The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1909-1924, 1913-07-17
DIPPING CATTLE.
How 1t Helps Stock and the
Improvement 1t Makes.

night in Ellisville, and gave the Edi-
tor OF this paper very interesting
account of his work.
Mr.. Hinton says there are over one
hundred dipping watts in our county
and they are so placed that few par
ties have to drive their stock over two
miles to reach one, and many much
shorter distance. He has lost but one
animal, and Its death was caused by
drinking some OF the mixture that had
sloshed out into puddle of rain wa
ter. While the county was not re-
sponsible, the Supervisors paid the
owner $40. Mr.. Hinton says people
ought to water cattle before bringing
them to the dipping vat, for they rel
ish drinking that mixture and 1t is
poison and kills at once.
There are 2, 200 head of cattle in Mr.
Hinton's division, and all except II
are brought regularly to be dipped.
These are owned by three farmers who
are 80 violently opposed to the dip
ping law that they prefer TO keep their
cattle penned up. But these cattle
can never be turned out on the public
range, driven along fpublic high
way In Jones county, or even sold
here, or the owners will be severely
punished. Undippsd cattle must be
kept confined on the owners land and
never run At large. A cattle census
was taken of Jones county before the
work OF dipping started and each man
in charge OF section OF watts records
at every dipping the stock brought in
and name OF owners. So there is no
way ofFgetting around or evading the
law. Those who fail to carry their
cattle to the watts must ever her eater
keep them and their increase confined
on the owners land.
Mr.. Hinton says many of those who
opposed the dipping law now realize
and appreciate it great value, though
tits bitter pill for fellow to confess
he was in the wrong He says any
one who knows aught about cattle can
pick out at Z glance every animal
that has been dipped. You never saw
such an improvement in cattle as
since the dipping law went into force.
You never saw SO many fat, sleek
and clean-haired cattle, where they
were heretofore covered with ticks or
had the vitality sapped out OF them
with wolves In their back; and those
wolves are about as destructive to
cattle az the Texas fever. Mr.. Hinton
says he has closely noticed, and dip
ping destroys wolves As we'll as ticks.
An animal that has been regularly
dipped grows fat and hearty and for
some time after leaving the vat even
flies will not annoy them. Even leav-
ing out the increased value of stock
after being dipped, and the thousands
of dollars it will save farmers and
others annually, from the standpoint
of humanity owners ought to have cat
tie dipped. Even buzzards are leav-
ing, for there are no longer carcases
to feed on. You do not now see any
poor or diseased cattle.
In reply to an INQUIRY, Mr.. Hinton
says we will probably have to dip
next year to entirely eradicate ticks.
The good work would have been fin
ished this year had every one brought
their cattle at once and regularly to
the watts and had them dipped. But
number of farmers thought they
could defy the law and did not start
dipping until late. Mr.. Hinton says
that he never sees q tick on cattle that
are dipped regularly every two weeks,
but sometimes you will see = few on
some animal that has missed dip
ping. The Supervisors have gone to
heavy expense to build watts and
prepare for dipping. and they intend
to keep up the work as long as there
Is tick seen on cattle. 1t would be
criminal neglect and cowardice to
yield to popular clamor and abandon
the great and needed work after spen-
ng so much of the peoples tax mon
ey and now that we have made such
splendid progress. The sooner all of
our cattle owners realize that the Su-
pervisors mean business, and all join
in enforcing the law, the soone will
the botheration of driving cattle to
dipping watts be stopped.
lin speaking OF dropping those cases
At Moselle against farmers who had
not brought their cattle TO be dipped,
Mr.. Hinton said the proper notice had
not been sArYed hut thia had NOW bean