The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-03
INJUSTICE TO TEXAS FROM
NAMING CATTLE DISEASES.
Texas Fever and Texas Itch Hereafter
to Be Known as Tick Fever and
Manee-SaIe5 at St. Louis.

The Kansas City Drovers Telegram de-
tends the good name OF the Lone Star State
against erroneous Impressions in the fol
lowing:
At last Justice IS to be done long-sufrer.
ing Texas. The proper name OF the Lone
star State Is no longer to be associated
with that dread cattle Infection long
known MS Texas fever. At the meeting at
Wichita this week OF the National asso-
citation Of live stock sanitary boards. after
some discussion. 1t was decided that too
long the star of the Southwest had borne
this blotch upon its bright surface. The
fever SO deadly TO cattle not immunized
against 1t, these experts declared, was mis-
named and thereby Texas had suffered Il
great wrong There was no more reason
why 1t should be called Texas fever than
why It should be called Spanish fever or
Mexican fever or Louisiana fever, or
some other kind of fever. The disease did
not originate In Texas. and is found only
In a comparatively small part of the cattle
growing area Of the State. The great
range country known as the Panhandle
has none Of this fever aud the Panhandle
Is synonymous with cattle growing on
gigantic scale And yet because this dis.
ease was some time in the past dubbed
Texas fever, the whole State has suffered
In the minds of the uniformed public.
This Is 10 joke. The mere fact that splen-
ettc fever or whatever one is OF q mind
10 call this disease. was named after the
State Of Texas has cost the cattlemen OF
the Lone Star state millions Of dollars.
There are plenty Of people In this country
who are tolernhly well Informed on topics
Ia general who will be surprised TO learn
that there are scores of counties In Texas
where cattle that do not have fever ticks
on them are grown. These dicks, seen
uhcally known as hoophius hovis transmit
the disease from one animal TO another,
from an immune 10 one that will contract
the disease and these ticks exist In many
states aud countries. Any one OF these
10 bear the odium Of the tick as Texas, and
vet for all these years the tick has been
associated with this one State
But this association Of years has been
u live stock sanitary boards has decreed
that henccforth ana forever the disease
sprt0d by the boOphilus bowls shall lie
designated rs ''tick fever" Tho man who
in the future refers to il as TeXas fever
is liable for the drinks right there on the
spot. Should he refer 70 Il as Texas fever
anywhere IN the Lone star State he would
s pc more liable liable 70 he q candidate for a
not Texas fever
While they were at It the live stock san.
lt3rI experts removed another patch from
Ing Lone star state's fair reputation. The
mango which afhicts cattle, horses. hogs,
dogs aud other animals. and which hqs
been hippantly or thought,eSsly referred To
as Texas Itch win hereafter be known
simply as mango. ANYBODY who dopsn
recognize Il by that name should INV =
dictionary or communicate with Colonel
Albert Dean, live stock agent In charge
~ Kansas city for tie bureau OF animal
industry. who can recognize fever tick
or mango parasite IN the dark But Tor
heavens sake drop the Texas itch Ditto
the leAas fever They are not now.