Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-28
CATTLE INDUSTRY OF
TEXAS Is SUFFERING
Federal Coecrnmen May stop Ihok
Etadluuoi,l STATE l. MI Coma ~
Aid Further. ~. to,is Men Raise
Prices.

Port Worth. Tex. Nov. gs..-WNi
n. Anderson. travelling livestock agent
OF IN, santa 20 railway, with head,
quarters 90 Amarillo, has written q
letter 90 T. n sslllor Of For, Worth.
general manager OF the Cattle Raisors
association Of Texas. Ia WHOM he say .
he has positive information that the
National Bureau % Animal Industry
10 about % withdraw Ia activities frote
Texas, due Go the lack % ihis state
OF either statutory or moral law" 20
assist me bureau IN its work Of TICK
and scabbios eradication. Mr.. Andcr-
son has FOR nearly half century de-
voted his EFFORTS 20 upbuilding the
livestock industry IN Texas aud Il rec
oEnixed by cattlomcn a. an authority
on cattle The withdrawal Of tho
Bureau OF Animal Industry inspectors
from the state would mean that the
work for years and expenditure ~
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
would 30 for naught.
Ticks and scabicr are the two
greatest curses of the beef cattle IN
dusiry. cattle infected with either
Of The diseases are verstebie four-leg.
gea lepers. Meat states have laws
against their being broueh. in. Texas,
with its millions OF head OF cattle, has
always been thu hot-bed OF ticks and
scGhies. Yet tho Lone star state has
fewer laws against the dread disesss
than any other cattle raising state.
| Working alone and against great
odds. the bureau has cue Texas into
two districts az far az the livestock
business h concerned. From VII.
barger county a line has boon drawn
running southwest and cutting on the
Panhandle district. This II known a.
tho quarantine line. South and ees'
OF the line. the cattle are free from
ticks and scables and may be trans.
ported anywhere nj any time. behind
the line, cattle must he inspected and
bear clean bills Of health before they
are received elsewhere.
~ the Kansas city stock Yards on
the Kansas side Of tho river. there q
o special department where all quar-.
antlne' cattle must be marketed
"Quarantine" cattle are sold AZ can.
nerg mostly, their value being much
lower than that Of clean cattle.
'"rhe state Of Ksnsas made q from
farm 20 farm canvas so rid herself
OF scaSics several yeara ago" Mr.. An
derson wrote. 1T has again appear
ed in some OF tho Kansas pastures
taken from TEXAS there during tn
past season.
The shrinkase IN the value Of tn
thirteen million immature cattle tina
will be forced on the Gamers mar
ket would amount 70 sio,o00,Ooo. am
more than double that amount IN
collateral way for the other portion
81 Texae. u tire Quarantine " win
drawn"
The present livestock sanitars-co,r
m fFlQp OF Texas has aided the nation
al forces az much ~ possibic without
ladcQuate appropriation The irsit
isture has never aided tho work b
sialuies or appropriations An inter
state association OF livestock sanltar
commissions was formed two year
ago 70 remedy the Texas situation, hu
the Tcxae co.n'masion refused 20 &c
Sept outside AID. The association wi
meet December 5th IN Chicago 20 con
tincr any new means that may be Eug
eested.
Should tho bureau withdraw iron
Texas and the quarantine line be oh
liberated. Missouri. Nebraska and Kan
sas cattle FEEDER, would be materisli
affected. Millions % yesrllng cst.I'
now ahippee from Texas ranges an
fattened FOR slaughter on tho farm
and ranches Of the northern states
would not be- available should tick
and scabies be allowed to flourish un
checked in Texas.