The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-02-22

We would not have produced a bale Z
cotton less The day is not far distan
when Georgia will export mules an
horses, instead Of spending between to
and twelve million dollars annually t
replenish the motive power essential {,
make the crop.
\ With a progressive live stock in
dustry our problems are easily solved
l without d prosperous animal hushandry
the day will never come. Large por
lions Of Georgia are a yeritabie live
stock paradise; other sections may al
well be endowed for the business, none
are better fitted for it.
DR.. Bahnsen says our present laws
for the control and suppression Of CON
tagious and infectious diseases is quite
sufficient in the protection Of mules and
horses, and he says that glaaders, which
few years ago levied heavy toll, is
almost eradicated. Onl ythree anthem,
tic cases came under his notice IN 1911.
Other diseases Of stock Of this kind are
practically unknown.
Then DR.. Bahnsen plunges into the
subject Of cattle raising and he handles
it jum-up:
Never, unless and until we eradi-
cate the cattle tick, viii we own profit.
able herds Of cattle, either dairy Or beef
cattle.
seCareful investigation and fair cal
culations shows our annual loss from
the presence Of the cattle fever tick to
amount to nearly $6.5oO,0Oo. Twenty
thousand dollars annually for twenty
years will absolutely and permanently
eradicate the cattle tick from the state
If Georgia. more than the combined
area Of Georgia, Alabama and Tennes
see have been freed Of ticks during the
past FIVE years and not a single county
has become re-infested since 1t has
been freed.)
Tick eradication is not a fad; it isl
a crying necessity and proven success.
Mississippi in her fight against the
boil weevil provided $4,000 for tick
eradication. The plan proved an over
whelming success and last fall they
launched statewide tick eradication
movement Farms abandoned to the BON
weeVil have been reclaimed BY bermu-
da. Lespedeza. Yetches and clovers and
the trail Of The lowing cattle and grunt-
ing hogs markes their new path Of
progress
He reaches some very Interesting gen.
eral conclusions in his statement, which
are given below;
"The greatest asset Of any nation
is the health of its citizens.
''Food products from diseased cattle
are not wholesome; they undermine the
health Of the people,
Bovine tuberculosis is responsible
for about 7 per cent:~of infant tuber-
culosis.
'Cattle infected WITH tuberculosis
must not be used in daily.
The veterinarian says that we must
face this dilemma now in few years
and that we viii be a wise people II
we take hold now. He calls attention
to the cooperation Of the railroads and
he urges an appropriation Of $4,000 IN
order for Georgia to take up this work
aggressively. DIR. Bahnsen believes that
dairy supervision and control should be
directly under his department, in order
to insure the health Of the people.
"Violation of this rule should be a
criminal offense.
"Five thousand dollars spent in test
ing the dairy herds Of the state would
be very desirable and profitable in.
yestment. Other contagious diseases
affecting cattle invariable affect the
flow of milk and need not be consid