The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-08
HOW CATTLE TICK
HURTS The SOUTH
DANGER TO HIDES WORTH con-
SIDERING.
Eradication of Pest Would Bring It's
Own Reward and That Very
Soon.

Washington, Aug. 5.-According to
figures gathered by one of the vet
erinary inspectors Of the bureau of
animal industry, the presence Of the
tick among the cattle of the South
not only lessons the value Of the cat
tie on the hoof but causes the grad
ing of hides that have been infested
with ticks as No 4 quality.
The same hide, if free from tick
marks, would be grade No. 2. The
difference in price between these two
grades q: hides is cents pound.
AS the hide of Southern steers weighs
about a. rounds, the presanc; Of the
] tick in the hide causes a loss in the
lide alcne more than S1.:'6 per hide.
Government specialists poir. ont that
the cost Ct tick eradica:i>l is onl;
about 50 cents per head So ia: if
The counti5s make a systematic cam
paign 10 eradicate the tick. the in
crease in value of the hide alone
would ray fc1 the cost Of tick eradi-
cation snd leave the farmer net
cost of about. .76 cents per hide.
The hide situation is becoming
rather serious. A prominent tanner in
ponncvIvonio c+afnc
"For the class of leather we make
we prefer Southern hides for chrome
on account of the close texture and
fine grain, but on account of/the ticks
VIC have had to practically stop pur-
chasing Southern hides"
This is particularly significant AS
the demand for chrome leather is in
creasing so that the normal demand
for Southern hides will be still fur
ther decreased.
A large percentage of the chrome
leather now produced is finished with
the grain left on so that all iulper-
fections and tick marks on the grain
side show very plainly. In the old
days when all the leather for uprers
was made from bark-tanned stock,
all leather was buffed and the grain
was removed For this leather taT-
ners could use clean hides that were
covered with imperfections and TICK
marks and make fairly good leather.
The situation today, as it has been
explained is very different as the pub.
lie is demanding more and moro
grained feathers for which large pro-
portions of Southern hides will not
be available until the tick is eradi-
Gated.
Tennessee will probably be the first
State to be entirely free from quar-
antine for ticks. 1t already has Grad
icated the tick in 81 counties and all
that now remain under quarantine are
parts of Marion, Wayne, Hardeman,
McNairy and Decatur counties and
all Of Hardin, Henderson and Chester
counties. 1t is hoped that by Septem-
Der I.these counties will be free from
ticks and the entire State out of
quarantine.
According to the specialists of the
department of agriculture, it has cost
less than so cents per head to erad-
icate the tick in Tennessee and the
cattle owners as a result have gained
not less than ST per head, thus
adding to the value of their stock.
There are some 100000 cattle in the
Counties already free from ticks and
the immediate benefit to these owners
has been not less than $3,500,000. The
cost of tick eradication has been only
s25O,00O so that the investment paid
for itself nearly II times over in a
very short time. This does not include
the additional profits which come
from the fact that now that the tick
is eradicated more cattle can be raised
on each farm and that the cultivated
fields are made more productive by
the increase Of the amount Of fertil-
izer now available.
Death Of Young Girl
Pearl Eoline, daughter Of Mr.. and