The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-22
OKLAHOMA
GINSENG
CULTURE
Experiment Station Sends
Out Valuable Information
ON TEXAS FEVER ALSO
No Remedy for 1t but a Simple
Preventive.

Guthrie, o. :. August H.-The expert
ment station at Saltwater MS issued the
following bulletin:
The culture OF ginseng was attempted
at the Agricultural Experiment station
at Saltwater this spring. The plant re-
quires a most soil and climate and pien-
" Of shade. This season has been as
close to that description as n Oklahoma
spring is liable TO be. The plat selected
| for the work is on the north side OF
grove OF shade trees and the soil was
placed in the very best condition for
the crop. Good germinated seeds were
planted April 1, 1902, and in due time
good stand of young plants came up. The
bed was mulched and given all the at
tention and care that could improve the
conditions surrounding the plants on
| June 18th most OF the plants showed
lack Of vigor and on July I'D all the
| plants were dead.
The frequent inquiries received in re-
gard to Texs fever makes it necessary
! to review in a brief wy the essential
! features of the disease as we'll as the
| general plan that may be adopted by
anyone TO prevent the disease. or TO
stop it. il it has already appeared.
There are a few people who doubt the
tick theory of Texas fever. For the
benefit of the few 1t may be said that
there is no disease of mn or animals
| more thoroughly worked out OF better
understood than Texas fever Of cattle
The Bureau Of Animal Industry began
working on this question in 1883. and the
results of a great many experiments
proved that the tick carried the disease
to susceptible animals Since this time
every experiment station, where the
question was of any importance, has
done work along similar lines and always
| with the same results-that the tick is
/ the means Of transmitting the disease.
/ No one ever saw an outbreak of Texas
! fever without the presence OF ticks. The
/ old theories in regard to Texas fever
/ have been completely disprOven. The
/ idea that southern cattle with sore feet
! or that saliva from these cattle was
the means of spreading the disease has
been entirely disproven. At one time
some claimed that bacteria were the
| cause of the disease. but all of these
theories have been disproven by expert
| menting with the tick The fever can
be given TO susceptible cattle by plac
ing young ticks on them or the disease
can be transmitted by inocuiating cattle
with blood from a southern animal At
ter cattle have become infected with the
disease the infection remains in the blood
for an indefinite length of time, probably
during the life of the animal.
While the tick is the carrier Of the dis 4
ease the fever is caused by a smsi or
& I'D fs,ro ami
nal by the tick. This small organism.
when is the actual cause of the disease
processes in the animal lives IN and de-
stroys the blood corpuscles. This action
on the blood is the cause Of the extreme
weakness OF the sick animal. as well as
the noticeable changes seen in the post /
mortem examination OF Texas fever
cases. The disease affects the blood more /
than any other part of the body
Recently some ticks that had been Sc
cured from cattle that had the fever \
were brought To the veterinary labora-
tory. These ticks were placed in the lab /
oratory and began laying eggs in two 4
days and in twenty days after The nrst 1
eggs were laid young ticks were hatch /
ing ont. These young ticks hatched In /
the laboratory are capable of giving I
Texas fever to cattle that are not ac-
custonaed to ticks. such an experiment 4
has been made so often that there is
no question as 10 what the results viii
be.
There have many inquiries IN regard
"a Texas fever from the Eiowa and Co
rnanche country since its sediment
Many cattle were taken from western Ok
lshoroa and other localities where there
vas no infection and were brought IN
contact with Infection IN the new coun-
trv This has resulted 81 great many
cases Of fever. A number have sent TICKS
70 the experiment station at saltwater
to have them Identified
The Symptoms Of Texas fever are usn-
ally characteristics but other conditions
may give similar symptoms When the
disease appears among mafurec cattle
there win always be some loss post
nnorfsn1 examination viii show IN gen
eral way the following conditions ne
ffVer is usually enlarged. soft ard mqt-
tied in appearance: the gali bladder is
a1vavs flied with a thick. sranuiar nile
and the spleen is larger than normal
soft and very black. Tire bladder may
contain bloody urine. II the animal Ives
several DAYS after tbs fever hesins,
bloody urine may be passed ard the 0iad-
der viii be found nllsd with the same
material
While there Is no speciae remedy for
Texas fever tn the way "a a cure there
ia no disease 80 easily stoppef or "iih
which one can work with any more 50
euranre u success u it is handed in tne
risht way = there are nc ticks on the
cattle there wiH he no fever and = the
disease = among the catt4c 8; viA sf'p
as soon as thc cattle are tfo-oaFaig
cieansea % ticks To eouutsrsef the iign
fever accar1paayinT ths disease it Sc rec
e=sefr O. give sornetkiuE 60 rf1rce shs
fever ard keep ths bovels opea- sziis Z
81 ore ~ tro pound does. Tegas aste1 y
recesssry. VII - erecsfvs. aHy rfs sse-
- rsw linsaee Oh or lard rey - rsss
Green feed. saeh ss corn is god =
keep cattle ln cor1itisn- ~ ire hTzt ~ {
dicailo1 q feve- ,he easfse sll1ri1 e
s4rea su the greer ffc1 they Ts1t a'a
everysns gone over carf<usiT 70 remove 3
al Il .he i.cks This = rhefs - r1enF =
far RI handling The disease Ihs SIX
animals saould - do<fr-s1. but - the