The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-15
FIGHTING CATTLE TICK.
4LEMSON COLLEGE FORCES RE
CORD STEADY GAINS.
About April 4, Marlboro, Darlington
and York Will be Taken From Ban
ncd Area.

Clemson College, March 12-On or
about April =. three more counties of
> South Carolina will be released from
the cattle tick quarantine estableshed a
by the federal government. The
counties are Marlboro, Darlington and
York. Portions of'Bancaster and
Chester also will be released.
This order will mark another step
In the. eradication OF ticks from this
Clemson College experiment station
press bulletin No. los. prepared by
M. Ray Powers, professor OF veteri-
: nnry science, contains a very interest .
ing account OF the work OF tick eradi-
cation. It's results and its necessity
Three more counties, together
with portions OF two others, will be
released from federal quarantine on
or about April 1, 1913" says the bull
letln. This marks another import
ant step In the eradication OF the cat
4 tie ticks from South Carolina
I'm July. 1907. Clemson College
veterinary division. I'm cooperation
with the United states department OF
agriculture. began this work i'm
Oconec. Pickens. Greenville and An
dersOn counties, and these counties
were released from federal duaran-
tine In 1893. In 1910. the work was
>pushcd into Greenwood, Abbeville.
Union. Laurcns, Spartanburg. Cher
Okee. Chester and York counties. All
Of these counties. with the exception
OF the southern portion OF Abbeville.
the southern portion of York and the
eastern portion Of Chester counties
were released from federal quaran-
tine In 1912.
I'm 1912 work was extended into
Newbcrry. Saluda, Lexington, Fair
/ Held. Lancaster. Chesterfield. MARI
borO, Darlington. Florence and Lee
counties. About the LIST, OF April,
1873. the release of Marlboro. bar
hngtOn, York, that portion OF LancaS-
tHr COSCty north Of the Waxhaw
creek. and that portion Of Chester
cou9ty north Of Lancaster a Ches-
tcr railway ~ expected. This will
place above the federal quara, 'inc
line about 500 square miles me
third OF the state.
Clemson college has expended in
this work about $4,000 ana the
United States department Of agricul-
turc has expended slightly larger
sum. With the exception of $1OO,
which Was appropriated 10y New
berry county in 1912. no appropri-
ations have been received from other
\ sources. NJ the present rate of pro-
grcss II will take 10 or IL years 10
free the entire State, although this
could eulsly be accomplished i'm ~ 60
Is months if each county would APP
prOpriate funds for cooperation and
N every stock owner would assist by
freeing his own promises.
The tick causes South Carolina an
annual loss Of about $1,000. 600.
= Under present conditions II will take
at least 10 years to eradicate the tick
FiEur" out the total loss that will
occur before the ticks are cradiCarcd
and zen consider the fact that the
ticks could hc cradiCatcd in IL To Is
months ana this loss prevented. The
sum that the tick will cost our farmers
In two years would free the entire
state. What would you think Of "a
4 business man who would sit down
md calmly allow his business To lose
$40 tO 5000 each year % he could
easily prevent az Every O''l says
poor business Now what is your
opinion Of the farmers az South Caro-
lima who are sitting down and calmly
allowing their business to hc sappcd
Of StOOO,0OG each yctr-a loss that
could easily hc prevented Poor
business that doesn't cypress il,