The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23

there are many who believe that two
or three weeks Is the longest under
the most favorable circumstances ul-
der which this mite can be kept alive
but the length OF time which the mite
can lie dormant or inactive on the
host has never been fully determined
since animals have been known To
be thrifty and the active presence OF
the mlcrobe seems 10 disappear, then
temperance will occur. These
changes have been known TO occur
without treatment and as conse-
quence In the earlier days OF this
affllction many cattlemen relied OF
these changed conditions to dispose
OF their cattle while the mite was
not in apparent evidence, thus rem
dering Its sporadic appearance in
unexpected places hence the diff
cultles attending the efforts OF the
bureau OF animal industry to com
pletely eradicate Scabies. Fortunate
ly in the Panhandle Of Texas the
cattle grazers have been educated to
the necessity of isolating their cattle
from direct contact with strange
herds in their dealings with sple-
netic or Tick Fever and for years
have employed the same tactics to
avoid contact or exposure to Eronia.
In the movement OF cattle they have
studiously avoided gates, corrals
and bed grounds, using new open
ings through fences and generally
employing the protecting methods
peculiar to the practical cattleman
OF Texas. These precautions togeth-
er with the generous aid rendered
the small owner by the larger ranch
men who have been most strenuous
In their effort to clean their herds
of this dread parasite, until now COM
pared with other sections OF the West
troubled with this infection the PAN
handle country has reduced its raw
ages to the lowest minimum. How
ever we know with the thorough eff
ficiency OF the agents OF the bureau
OF animal industry and the good
work they have accomplished along
these lines as far as they could go
with the number OF their agents. We
still have widely scattered cases con-
tlnually appearing which keeps this
country under the constant suspicion
OF the disease which operates COM
mercially against the country worse
than its actual presence. The one
hundred thousand 4-year old PAN
handle steers which are annually
grazed in Kansas pastures find their
best market to the feeders and graz
ers of the older states, while the 50,-
900 or more yearlings and 2-year old
steers kept growing through the win
ter by the feed growing farmers of
the plains In addition to the special
dealing in Panhandle calves by the
fancy cattle or baby beef raiser Of
the East branch OF trade which has
grown TO such proportions as to
insure the future of the Panhandle
as a fine stock farming country. In
spite OF the heavy handicap OF Fro
mia. but nevertheless II has been
serious handicap and unless syste-
matte cleanup Is made within anoth-
err year such drastic regulations will
obtain In the eastern states as will
prevent the early maturing beef
farmer from coming to the Panhan-
die for his fancy feeders, a branch
of trade which has cost years OF pa
tent endeavor to build up. The state
OF Kansas has already In the field
ten men reinforced by ten agents OF
the bureau OF animal industry maxi
Ing a farm to farm and ranch to
ranch canvass which will result in
the speedy eradication OF Scabies, at
er which they propose to keep clean
while this work when completed and
the consequent drastic regulations
are applied will benefit the Panhan-
die as a whole the tendency will be
to cut off from direct communication
the trade Of the older states which
having no livestock sanitary boards
of their own rely entirely on the
states west OF Illinois for sanitary
protection, and threaten to entirely
exclude direct shipments from the
Panhandle. 1t is needless to remind
the average citizen Of Texas that the
socialist now rampant with
the exploitation Of their personal pol
icies have no time nor care for ma
terial interests, so intense has this
become, judging from the daily pa
pers that the vast majority OF poll
ticians have really forgotten that this
"San Jacinto Day" Is the most sa-
cred of all days to the patriotic Tex