different rea.
sons, be one of our leading enter.
prises. The Typographical con.
ditions are such that every man,
however poor he may be, has ad.
vantages for raising cattle. The
broad acres that lie unfenced and
subject to every mans right,
Through which many pretty
streams of water flow, and on the
laps of which no finer pastures
can be found any where. Yes,
Hardin county has a thousand
hills upon which cattle may roam
undisturbed and to every mans
profit. Many of our citizens avail
themselves of these advantages
but the discrimination of quarin.
| tine comes in and ruins their prof.
it. They allow a few ticks, and
q very few it is this year, to get on
their cattle which, when shipped
to market, places them in the
quarantine pens and knocks off
from their value, from one cent
to two cents per pound. Now if
we would stop to calculate for
one minute and see that 1t costs
to carry q few Texas ticks to
market on an OK that would weigh
1000 pounds from $1,000 to
$4,000, we can see what our loss.
es are by being below the guar.
antine line. Now, are we ready
to make an effOrts If so, we have
the promises of the Commission.
or of Agriculture and State Live
Stock Inspector that they will
assist us in every way possible
for them to, and they think, after
q recent review of the situation
here, that it will be but little
trouble and of great benefit to
our people. But it will take an
united effort of all the cattle
growing people of the county
We must get the ticks off OF our
cattle and get the proper authori'
ties to inspect them and recon-
7 mend that our county be placed
: above the quarantine line, which
will be done. We have a law
passed by the Legislature Of 1901
under which local action can be
forced upon the people when il
becomes necessary, and by the
, means of which, and the scarcity
7 Of ticks this season in this county
/, we can easily stamp out, this fall
|, season what is known as Splenetic
or Texas fever, which is to us
. murrain, and when this is done
;. we can ship cattle at any time III
the year without their going into
quarantine pens and a forced salt
placed upon us at such prices al
we can get from discriminating
!. buyers, whereas now it is thu
!. case that we have only about six
ty days in the year that we cal
> ship without being effected b!
= quarantine. Giles county wa
g once placed in our condition bu
Q by the proper efforts she is abov'
the line.
Now az q member of the BOart
of Health / am ready and viii
o take hold of this matter and Sc,
:. what we can do with it. w
8 need a County Inspector and Il
!, 20 to work at once butthe healtl
& officers will wait in this matter u
!. hear from the people, who vii
|. be first to speak out.
{ JOHN T. HARDIN.
Aupust. 26. 1901,