The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-02-19
TO ERADICATE TICKS.

Tie OIL Lancaster County and
Raising the Quarantine
Owners Advised to Erect
Vats.
Editor News Last spring,
one year ago, there was meet
ing in the town of Lancaster, at
which an organization was
formed under the name of '"The
Lancaster Live Stock and Tick
Eradication Association" of
which l had the honor to be
elected president, POSSIBLY l
should have said the misfor-
tune.) The prime object of this
organization was to get the peo-
pie of the county interested in
the eradication of pest COM
monty known as the Texas
fever tick" by lending our
moral support and, at the same
time, raising some money for
this purpose. The last general
assembly of this state, recog-
nizing the need in the entire
state of money to carry on this
work, passed a bill allowing the
commissioners of each county
to appropriate the sum of $1O0
for the purpose of assisting in
this work. The Clemson au-
thorities who have charge of
this matter, in connection with
the United States department
of animal industry, notified us
that they would take up this
work in Lancaster county pro-
vided we could get the county
authorities to appropriate $100.
The county commissioners
agreed to give us this money but
with such strings tied to it that
it could only be used in killing
the ticks.
Now DR.. Quigley, who is in
charge of this work, says if we
really want it done, we must do
something Immediately to show
that we are interested in the
work as they do not care to go
anywhere they cannot get the
cooperation of the people, and
that unless we can do something
within the course of a week, to
raise some money for the build
ing of watts, he is going to
recommend to the board of gov
ernors that this county be left
until later and they proceed to
other counties where the peo-
pie will take an active interest
in the work. 1t might be we'll
to say right here that our sis
ter counties across the river,
York and Chester, are now be-
ing worked and will soon be
released from quarantine and
be at liberty to ship cattle any
where in the country.
Now the question before the
people of Lancaster is: Shall
we sit still and see other coun-
ties go ahead in their progress
sive ways while we do nothing,
or on the other hand shall we
take one step in the right direc-
ton by helping the authorities
who have this matter in charge
and so get rid Of this pest in
the course of one year? There
is nothing unreasonable. about
this for / have killed what ticks
had on my cattle in that space
of time without the assistance
of any one, but, as is we'll
known, the majority of the peo-
pie will not take pains to do
everything just right unless
there is some one to see to them.
Possibly it would not be amiss
here to quote something from
Mr.. A. D. Melvin, chief of the
bureau of animal industry, who
says, speaking of the Texas
fever ticks: For many years
these ticks, which transmit the
disease Of cattle known as
Texas or tick fever, have been
a cause of heavy loss and a
great handicap to live stock
raising in the Southern part of
the United States. The pro-
gress so far made, however. in
the cooperative campaign by
this department and state au-
thorities with the object of
completely eradicating this pest
from the country demonstrates
that it is entirely possible to ac-
complish that result. 1t is of
great Importance for the sue
cess of this undertaking that
the efforts of the officials should
be supplemented by individual