The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23
The DANGER
OF ERONIA
J. H. Wilson Of State Live.
stock Board Cautions Pan
handle CattIenen

Itdu pdptI yesterday hlleInoon
which attracted much attention from
the cattlemen on account OF the bear,
ing Of the subject on the market for
Panhandle cattle to feeders of the
Middle West. The address was al
follows:
A few days ago / received a very
kind letter from your worthy presi-
dent, Mr., Bugbee, inviting me to be
present and make a speech at this
meeting. | replied thanking him
very kindly for the invitation and
told him | was no speech maker, but
would attend and assist In any pos.
sible way could in making the meet
Ing success, as was always glad
and more than willing to assist the
cattle interests In this state.
have been On the commission for
something more than a year, and
am often reminded that the cattle
men do not appreciate and realize
what the Live Stock Sanitary Com
mission OF Texas Is TO the cattlemen.
II you will recall only few years
since our state was threatened to
be placed below the quarantine line
and 1t was only after the trip TO
Washington that our Governor Gull
bertson assured the department that
If they would recognize the quaran-
tine line within the state of Texas
that he would see to the enforcement
Of the line II It required the enter
Ranger Force OF the state. II you
of the line II 1t required the entire
that is being made by the various
states in protecting the live stock in
terests, especially in contagious and
infectious diseases, you will readily
realize the Importance OF Texas max
ing a decided effort along this line.
We expect the cooperation of all cat
tlemen in enforcing our rules and
regulations, honestly. 1t is absolute
ly necessary that we do this.
In considering some special sub
ject that I should talk to you today
about, | am of the opinion that Scab-
les is the one that you are more In
terested In than any other. For
scabies is to this section OF the state
as sticks to my section. ] am sure
YOU appreciate the Importance OF this
subject as some OF your citizens have
been brought to the realization Of
what scabies will do.
I have received a letter from
my friend, Mr.. Anderson OF this city
on the subject and as he has dwelt
upon 10 at some length, in fact more
fully than I could have.
I have decided to give you the
benefit Of this letter. I am sure
he is correct and the time Is now at
hand when the interests in this sec
ton must act.
Anderson Urges Action.
DR.. j. II. Wilson, Quanah, Tex.
Dear Sir:--ln reply to your quer-
les as to my views on the subject of
Eronia among the cattle of the Pan
handle Of Texas and the cattle OF
the southwest tributary to the
plains valley line of South Texas:
In order to make the subject more
clear will say that for more than a
decade there has insidlously crept
among the cattle herds OF much OF
the country west Of the Missouri
river along various lines OF the out
door cattle OF commerce a peculiar
skin disease similar to that known as
scab In sheep as to become so univer-
sally designated by cowboys and
western herdsmen or Scabies, a
name which Il retains in the records
OF the bureau OF animal industry
along with the classical appelatlon of
Eronia. In appearance the stages Of
growth is from microscopic to WISH
bic mite. II seems to thrive most
and makes its gretest
spread on the most impoverished cat
tie, and while its origin is supposed
to be from the neglected bull herds
of older states its huleful ravages
been most noticeable where cattle
are so confined as to come In contin-
ued contact and in the smalle- Pan
handle pastures on the open hinges
especially where great numben of
cattle come together at watering
places where there are few trees
around old log corrals where rubbing
places or posts abound. The use OF
the same bed ground indis-
crimlnately is also an agency for the
distribution OF Scabies. While many
experiments as to the life Of this
troublesome microbe have been made
which would indicate that away from
It's host two or three days OF bright