Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-30

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Z .ss:paS7<=N ECAUSE the spleneic or Texas lever
" GTSggSsNS<X in domestic cattle is immense draw
III E3Xf.ySy back and incubus on the cattle indus
II E,I3ssE a try will you not allow space Tor an
Isss ~ open letter wherein may set forth some
E5slssss vital facts in eyersway t, the ctus the
g4TS cost, and the remedy for this sncauta-
R~T Gon and most costly nuisance?
THE CAUSE
About the csuse-there is now room for agrument
Hdebate The sole and the true is microscopic
germ which, because is invisible to the naked eye, was
for long time not even suspected to exist But careu
denomination by means Of the great microscopes, in the
hands Of able experts has settled the question for eve
And there fatal germs have silently quietly. but surely
alone been transmitted and conveyed by that peculiar tick
parasite Of cattle and known to science mersoropcs
annulaties There and more OF dierentknds
OF ticks but this the rattle snake OF the entire tick
krbe And The most pernicous ticks have been carried
and scattered in years. all and all through the
south from the Rio Grsuda the shores Of the Chesa-
peake by the careless and shipment OF tick in
fected cattle and by suffering such cattle run large
and in no other way in the world just they into
lex as from old Mexico the bodies Of long horned cat
te This is the clear verdict OF cold and absolute science
THE COST
The annual cost the waste. and the utterly useless
which this fell contasion for which these cattle ticks ar
alone the cause is in the aggregate something appalling
The ables experts Of the u S. Agricultural Department
alter most pansakns Investigation FIX their best es
mate at SIS per head on all the cattle inhe tick infected
states of the South Now there these states by the
US Census, about 100000 head Of horned cattle.
And Of this vast number about 100000 head are owned
/ in the State Of Mississippi
And this mskes goody oss for the entire south, Of
| about $100O00000 Of dollars, and for Mississp-
ri alone the vast sum Of about S100000O0 yearly! Now
yearly such estimate cannot be exact But there
be no question that the yearly loss Of the cattle interests
Mississippi which caused by the tick contagon mounts
| into the millions!
But how can this be. and what the causes? Well
vast number Of cattle in the aggregate do each year lie
down and die Of the TICK fever and this as immense and
! very dead loss. And still greater number which dc
not actually die yet stunted and poisoned by the
contagion to be Of little value thereafter This
an immense loss And again most serious loss is the
very great deterioration Of cattle stock which is fast
ducing the herds into OF and sunsinto verit
able scrubs
And there is the immense yearly loss of milk and but
ter proven thousands upon thousands Of milk cows-bol
i n quality and quantity A sick COW cannot give milk
tor human food.
And then there the and fees Of guarantee tn
higher freight Of cattle shipped. the costly and mos
vexatious delays buyers and shippers Of catte-and
score Of other unemized losses. And all these make
immense aggregate hich uery dscourages the raising
i Of cattle.
But there is one cause Of loss which the very dulles
must see when pointed And that is the shrinkage
tick injected compared with the price paid for catl
from tick free territory. Now right or wrong it is fac
that in all the great markets all cattle from tick nEecte
section under suspicion and under the ban-They
only be sold for immediate slaughter.
And this TACT most seriously affects the price Of all ca
tie marketed But how muchp Well, in Tennessee e
the past two years the price Of cattle OF like grade in Ii
tick infected has been about two cents per poun
less than for cattle in tick free counties in weight No,
assume that all cattle in Mississippi are now scrubs--an
we know is not soand that they will only weigh on Il
average 500 pounds live weight and further assume h
the shrnksge is only one cent per pound in price "
here is proven loss Of S. per head on the 2OOOO(
head Of Mississippi cattle it would aggregate 100000
Now cut down all the losses pointed out one way and Il
loss Of Mississippi is surely matter Of immense mpo
ance.
THE REMEDY
But now is there any cure and certain remedy for /
tick evil Yes indeed And the cure is so clear and s
pie that can be stated in three words.vz: grease