The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-11
HOW 10 ERADICATE TICK
GovnnxMENr rssuEs BULLETIN
 vALUABLE TO FARSGERs.
01vsa. lGethe6s q Fighting Pests Wh1ch Have Worked Havec Awong eouthern Live
 Stock in the Past.
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| DY ALFRED ,. STOPPER. washington Nov. 10.-tSpeciai)-- The Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture is takfne active steps to point out the way fol farmers in the Southern states tc eradicate the pests known as ticks that are causing so much loss and annoyance in that section among cat tie and other live stock.
 A farmers' bulletin number SIS has been issued on the subject. It is an illustrated document and Is exception- ally interesting. Its title is Meth ods of Extermfnating the Texas Few CT Tick" It contains thirty pages and was prepared evidently with much care and thought by FEW. Cray bin. scientific assistant in the zoologi- cal division of the bureau.
 MT. Graybill starts out by saying that the eradication of the cattle tick from the Southern States is a problem of prime importance to the agricultural interests of those states. Moreover, the good that would result from the elimination of the tick would not be entirely confined to the re- zion directly concerned, and thus the matter assumes to certain degree national importance.
 A number of valuable papers on the life history of the cattle tick. its habits. and methods for its eradica- tion have been published by the de- partment and by various investigators included within the infested region. Some of these publications are rather extensive and Include much that Is only of scientific. interest. while oth- CTS. of a more practical nature. are not available for general use.
 Bulletin is Practical.
 This latest bulletin has been pre- pared with the view of bringing to- gether from these various sources of information practical value relating to the tick and It's eradication, for the use of the farmer or stockman who has begun or who contempIates undertaking the complete extermina- ton of this pest from his farm. Some unpublished results of investigations carried on by MT. Graybill in con- nection with the cooperative work between the bureau here and the vet erinary department of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute have also been taken into consideration.
 In the bulletin the methods of erad- ication are explained in detail. Fol- lowing are some of the most timely remarks of the department expert on the general subject:
 'Tt is hardly necessary to empha- size the. important fact that the tick Is something more than a simple par asite drawing blood from its host, it being the carrier of dangerous mi- cro-o organism or germ, which 1t trans mits to the blood Of cattle, thus caus- ing a disease known by many names among which are Texas fever, tick fever. splenetic fever and murrain. Without the tick there can be no Tex as fever, and 1t is by preventing the spread of the tick beyond ifs natural bounds that the fever has been pre- vented from waging destruction among Northern cattle. which are especially susceptible to the disease. Tn order to restrict the distribution of the tick the national and State governments maintain quarantine line extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. marking the boundary between the States or portions of States harboring this pest and those that do not. Cattle of the quarantin- ed area cannot be driven across this line, and may be shipped only in ac- cordance with the regulations of the secretary of agriculture to prevent the spread of spienetic fever of scat- tie. sss Tick Causes rms,,ense Ioss. ~ llTvdfious writers nave estimated the annual loss due to the tick at from $40. o00. 900 to sf0o.000.0O0. These fig ures should be ample argument. even to the most conservative, for the eradication of the tick.
 "The South needs more and better live stock and larger and better dairy industry. and these objects would be greatly promoted by the de- struction of the tick. Furthermore. the increased production of live stock. by reason of It's important bearing in maintaining and improving the fer tility of the soil. would be of distinct benefit in increasing the yield of field crops. An incidental though impor- tant advantage of stock raising and dairying would be found fin the dis tribution of the farmers income throughout the year, enabling him to live on a cash basis. It can thus be seen that the benefits which would accrue to Southern agriculture from the extermination of the tick, cattle tick would be very great and far reaching"
 Some of the Republican congress- men who have returned to the Capi- tai since the elections that were re- gently held. do not hesitate to say that the administration folks are much disappointed at the results in Kentucky and Virginia. President Taft and the members of his cabi- net had been told that in those two States so much would be accomplish cd that if the Democrats were not de- feated outright their margin of vic- tory would be so slender that they would have to look out sharply in future lest Republicans get control of the legislatures. Mir. Nagel, the Sec retary of ComAerce and Labor, made speeches in Virginia as the avowed mouth-piece of the administration. A number of Republican congressman also volunteered their services. But the Old Dominion voters declined to hearken unto tho call that was made They remained steadfast to the cause of Democracy. As is well known there was much kicking in Virginia against what so many called the Democratic
 machine" controlled by Senator Mar tin and his friends. and the Demo- cratic candidate for Governor was &C., cused also of playing fast and loose' with both the prohibitionists and the liquor dealers. and yet he was cut very little by the people who com plained
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 Prominent officials of the goyern- fnent also expected that the Kentucky Republicans would make "a haffar