The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
INSIST ON KEEPING
 THEIR CATTLE TICKS
Youngblood Has Troubles in
 North Alabama
TWO COUNTIES HOLD OUT
dale Are Afraid to Act Because the Farmers Want Cattle to Have
 "Free Range.
BY WALTER HARPER

Scottsboro, November 12.-(Special.) .)-I met William Youngblood in scottsboro the other day.
 He Is as heavy of spirit as he Is of avordupois
 He is holding class meeting with the commissioners of Jackson county, also with those of Lauderdale.
 It is all about the pesky cattle tick Now laugh.
 .'Bill' Youngblood was once leading republican of Alabama. He is still a re- publican. I saw him read the election news from New York, New England, ritory that the democrats are annexing His face did not change color or contour for the shade of a moment. He did not care a-cowtick.
 He swants to help the farmers of Ala bama reduce the price of a beefsteak, give the babies pure milk that will not murder them and replace the millions of dollars that are annually leaking through the fingers of the Alabama farmers.
 The cattle tick quarantine line that was established in the sos by the government through NlTSluld anu INCHiuCNJ iioo bS degrees been brought down to the line of Alabama and Tennessee.
 Mr. Younghlood as agent of the govern ment is trying to bring it down to the Tennessee river. This would raise the quarantine from the cattle of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison and Jackson coun- ties, among the finest, stock raising coun- ties in Alabama but for the deadly cattle tick
 Madison and Limestone have done their part and are ready for the governments order of release, but Jackson and Lau- derdale will not.
 The county commissioners, I am told, are not willing to oppose the will of the majority of farmers who do not want to be deprived of the alleged benefits of the free range. These farmers prefer ticky COWS and poison milk and the county officials seem to be afraid to oppose them
 The head of this department at Wash ington has threatened more than once to withdraw the aid of the government from sections of the south on account of the lack of cooperation of politically in- fiuenced county officials. but the matter is so universally important he has con- tinued to send his experts into the south to preach the gospel of eradication, hop ing for success.
 Great advances are being made in many sections, especially in Alabama, during the past year, but in some places the work Is mighty slow. Some of the advising experts have even been threat ened with personal violence in some To- calities as far north as in the cattle rais- ing districts of Tennessee.
 Recent estimates of experts in the de- partment of agriculture at Washington place the annual loss in the quarantined section of the south by reason of the cattle tick at s500,00OO0o.
 Now laugh again.
 This figure does not include the infants that die from drinking impure and poisoned milk.
 This does not include the loss sustained by reason of the fact that cattle men who know their business will not come to the south to engage in cattle raising until the tick Is eradicated.
 The figure stated does not take account of the unwholesome, feverish beef that is served on your table, for be assured that the cattle that go to the packers under quarantine regulations from this section comes right back to your table in what may be labeled choice western beef.
 Alabama appropriated S5000 for tick eradication for this year. It should ap- propriate $5O,0O0. A few years would suf- flee to make the work effective, and 1t would be for all time.
 Once eradicate the ticks and allow the people to see the benefit and they will take care of the matter themselves.
 Governor-eect O'Neal Is deeply interest ed in the subject and the progressive, intelligent cattlemen of the state are hopeful that he will do something for their relief when he comes into his of flee. A large number of the members of the next legislature are also deeply inter- ested.