Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-07
AETER The CATTLE TICK.

All the lick 1nfeSteQ cattle OIL 10TH
county are under quarantine, and are
prohibited from moving along the pub
lie highways or other public places
This regulation goes into effect with
the publication Of the official notice
which appears in another column OF
this paper and Is to continue until the
United States government, with the
cooperation Of the state government
can effectually rid the whole county
Of the cattle tick
DR.. E. M. Nighbert, Of the u. s
Bureau Of Animal Industry, arrived In
Yorkville yesterday, to begin q cam
paign Of tick determination in York
county, and within the next few days
or weeks at most, expects to have al
the cattle owners Of the county inter-
asted and cooperating with him In ar
effort to exterminate the greatest enc
my that is known to the cattle raising
industry.
The first step necessary to the ef-
fective prosecution Of the work in
hand Is the institution of the quaran-
tine referred to, and this, now practi-
cally established, Dr. Nighbert, with
his assistants, will at once institute a
campaign Of education that will soon
result in informing every cattle owner
as to what to do and how to do 1t, and
which will very probably bring to grief
some people who may be disposed to
ignore the regulations that are abso-
lutely necessary to establish before
there can be any hope for a success
full prosecution Of this important
work
The operations here are nothing
more or less than an extension Of ope-
rations which include practically the
whole Of the tick-infested sections of
the country. Already all the territory
of the southern portion of the United
States, extending from the Pacific
ocean on the west to the Atlantic ocean
on the east, and lying north of the ma
tional quarantine line, has already
been cleared Of ticks, and there now
remains to be finished the rest Of the
country lying below this line. Opera
tions were commenced in this state In
Oconee, Pickens, Greenville and An
derson, and the work having been
completed there it is now being taken
up in the next group Of counties to the
east, including Chester, York, Chero-
kee, Spartanburg, Laurens, Green
wood and Abbeville.
Dr. Nighbert, who has his head
quarters at Spartanburg, is being as
sisted by Mr.. Louis A. Graham and
Mr.. David E. Holcombe, whose head,
quarters for some months to come will
be Yorkville.
The quarantine regulation Is direct
ed against all tick-infested cattle of
the county. From this, the owners of
such cattle will understand that they
must not drive them along the high
ways, nor offer them to local butchers
on. pain of the penalties Of the law.
Instead, they are expected and requir-
ed to, at once report to DR.. Nighbert OF
his assistants and they will be prompt
ly instructed as to what to do to get
rid of the ticks and put the cattle in
condition to be free from the quaran-
tine regulations referred to.
The treatment for the cattle tick
consists Of the application Of an OIL
emulsion that will be handled in diff
ferent stores throughout the county.
1t Is comparatively inexpensive and
can be applied with but little labor.
It's operation, however, is thoroughly
effective, without injury to the ami
mails. A single disinfection under the
supervision of one Of the government
agents will be sufficient to secure au-
thoriZation for the release Of an In
tested animal from quarantine, and
DR.. Nighbert states that II everybody
will at once give their hearty co-ope-
ration in this work, by next fall YORK
county will be able to ship any of her
cattle to any part Of the country, a
privilege that has not heretofore been
enjoyed except for few weeks OF
each year during the past twenty years.
If the people do not give their hearty
assistance the work will be prolonged
for several years, at great loss 10 the
cattle owners, the county and the
state.
DR.. Nighbert has been working on
the tick problem for the last ten or
twelve years. His operations have
covered nearly all of the tick infested
country east Of the Mississippi river.
There is hardly a man in the govern
ment service who knows more about
the subject than he does, and our peo-
pie may rest assured that he thor
oughly understands the conditions ex-
listing here. He Is one Of the best In
formed men in the country as to all
manner Of cattle diseases, and takes
pleasure in giving his information and
advice to all who desire it, free Of
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