The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
by J. G. FEI,NEYHOuGH,
Stntc Vetcr,n,r,,n n " 6


In the first place. what is the true
meaning of the term .no-fence lawo'
AS understand it, it really means that
every man must fence, or so confnc
MS live stock as to prevent the stock
from running at large on the com
mons" or trespassing on his neighbors'
property or crops. In other words no
man Is required to fence against his
neighbours live stock; he must prevent
his own stock from trespassing, but
| is not required to keep fence around
his property. That is to say, if a man
SO wishes he may secure his cattle by
tying the cattle. or by stabling them
instead of fencing his land. Therefore
no one can turn his cattle out to run
| at large. owing to the fact that no
one is required to keep his property
fenced: hence it is called the mo
fence" law. On the other hand, in :.
country where the free range" system,
lis practiced, cattle are allowed to run
at large. every man must keep a law
full fence, which at one time 1 think
was called ''ten-rail' fence. In this
case. of course, many cattle would
break over poor fences, etc, the result
being that cattle We're continually GO
ing from farm to farm all over the
difference neishborhoods
! l am told that this law was first
enacted in certain localities because
timber WAS not too plentiful and
fences were hard to keep UP constantly
thigh enough TO prevent cattle from
1 breaking over and destroying crops
(which certain farmers had growing,
iThe result was good one, in many
respects, rs time has proven. In tho
first place it required man with
froguish stock to keep good fence
around his individual farm, or else
lconfne ~ dispose of his stock, which
was in the habit OF breaking down tho
fences of is neighbor and destroying
1.-THE crops. In other words, 1t requires
la man to keep his troubles at home
/ The most important step towards
leradicating the cattle tick. and, in fact
] the very first step which any county
/ which desires to get I'd of this pest
must take, is to adopt the "no-fcnce"
4 law.
Why is this? Simply because We
4 have long since found out that if car
tie are kept off Of certain lands
which ticltY cattle have been using for
a period If one year that cattle free
from ticks may be lhon placed on the
LANDS with the result that they will
never be troubled with cattle ticks
UNLESS a lew crop of ticks are carried
to these lands by cattle infested with
4 the cattle tlCk. ~ KnOWleuSeH Oh tHt
life history OF the cattle tick tells us
Iplainly that this tick differs from the
other varieties of ticks, especially II
Tits life history. in the respect that the
cattle tick does not reproduce It's kind
; While on the bodies OF the cattle, but
, must after maturity drop TO the grount
and there deposit its eggs CASUALLY II
the grass CT leaves, and from these
eggs the second, or next crop. of cattlt
ticks sprlas; the infection of the cat
> tie in each case coming from the pas
. ture or land on which the cattle ticF
has been dropped after maturity, an'
not from 80 cattle directly which car
tried the 'ick
A further study OF this tick reveals
The fac, that while the eggs may liv'
from early fail until the next sprn'
out in the field in ,uany localities AN,
not be destroyed by the winter wealth
: Ell, yet they will hatch In the spring
land thus .nfest5the pastures with hun
" dreds OF these small ticks they ar
! casually in little clusters attached \
q the blades of grass, etc, remaining u
y walt for ihe COW OF cattle ~ com
D along IN no cattle come along III