The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-25
LITTLE Bug
COSTS STATE
MILLIONS
CATTLE TICK WORRIES THE
HEALTH BOARD IN EFFORTS

BEEvEs IN FLORIDA - SHOULD
BE ERADlcATED.
One little bug . good many OF
her-cOst the farmers OF Florida more
than s.. 500 600 in one year.
That bug was the cattle tick. which
deprecated the value Of the cattle
milch cows and beeyes-hy that en0r-
nous sum compared with the prices
that the same classificati0ns of cat
tle we're worth On the first day of
January. 1872, IN the state Of Ohio
And the United States department Of
agriculture is the authority for Eaes4
figures. On that date the average.
price per head Of mich COWS IN Flor
ida was S53.5o; in Ohio il was sz2-
On the same date the average price
Per head OF other cattle IN Florida
was s13.Io. and N Ohio the figure
was s74-50. The figures for this north
as typical OF those in states outside
the quarantined territory OF the Unit
ed States. But > Ike comparison
With some other northern and western
states would show even more start
ling contrasts.
Why Is It that Florida with
greater variety of forage crops than
any other state IN the Union. asf0rding
green pastarzge for cattle IN ever
month il the 1e, brings 50 per cent
Of its dressed beef from Chicago ard
Kansas City packing hoassss
Why IS Il THAI the big tourists ho-
tells in Florida are compelled 10 IN.
port fresh milk and cream under re
frigeration from New YORK Tor rheEr
guests every Efntezz
Why is i that the average weight
Of the country, whieA prohibits the ex-
hoof At three years Old. the usual
age for marketing u this state. *
about SIS pounds and that & dresses
1oaly Is per cent os that I've weight
when the western beet az ITO years
Old averages above 600 pounds and
dresses % per cent Of its lire wezgas.
Way Is Il that Elori1a- Is wea As
most Of HE south. is under 2 psrpee~
uai quarantine imposed BY the rest
a the country which HroAEhzts ths *
por1a1Ion OF cattle rom tass teErzso.y
excepting for immediate slaughter. @
under such restrictions as 10 make Il
almost impraceicabIe9
Why IS ii that the beeyss Er92
this gaara1tiRed district are q1o.sd
Al the Chleago ssQekyards AZ zral
$50 % S. less per hundred p0aats
f I've weight than those .frol TIE u
qaarantined sections
There's Just one answer 70 al q
these questions. Il Is the cattle Tex
The losses alree1y referred 70 are
direct The Indire~t losses are exe4
greater. for these conditions czzszLl
+ the development OF what sh0u I 6e.
and might be. one OF Florida's l0Sc
E valuable agricultural industries Un-
der the conditions that prevail gen
orally through the state, it IS almost
sure loss TO bring blooded cattle IN
10 Florida in order 20 improve the
native strains, for 80 per cent Of such
cattle die when exposed % the
tick fever
This disease. known also IS The
Texas fever, IS caused By Z bloOd &c
slEoying parasite. which IS introduced
into cattle by the bite Of the Gov tzes
Once Inoculated into the bovine So
TEN. it multiDlies rapidly and
lives On the red co-p2Scles
Of the blood The destruction
Of these corpuscIes tend 70 *
haust the animals vitality ard al -
recuperatve energies are required 4
hold their oEn against the rzvages =
the parasite Where ne germ geaS
the mastery OF the situation. the 81
nal IS doomed 10 : SPEEDY death
TIE disease has some features ~
selblIng malaria N h4z4n aeSzsS.
AID Is sometimes cae5 cake
malaria
Naive born ea1sse have eAe zssalSs
Il caroazc form fraz sazerar1o2 Il
sa1ezzzloa Er1z zhezz b5rza. zz5 eAsx
establish KID az eo.szazcs & Il
pr -zaE 2ezIre e s1ZE1leS zr1z &