The Grenada sentinel., 1911-03-10
TICK ERADICATION.

and value besides cotton alone. This
has been demonstrated ~ its great
corn crop of 1910, amounting to more
then sixty-one millions Of bushels; !
It is further demonstrated by the
achievement of Jas. Elliott, 16-year-
old boy, who raised 152 bushels OF
sound corn on a single acre OF upland
Mississippi soil. And the capacity OF
Southern soil was further shown by
Jeremiah Moore, who raised, the past
year, 22S bushels by himself, on
single acre in South Carolina. The
bread of the South is secure. But what
about it's meat supply Well, an aDun-
dance of corn all over the South means
\ vast meat supply. 1t means great
increase in the food supply OF all i've
stock-hogs, sheep, cattle, aorses'
mules; and a great increase III live
stock in every section, the prosperity
of southern agriculture is absoiuteiy
dependent, Reliance on any separate
| crop is sure to break down as was tne
faith of ireland by the great potato
rot which brought famine to Ireland IN
1S4S.
Now the Texas cattle fever is today
the great ban and evil to the catue
industry, not only in Mississippi, put
to all the states Of the South. Tne
annual loss from this pestilence Is not
less than seventy.five millions OF dol
lars: and for Mississippi alone, not
less than three millions. 1t has caused
4 United States quarantine line to be
enacted against all these states, and 1t
will stay as long as the cattle TICKS
remain, which it is now demonstrated
are the sole cause Of the Texas rever.
This evil has put all Southern-bred
cattle under suspicion and under the
ban, It has snt the price Of Southern
cattle to the very bottom, at time
when in all the rest of the na1on the
price of cattle was never so high as
now and today. But can this mon
strous evil be stamped out and eradf
Gated? Yes, indeed, and absolutely.
During the last four years, 10000
square miles of southern territory has
been entirely cleared Of cattle TICKS
and Texas fever. This has been done
almost wholly by the free use OF any
oily grease, and local quarantine. Yes,
any oily grease when fully and freely
applied, will kill all ticks on COW, cali
, or steer, which it is honestly maze to
reach and fully to cover And loca
. quarantine will surely kill, by sheer
. starvation, after a few months, al
ticks which infect the ground, If al
cattle are rigidly kept OF such groune
and are prevented from running q
large. for so the ticks and Texas
q fever have been spread and in thi'
use Of Craze and local quarantine
they have been Neradicated' from lao
: 900 square miles Of southern terri
: tory. Now they can be utteri!
stamped out; but the old process ha
now been almost superseded by tn
;. use of dipping tanks. filled by a solu
ton of arsenic, soda and nectar. Thi
solution is strong enough to Kill al
= injecting ticks almost at once; an
:. yet not strong enough to do the catti
: the slightest harm. 1t is grea
benefit to the cattle by freeing ther
= at once of the curse and misery
the injecting ticks. And by dippin
- the cattle once in two weeks, for
y time thereafter, all ticks which the
~ may meantime pick up from tn
= ground, will also be killed And in
:. few weeks all ticks. both on catt
" and on the ground, will be poisone
and extinct. These watts are bein
rapidly introduced and used wit
splendid results. The cost of tt
Dc tanks is from so to $40-general
I'D about $50; and the cost of dipping
ne the solution is less than one cent p
ry animal. And so Jefferson count
Miss, has already sixty-one tanks
rd operation, both public and private
le- community tanks set up by the cou
to ty and the private tanks of the lar
Is. cattle owners. Adams county Al
ct now fifty-five of such tanks and fife
nd more counties of Mississippi are ia
introducing these tanks. In Alaban
Sumter county has fifty-fve tan
in use and Dallas county has for
srs four; and they are being introduc
tie. all over Alabama.
on The ticks must go. Now, the sec
di- tary of agriculture, Hon. James "
dal son. whose department has taken a
ole is taking such interest in tick era
his cation, is armed With ample means
the aid in the work and is anxious to
OF SO. He will send trained expe
and inspectors free Of cost to the c
zens to oversee and supervise
"a
the county authorities will assure tn
q cooperation; otherwise he will 1
DR.. trouble them and the quarantine '
sr's remain to prevent the further sprt
rged of the pestilence.
of A. H. PETTIBONE
was u. 8. Department Of Agricultr