The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-31
CATTLE TICK KILLED
 BY DIPPING vATS The Government Plans Prove a
 Success PEOPLE COOPERATING Farmers Fight Bull Weevfl By Going Into Live Stock Industry and Aban- doring Cotton Crop-De-
 scription of vnts
)PLE COOPERATING

Selma, October 30.--( Special. 1.-The work of eradicating the cattle tick from Dallas county and which has been con- ducted for the past year in the county
 under supervision of experts from the department of animal industry in | Washington Is progressing most satis factorily and it is now announced that
 with the continued assistance of the owners of cattle there will not be l tick in the county by the middle of
 the next summer and then the govern
 ment will raise the cattle quarantine from Dallas county.
 When the United States first sent experts into Dallas county for the erad- ication of the cattle tick which causes the Texas fever from which many hun dred heads of cattle died with each year, the experts received very little encouragement.
 The first expert in this line was sent to Dallas county by the department at Washington a little over year ago and received very little assistance.
 Those in charge of the work in the
 county now are not only being assisted
 
 dent in the rural districts Is ever
 ready to lend any assistance in their power in the work which they are supervising.
 During the time the tick experts have been in the county the officials of the city of Selma took no steps to render assistance, until few days ago, but now those in charge of the eradication of the cattle tick have been assured that they will have the assistance of the city officials. This is most encourag- ing to the two veterinary surgeons
 who have charge of the work in the
 the assertion that next September would find no cattle ticks within the boundary of the county
 The next few years will witness the converting of many acers of land which are now used for the raising of cot ton into ranges for cattle, was another statement made by one of the experts
 recently. This condition will not only exist in Dallas county, but 1t will be the rule in the greater number of the cotton-raising counties of the black belt. The inevitable-the boil weevil- will bring around such conditions" was the opinion of the government em- ploye.
 In this there Is no doubt but that he Is right and many of the farmers of this section are now preparing to fight the boil weevil not by contin-
 uing to raise cotton but by going into
 the live stock industry. The demand for cattle Is as great or greater than the demand for cotton and it Is stated that the latter Is more profitable than the former.
 Some months ago the United States after working for the eradication of the cattle tick In Dallas county and receiv- ing no encouragement, threatened to abandon the field Then the officials of the county awoke to the importance of the work. In the past spring at the courthouse here was held meeting which was attended by a large number of white farmers from all parts of the county when the tick question was dis cussed. The court of county commis- sfoners after that meeting promised the government experts the assistance of the county. Since then in all parts of the county, in nearly every part, in fact, cement dipping vats have been built. The county pays for these vats as we'll
 as for the liquids which are being used. With the construction of the yates in the beats the residents became inter ested and have been having their cattle dipped twice a month as has been quired. From Dallas county the conta- zion or fight against the cattle tick has spread. In the counties of Perry, Ma rengo, Hale, Wilcox, Sumter and Clarke
 an active crusade against the cattle tick has been inaugurated since the of ficials of Dallas county began to spend
 money to construct and to furnish the liquids for the bathing of the cattle without cost to their owners.
 In the time the vats have been in use, there has not ben fatality, but instead owners of cattle have noticed an inn provement in their stock. They have taken on more weight and have become slicker and look better than before. The rural resident owners of stock have awakened to the fact that the govern
 ment Is working to their interest in the eradicating of the tick and are now lending all assistance in their power. For the purpose of bathing the local cows there has been built on a lot on Gray street in the north western part of the city a cement vat. A tanS In which the fluid will be mixed to be
 used In all of the vats in the county has also been made there and has been put in operation. The first dip ping of local cows Into the city vat will begin tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock It Is not believed that op- position will be made by the owners of milk cows of the city.
 The vat which will be used for the city cattle is sanitary in every respect and according to plans of government experts. It Is three feet wide, five feet deep and 15 feet in length and holds about 400 gallons of the dipping fluid. The cattle enter the vat through a mar row fenced lane and on to an incline from which they slide into the fluid through which they swim to the other end and get out. They then enter a place where for few minutes they drip when they are turned over to the ones who care for them The arsenic in the bath fattens them as well as improving their appearance. destroys the tick and makes the cows more val uable to their owners
 Rev. Harvey OrdaiUed Sheffield, October 30.-(Special.)-The