The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1913-12-13
O|PPnG WI ONLY
MEANS 70 FREE
CATTLE Of TICKS
DR. DALRYpLE IN TALK 70
FARMERS URGKs fu1s
IhhnDlATu RBNDDY.

IN h!s talk to the Polies Jur,
and the formers present at th,
meeting OF that body. Wednssda,
afternoon. DR.. ". H. Dslrymple
at tho Louisiana Btate University
he srsstsst authority on eattl,
raising In the South. urged ppon
tho people Of this parish tho i'm.
mediate uss Of the dipptns vat ..
the only neans to frss cattle
raised here from the ticks. and BY
70 doing. raise the Federal Qusran.
tine against rerrsbonns - tick
INJECTED ares. and opsx the mar.
ksss Of the world to our cattle.
The distinguished expert. who
b . nsmbsr Of tho International
Livestock Association. and also q
member Of the Louisiana State
livestock Sanitary Board. was ts-
tfoduesd to the sudiancs BY nr. J.
9. Dupont president o. the Polies
Jsry Ds. DslrymDis began By r.
0svias ths Aistory n. ths work Of
~ sseAiaotien II aAx !. sevth.
el II eets 1As. = ssn.
|bSf u livestock mes. Of vAon ID
xas . nsnbsr. went before Con
srsss and pstitieasA tAat holy 10
appropriate oas hsnarsa tAeusand
sollsrs = year - carry On the work
u tho sosth. This money. ssia
Df. Dalrympls. "vas g1vsn the
Southern States to assist them IN
helping tAemsslvsa. The 0ovsra-
msnt vosid give ~ . dollar for sv-
ssry dollar that any Infected state
would give" Two ysars later The
appropriation vas raised 70 one
hundred and nfsy thousand dollars.
In 1911 Congress savs >26o.ooo. 90
and last year the appropriation
vas made ts2s.ooe.oe Last ysar
the State OF Aississippi cooper
atins With the Unitsd State, 0oy-
ernment expended oss. 100000 Of
her own ana ~ eanai amount
from the Government. bsins svi-
dsnes Of splsadid progress made b.
that State n the vorA.
In Loa1siana the oovsrnnsat
has spent more t1aa the State has
IA carrying On the worn. Aad
much progress Ass been aade IN
Tho nofthern parishes. One of
then in particular. Madison PR
lsh. 10 free OF ticks and The Gov
srnment has removed the auarsa-
sino against that psrish. 80 that
Ihe cattle fYom nsdisoa Parish ean
low enter the open markets Of the
world IN competition With north
I'm raised cattle. This means
hat cattle from that ,arish
aavs IN enhanced value ovsl eattl,
rom Infected parishes 300
YEP head. In = Parish that raises.
'sy twenty thousand hsAd, that
ssald nsaa >1<6,sos.ss more for
~ cattle Of that DaYish whore the
luarsntins hAd bssa raised than
he same number from . parish in
ectsd With tie eattls tiek.
70 show you what tick srsdiea-
ion has done in Mississippi said
D.. Da1rympls. - Hereford Bull,
aised BY Mr.. Davis OF Jsekson
Mss, won first prise 1t 1nterna-
ionsl Stock Show at Chicago this
ear. Now II It had not been for
he work carried on there to Grad
cata the cattie tick, by means of
he dipping vat method. I could
|ot have had Mr.. Davis's bull en-
cred Ut all In tho international
'tock Show"
With the aid OF 4 diagram on . |
iece Of canvas hung On the wall,
)r. Dalrymple e1plsinsd how tho
ipping vats are made. how to pre-
are the arsenieal solution, and |
ov to dip the cattle. fhsse vats
ost from fifty to ssventy-flvs dol
ars each. and are made Of concrete.
10 DID not believe In compulsory
ipsiag. Rs ssh thst ~ kasv