The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
ERhDIGATIHG CATTLE TICK.

from Quarantine as 4 Result OF
Recent Progress-Bars Still Up
Against Louisiana.
BY an order effective March /, Sec
rotary Wilson has released from
quarantine 1880 square miles in the
southern states as a result OF the
good progress made during the past
year in the eradication of the ticks
which spread the disease of cattle
known as Texas fever or tick fever.
Additional areas amounting to 5493
square miles had already been re-
leased since last spring, making a
total Of 24,983 square miles released
during the past year. The total
territory released from quarantine
since the work of tick eradication was
begun in 1906 now amounts to more
than $4,000 square miles, being
greater in size than the COM
bined areas of South Carolina, Ala
bama, Georgia and Mississippi. This
work is carried on by the Bureau of
Department of Agriculture in cooper
alton with state and local authori-
ties in the affected states.
The territory released by the Sec
retary's recent order is as follows:
In Alabama, Madison county, S11
square miles; in California, the re-
mainder of San Luis Obispo county,
1884 square miles; in Georgia, 1885
square miles, including the counties
Of Fannin, Hall, Banks, Clarke and
Putnam; in Mississippi, 6647 square
miles, including the counties of Kinds,
Coahoma and Issaquena, and parts
Of Noxubee, Jefferson, Monroe, Madi-
son, Rankin, ChickasaW, Alfalfa and
Leake counties; in Missouri the re-
mainder of Mcdonald, Newton and
Oregon counties, amounting to 1856
square miles; in North Carolina,
Edgecombe county, 500 square miles;
in Oklahoma, 1854 square miles, be-
ing the remainder of Lincoln and
Comanche counties and parts of
Grady and Potta watomie counties; in
South Carolina, 1915 square miles, in
Guiding Darlington and Marlboro
counties, the remainder of York
county, and parts of Lancaster and
Chester counties; in Tennessee, 1861
square miles, including the remainder
of Polk and Hamilton counties and
parts of McNairy, Decatur, Harde-
man and Wayne counties; in Texas,
1893 square miles, including Stone
wall and Reagan counties, the re-
mainder of Howard county, and parts
Of Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell
and Terrell counties.
Secretary Wilson's order continues
the quarantine against the removal
Of cattle except under certain con-
ditions from the territory which has
not yet been freed of ticks, as fol-
lows: All of Florida and Louisiana,
the greater portions of Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, Okla
homa, South Carolina and Texas, less
than half of North Carolina, a
few counties in Virginia, one county
tSan Diego in California, and al
small area in Ripley county, No.
Cattle from this guaranteed terri
tory may be removed to non-quaran- ]
tined territory only under certain con-
ditions which are prescribed in the
regulations. They may be shipped
in quarantine to certain large north
ern slaughtering centers for imme-
date slaughter, but they may be
moved for other purposes only under
official certificate after they have
been inspected and dipped either
once or twice, according to circum-
stances, in a prescribed arsenica1
solution.
Copies of the new regulations,
which are designated as Order 1874
and Amendment 7 to Order 143. may
be obtained on application to the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
6. A map showing the guaranteed
5erritory and indicating the areas that
nave been released has been pre-
pared, and copies will be furnished
o interested persons on application.