The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-03-18
MAKING PROGRESS
IN WAR ON TICK
Clemson College Forces Record
Steady Gains-TO Release
Three Counties.

clemson college, Speclal TO
Columbia State: On or about
April l three more counties of
South Carolina will be released
from the cattle tick quarantine
established by the federal gov
ernment. The counties are
Marlboro, Darlington and York.
Portions of Lancaster and Ches-
ter also will be released.
This order will mark another
step in the eradication of ticks
from this state.
Clemson College experiment
station press bulletin No. 10S,
prepared by M. Ray Powers,
professor of veterinary science,
contains a very interesting ac-
count of the work of tick eradi-
cation, its results and its neces-
sity.
"Three more counties. to-
gether with portions of two
others, will be released from
federal quarantine on or about
April l, 1913" says the bulletin.
This marks another important
step in the eradication of the
cattle ticks from South Caro-
lima.
"In July, 1907, Clemson Col
lege veterinary division, in CO.
operation with the United
States department of agricul-
ture, began this work in Oconee,
Pickens, Greenville and Ander-
son counties, and these counties
were released from federal
quarantine in 1909. In 1910,
the work was pushed into
greenwood, Abbeville, Union,
Laurens, Spartanburg, Chero-
kee, Chester and York counties.
All of these counties, with the
exception of the southern por-
tion of Abbeville, the southern
portion of York and the eastern
portion of Chester counties,
were released from federal
quarantine in 1912.
I'm 1912 work was extended
into Newberry, Saluda, Lexing-
ton, Fairfield, Lancaster, Ches-
terfield, Marlboro, Darlington,
Florence and Lee counties.
About the 1st of April, 1913,
the release of Marlboro, Oar
York, that portion of
Lancaster county north of the
WaXhaw creek, and that portion
of Chester county north of the
Lancaster & Chester Railway
is expected. This will place
above the federal quarantine
line about $500 square miles
One-third of the state.
Clemson College has eXpend- |
ed in this work about $4,000 |
and the United States depart |
ment of agriculture has eXpend- |
ed slightly larger sum. With |
the exception Of 500, which
was appropriated by Newberry .
county in 1912, no appropria-
lions have been received from
other sources. At the present |
rate of progress it will take 10
Or u years to free the entire
state, although this could easily
be accomplished i'm - to Is
if each county would ap-
funds for co-opera-
ton and if every stock owner /.
would assist by freeing his own
premises.
The tick causes South Caro-
lima an annual loss of about
$1000,0OO. Under present con-
ditions it will take at least 10
years to eradicate the tick. /
Figure out the total loss that
will occur before the ticks are
and then consider the
fact that the ticks could be erad- :
icated in II to l8 months and
this loss prevented. The sum
that the tick will cost our farm |
ers III two years would free the
entire state. What would you
think of a business man who
would sit down and calmly allow .
his business to lose 500 or /
$500 each year if he could easily ,
prevent it? Every one says |
poor business. Now what is |
your opinion of the farmers of
South Carolina who are sitting |
down and calmly allowing their |
business to be sapped of 81 ,OOO.- |
600 each year-a loss that could |
easily be prevented? Poor .
business ?'-that doesn't ex- |
press it,
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