Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13

writer as if there is a possibility
that the old Garden of Eden
nav have been located not far
distant from this section.
From an agricultural point OF
view you people have everything
necessary to great prosperity eX-
cept a healthy and profitable
live stock industry. 1t IS prac-
tically impossible to MAINTAIN a
successful farming country. With
out an healthy live stock INDUS
try. 80. ~
Compare your condition with
the Northern cattle producers;
The northern farmer Cd has land
that costs him from SlOO per
acre up to $500. 2. He must feed
all of his stock at least 6 months
of the wear. Yet he raises cat
tie at a profit. What does your
grazing land cost? less than one
fourth the above land.
How long must you feed your
cattle? Not more than one-haIt
as long, three months. .
Now if the northern farmer
makes IS per cent profit you
should make from 80 to SO per
cent, in the same business.
The first thing necessary to
conduct a successful campaign
against the tick is to have all
cattle under absolute control at
all times. In this way when a
farmer is once free from ticks 1t
can be kept free.
This fall all cattle will have to
be kept up and not allowed to
run at large over the country.
If any of you are not proper ~
prepared at this time to comply
with this order, begin at once to
make your arrangements. Ii
YOU think it will be difficult to
care for all of the cattle you may
have on hand, then dispose of
your excess to some buyer VINO
is shipping to the market. There
is no such thing as CAM T IN this
matter.
If the people will cooperate
freely with the government IN
this work from the beginning, 1t
will mean county free from
ticks just that much sooner.
What is the tick doing Tor
you? An experiment shows the
following.
IA head of Iowa bred calves
were used in the experiment. I
of them were sent to LOUISIANA as
little calves and placed in con
tact with the tick. The tick
stunted these 7 to the extent
that it required 5 years to ma
ture them, weighing 1900 lbs.
each. These were put on th7
southern market and sold for
3 IL cents per pound, or $4,000
per head, a total for the z head
$4,000. The 7 head that were
kept in Iowa matured in three
years weighing 1900 pounds each
and sold on the northern mark
ct for six cents per pound, or
$4,000 per head, a total Of the
seven head of $672 90.
This means seven head of
southern cattle five years old to
bring on the market just about
one-third of what they should. |
You will also notice that two
extra years Of feed and care ad-
ded to the value of the stock !
nothing. 1t is plainly seen by |
an experiment of this kind that |
the tick is directly responsible |
for reducing a good grade of cat
tie to what is commonly known !
as scrubs.
There will be several inspec-
tors in the field who are properly /.
instructed in the work of tick !
eradication. These inspectors
will instruct each individual
what method of disinfection ap-
plies to his particular premises.
The state law says that if such
instructions are not complied T
with, within five DAYS after such
notice, the delinquent will be IL
able to prosecution. 1t is hoped
that such steps will not be neces-
sary in single case in Noubee.
The u. S. Government is
backing this work, and it means
but one thing-BUSINESS A
tick-free county means that if
YOUR cattle are worth $400.000
below quarantine they will be !
worth $80O,000 when placed
above the quarantine line.
Let us say that in order to re- |.
alize this increase of $500, 900