The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-02-28
FARMER AND
PLANTER
CATTLE TICKS DISAPPEARING.
Experts are Slowly Driving Them out
of the South.

Experts are Slowly Driving Them out
Of the South.
The work Of Graduating the fever
tick in the infested area was not I'M
dertaken by the Federal Government
until July ], 1906, yet as a result there
have been released from quarantine
certain areas in Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Kentucky. Texas and
California, amounting approximately
to 10000 square miles. twenty coun-
ties previously in quarantine have
been admitted to provisional quaran.
tine and good Roadway has been made
in still other areas During the last
| fiscal year the woN has been pursued
in cooperation with State authorities
in the States above named. and in
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri,
Louisiana and Oklahoma, 1t has in
csuded 1,934,4SS inspections of cattle,
L39,674 of which were re-inspected,
thus indicating the inspection OF l.
1874, Sl4 individual cattle, these COM
posing $3.50 separate herds. Various
approved methods for the eradication
of ticks have been used, including pas.
ture rotation and dipping, spraying
and hand dressing with oil and oil
emulsion.
The number c. cattle moved from
the area q~uarantined for Southern
fever to Northern markets during the
guarantee season of 1906 was 1000,
629. shipped in 1928 cars. These cat
tie were all for immediate slaughter
and were handled under the super
vision and regulations of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington
There we're also inspected in the pro
visional quarantine areas of Texas
and Oklahoma 12G,23S head Of cattle
which were permitted to be moved
North for purposes other than imme
diate slaughter. Supervision was ex
ercised over 1871, 902 clippings in crude
petroleum, and over the cleaning ant
disinfection of 36,S95 cars.
There is much satisfaction express
ed over the work of the Federal au
thorities In Texas during the last yea
in dealing with the tick problem, ant
it is hoped thai during the next veal
much more favorable results may be
obtained through the hearty co-opera
ton of all the ranchmen who are in
terested in this ves important propo
sition. While there has been more o.
less cooperation during the last year
better results could have been obtain
ed if all the cattlemen in the interest
ed trrritory had fallen into line, ant
during the coming year every possible
effort will be made TO get them int
line.
The Federal people. who are co
operating with the State officials in al
hopeful that as the excellent result!
of the work being done become clear
ly apparent, there will be a genera
revival of interest among all cattle
men in the infested territory, which
will be sufficient to insure determine
ton to carry or the work until all tn
ticks are wiped out. There are n,
ranchmen operating in the infesteI
territory who are not fully %conversan
with the evil effects of tick domino
ton. The losses that occur from tn
presence of the ticks every yea
would be far more than sufficient t
pay the total cost of eradication, bu
the work of educating the ranchme
up to their duties in the premises ha
been a slow and laborious prccess.-
Texas Stockman Journal.