The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-15
THE FEVER TICK
ABLY DISGUISE ED BY
PROF. JOHN FIELD
Ollege Professor Presents
Blunt Truths in Cattle
Raisers Convention.


Proc John Fields. director Of the
experiment. station at stllwateg de-.
ii,Uei the following address On The
Past Present and Future Of Cattle
ilaisins 90 Oklahoma" the city hall
las, niaht before The cathemen's conf
vanticn
In the hurness Of cattle raising IN
Oldahoma the past has been covered.
with Texas fever ticks, the presen- is.
net entirely free from infection AMI
the future depends in a great measure
on The way tha we handle the quaran-
tire pr blem TO be suee oher fac
tors AFFECT The aroal or loss which is
% come &c. rho cattlemen but the one
fixed factor tha has always been pres
cnt Tsxa1 fever Wherever two
owners of cattle in Oklahoma come to-
sether especially III August aud Sep
tomber. Texas fevcr IS sure to be dis
cussed. And So want ve.y briefly TO
present ;he facts about Texas feves
with reference to the cattle Industry
81 Oklahoma in the past present, and
future other raattevs touching this im-
lortant iadustry havos been discuss
"a at you- mor4ing session
Six wears ago. in this city had the
pleasure Of listening to lucid explain
alton Of he manner 81 which Texas
fever is transmitted to northern cattle.
It was given before the Fifth 'egisla-
tive assembly OF the terri Dry by Col.
Albert Dean. agent OF The bureau OF
animal Industry lie wilt address YOU
tomorrow or the Relationship and
Powers Of state and Feie.al cluaJan-
tine Regulations" and win Pu, # to
YOU straight. BE on hand and listen to
his address and remember that what
he says goes. no matter II you don't
believe IN ;he tick theory"
The pIide Of ignorance q know Of
no other expression to ft Ghe casc)
has heen responsible to verf greas
extent for losses OF catt e which have
+ been caused by Texas fever in the
. past. The old experienced ca-tlemaa.
prosperous, aggressive, accustomed to
I command. resented the intimatioa that
= some "vh'rner.snapper Of a professor
knew more about Texas fever than he
, aid And with fine scorn. he poo-hooea
5 the tick theory as he called It and
through his influence. made the en-
+ forcement Of local quarantine regula
. tions very d.nicult Only the iron
haad Of the territorial and, federal
quarantine service could reach him
and his chief delight was 10 fool the
y inspcctces. T,e did this. not tecausC
j. he was an outlaw and 4 law breaker
q nut for the same reasons that some
= other laws are not effective. The in
Il telligence and sympathics Of he pco
2 pie alone make laws operative When
& tho people know and understand The
reasons. laws almost eaforce thcm
selves As | said a moment ago. tn,
pride Of igncranoe has hm6erei the
intelligent application Of he benefits
OF such quarantine laws and regula
uors as we haze had in tho last II
has not been that tho quarantine avs
and regulations we're wrong. even
hcugh they may not always have been
, ideal it has been because owners ci
cattle. men OF influence and afflnence
scattered ever Oklahoma knew from
experience a lot CT things about Texa
foye~ that were not so and refused &C
/, believe anl act upon the one simple
/. fact determined by numerous expert
nents n'ade by men whose only pur
ose was rhe discovery cf truth This
fact IS that where there are 90 ticks
there is no Texas fever. Il Is upon this
one fact 0bundanly lroven. that al
quarantine regplations with reference
70 Texas fever both federal and te-ri
torla. are hasei have net the time
ana YOU have rot the patience Tor NJ.
to take up ana answer the various no
lions advanced To account fer 1eSa
fever AN have been met and alswes
= Ell. not nien experience by men WIKI
y might want 10 sip lunch ii catl'
= eve he line, hut hy carefully con
s cpliel experiments conducted b'
- tramei veterinarians whose alilty q
nnd The ruth and teil it is thow sol
1 capital y Won want % be cop}incea
q talt ar write 10 these men an le
g them show son
Truhlo ana loss trom Texas feys
2 ninish as mcwledse q the cause
y the disease and oi the rcasons am
~ necessity tor quarantine reeclat'on
E Increases among the owners Of cattl'
And at ,he present time, lncwledg
g.