The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-10
Baton Rouge. Laa Ian. e

Baton Rouge La . Jan. 20, l89
Last year the Texas feve4 cattle tick
cost the Southern States not less than
$4o,ooo,ooo, this loss consstinaof deaths
by Texas fever and Goss of flesh by Gck-
infested cattle
Pretty big sum for 8,e Southern
| farmers to lose each year OIL accou16 OF
this little pest, isn't it?
Yet if you own cattle, or own farm
lands in the South, you stood sour share
Of this loss.
You have probably noticea i'll differ
ent parts of louisiana where the cattle
tick is abundant, that the cattle begin
losing flesh in July or August and con-
tlnue getting poorer until November
lust at the time of year when forage and
pasturage are most abundant and when
the cattle ought to be gaining weight
rapidly
The truth of the matter is that during
| these months, when the ticks are album
dant, you are really feeding ticks instead
Of cattle, for the ticks suck the flesh
building blood from the cattle as fast as
the latter can produce it-oftentimes
faster.
Wouldn't it be a wise move for all
concerned if this Texas fever tick c&ild
be forever removed from Louisiana, 50
every farmer could produce fine tat
stock to top the markets, instead of thin,
starved, ticky cattle such as are on most
farms at present?
1t can be done
That is just what the State Crop Rea
Commission is going % undertake, in
cooperation with the louisiana State
Experiment Stations and the United
States Department of Ngriculture-un-
dertake the complete and total extermi-
nation of the tick in Louisiana
Of course it's a big job and it will
take lots of work and money, and prob
ably goodly number of years to do it
but think of the enormous profits i'll in
creased growth of young cattle, in rapid
making of beef, and in getting rid of
Texas fever for all time!
We need your help in this undertake
ing. and it will pay you in money saved
on your own farm to help us.
Let me explain right here that we
have nothing to sell, no fees to collect
from anybody, and we are not advertls-
ing anybody patent dips or washes.
We mailed you short time ago Cir
cular No 10 of this office, which ex-
plains the rotation method of exter-
minating the tick on farms and plan
tations. No doubt you have read it ere
this, or at least you will find time to
read it soon. The method of tick Grad
ication explained i'll circular No. 10 can
be put into practice by any farmer,
without his purchasing any dipping vats
sprays, oils. or anything of the kind.
Can we not depend on you to thor
oughly familiarize yourself with the
method of tick eradication explained in
circular No 10 and spread the gospel
of tick determination among your
neighbors:
During the next month or so, owing
to the fact that this is not the farmers
busy season, you will have opportunity
to point out to your neighbors what
heavy burden this cattle tick is to every
farmer. Impress your neighbors with
the fact that the tick can be extermi-
mated, and exterminated cheaply-with
profit from the very day the work is
commenced.
If you will send us the names and adj
dresses of your neighbors who own cat
tie whom you think would be benefited
by learning how to get rid of the tick
on their premises we will take pleasure
in mailing them copies of circular No
10. Very truly yours,
WILMON NEWELL,
Sec. State Crop Pest Commission.