The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-23

liberal and generous to give us what was
already ours as you all know that the
Department of Agriculture is maintained
solely by the tonnage tax on fertilizers,
and the farmers pay every cent of it.
thought to refuse TO give us the appro-
priation was bad treatment, but they
even did us worse than that. They con
fiscated annually ten thousand dollars of
the funds of the Department and appro-
priated it to maintain the A. and NJ Col
lege, when over two-thirds of the boys
there are taking the mechanical and tex
tile courses. Are we to continue to sub
NIT quietly to this treatment? | for one
do not think So We should stand to-
gether, organize our forces, and make such
demands as are right and legitimate and
never yield until they are granted"
PROF. TAFT BUTLER.
Prof. TAFT Butler. the State veterina-
ran, followed Mr.. Daughtridge in talk
on The Cattle Tick
He showed that the presence of the
cattle tick and the quarantining of all
those Southern States where the tick ex-
lists have caused loss of one-half a
cent pound on all the beef sold. and a
loss OF 100000 year for the counties
east of the Blue Ridge.
The damage done by Texas fever. Prot.
Butler next showed. amounted to iron,
fifty to seventy-five thousand collars
year. This probably causes as much loss
as all other diseases combined in the
summer months
Still another fact was dwelt upon, the
fhof ha fIolx -
kills nearly all of the cattle brought from
the North. stands directly in the way of
the importation of cattle, and thereby pre-
vents the best development of cattle in
the South
Prof Butler next gave the following
facts concerning the ticks. with view to
learning how to destroy them:
The fullgrown female ticks. after fill
ing themselves with blood, drop off the
cattle and crawl under leaves. grass or
any other material with which the ground
may be covered
In two or three days these ticks begin
laying eggs and lay from 1,5o0 to $500
during the next two weeks.
In real warm weather these eggs may
hatch in three weeks. but the Matching
may be greatly delayed or prevented en-
tirely by cold weather.
The young ticks lsecd ticks although
extremely small. are active, and crawl UP
the weeds, grass or twJgs and wait for
cattle to come along and pick them up.
Since these young ticks are not able
to live longer without food, unless a cow
horse or mule brushes It's legs against the
object upon which they are waiting. with
in four or five months they viii starye to
death.
From the time the young ticks get on
cattle until they are full grown and ready
to drop off is about four weeks, except IN
cold weather, when they frequently remain
on much longer.
Neither old nor young ticks crawl far.
and a fence with a rail or board OH the
ground will certainly stop them, but wire
fences do not always afford protection.
Ticks do not go from one animal to
another.
Eggs laid before the first OF September
will hatch the same fall. and unless the
young ticks get on cattle, horses or mules
they will die of cold or starvation before
spring.
Eggs laid during the cold weather OF
late fall and winter 10 not hatch until
the warm days of spring. 1t is, therefore,
the eggs and not the ticks that are able
to pass through the winters of the north.
ern and western portions of this State.
With the foregoing facts in mind three
methods of destroying the ticks at once
suggest themselves:
i /. Keep all cattle, horses and mules out