Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-03-31
CATTLE-TlCK ERADICATION.
Uncle Sam Ready to Teach How TO In
stall Dipping Watts.
FOR THE GREENE COUNTY HERALp.)

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the ravages of the boil weevl. Be-
causee, while the boil weevil is ter
1ble evil yet it has lot as yet spread
as have the cattle ticks all over and
all through the south, from Mexico
to Maryland "
And the cost. waste, and utter
loss, which is caused along by the
cattle ticks, make an immense aggre-
gate. The loss to the entire South
is an aggregate of $50, 1000, 900. an
nually, and that of the state OF Mis-
sissippi is now yearly the enormous
sum of $3,000,0O0 yearly The fig
ures are indeed appalling. The mis-
cry of the matter is that they are all
too true. But can these pestilent
cattle ticks be utterly stamped out
and the evil utterly abated.? To this
question the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, which has undertaken the
job of freeing the Common wealth Of
mississippi from the cattle tick
evil gives an emphatic rep.y of Yes.
More than 143. 900 square miles of
Southern territory have, under its
Leadership, been utterly cleared of
cattle ticks and taken out of a rigid
u. S. Quarantine. 1t has been done
by inferior means viz: oily grease,
and strict and rigid local quarantine.
But it has been done. Now the oily
grease by rigid application to the
bodies OF tick infected cattle has kill
ed all the live injecting ticks. And
rigid quarantine has killed the seed
ticks on tick Infected grounds-by
sheer starvation. But the process
was Slow expensive, greasy, and
hard to enforce. But now l am glad
to inform your readers that the Blu
reau of Animal Industry has, after
years of experiment, and wide study
and experience, evolved, invented,
and perfected a quick, cheap, clean,
and absolutely safe and effective
remedy for this great evil, and on
ly need the active and intelligent aid
Of the citizens to be benefited to
effectually stamp ouI and utterly e.
radicate the great and costly nui-
sance. | write this letter to fully and
clearly explain this new remedy. 1t
consists in dipping all tick infected
animals IN properly constructed
dipping vat filled with a solution OF
white arsenic, sal soda, and common
tar-dissolved in large quantity of
pure water-and nothing more.
This solution is made strong enough
to at once kill any and all lnfestlng
cattle ticks and yet not strong e.
nough to inJure single animal, for
it is not given them to drink.
When dipped in one of these watts the
CillltC animal 10 SOuhco duu odIuiu IL
ted in the arsenical solution from the
very tips of its horns to its utmost
and hndmost hoofs. And every in
fecting tick is at once poisoned.
And one dipping would be sufficient
for each and every animal were it
not that the grounds grazed over by
such animals are infested with seed
ticks; but since they are, and since
further the cattle duly dipped will
get entirely dry, and then the winds
and fresh air will soon dissipate the
arsenic, and the cattle dipped are
liable again to pick up the injecting
seed ticks, and again become in like
manner, infected again. And so it
is found necessary to redip all cattle
once in two weeks for few times in
order TO kill off all new injecting seed
ticks. But in a short time all ticks
will be found to be poisoned or star
we'd to death ;both those which infest
the cattle, or the ground. A few dip
pings effectually dlsposes OF all cat
tie ticks. Now fully sixty cattle can
be put through single vat in sin
gle hour-yet many watts are needed,
They are fast being introduced in all
parts of the South. In Mississippi
alone fully thlrty-three counties are
now introducing these watts. Adams
and Jefferson alone have now about
one hundred and seventy dipping
watts. And other counties are fast
following their example. The sys-
tenn is a most successful one. But,
more, they are being put up by coun-
ties, neighborhoods, and cattle clubs
for common and public use-and by
private owners of large herds, for
private use alone.
THE COST.
But all valuable things have a cost
that some one must pay Now these
watts are compared with their value
very cheap. The patent is free to
the public. The best vats, which
will last for years, cost about $50. 90
each, The cost of the arsenical So
luton is trivial-only about one half
I cent for each animal dipppd Now
here is rare occasion. What will
Greene County do? The Secretary
of Agriculture. Hon. James Wilson,
is taking great interest in Mississip-
pi. He will send to Greene County
or to any other which wants aid, and
will ask for it, trained expert, free
OF all expense, who will take the lead
and teach the people just how to e.
rect the watts, and just how to make