Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

81, ohort 6fty cents per head so that
If the counties make systeuasiI
noign m eradicate the TICK the III
crease in value of the hide alone "oulu
ra,, For the cost of tick eradication ana
leave the farmer net prou' u
seventy-six cents per hlde' -,,,o
The hide situation IS Deconlne
rather serious. A prominent 'anno'
in Pennsylvania states aLa
For the class OF leather we man
We nrefer southern hides for chronl
on account OF the close texture a
6no Grain hut on account OF the tlcAS
wa have had to practically stop pun
chasing southern hides.
Tbis is particularly Significant as
the demand for chrome leather 80
creasing so that the norman uen A"I1
for southern hides will be sun lu''n''
decreased 49,, obrome
large percentage OF the chrone
leather now produced is t1nlsned Win
the grain left on so that all mp
factions and tick marks on the gran,
eide show very plainly. IN tIie olu
aovs when all the leather TOT uppoi
,,,ns made from bark-tanned STOCK an
q heather was buffed and the gram We
!. removed. For this leather l@nno-o
= could use cheap hides tha' We
= oovored with imperfections ana IlcN
: ,oorks and make fairly gooo ieatnoi' :
. rho situation today, as 1t mas poGA
avnlained is very different as the pun.
I lie is demanding more anu nv.
| groinad feathers for which large pio-
| portions of southern hides VIII no.
.ilohla until the tick Is eraui'
Gated -, dopa in
i While good work has been aohg - -
all states. the splendid WORK Ia -
rassoa will without doubt, make LIE
the first state to be entirely Tree lrol
onorantine for ticks. 1t already h"'
4 aradicated the tick in every county
except one, all that now remains unue
+or,oraptine being small part
] Marion county All of the otner a.
foctad counties were released on 0el
TENDER first from quarantine, %
] According to the specialists Oh -
denartment of agriculture II mas Gus
Ioas than so cents per head TO erao
i cate the tick in Tennessee ana tne Ca
tla owners as a result have gained ~
loss than $500 per head, thus aouin
. IN the value of their stock. hei .,
MORO than 100000 cattle in the sta'
o,d tba Immediate benefit to the owl
- orc has been not less than S3,ooU'oV
ON The cost of tick eradication mas 20
only S250,0O0 so that the lhse't M
naid for itself nearly fourteen 'ilu'
- over in q very short time MS w.
oi not inc1ude the additional profits WI,
an ao,,o from the fact that now that u
81 tick is eradicated more catIie can
raised on each farm and that 'ne ~
-. tiva+ed fields are made more prouu
IA tive by the increase OF the aiiiouH'
vac, fertilizer now available
has In addition to the actual pio
ia Gained nv the Improvement OF the q
,or, flo stock, there is great increase
ia ba obtained in the average prouuc1l
ION. OF corn, cotton and every otner ~
her nv restoration to the SOIL Oh lei .iiA-
,tod in the form of manure. lhls 10
,1or other very important reason why
~ soutb will profit by deyotlng lts Gu
gies to Graduating the uck, anu -
nv increase the yearly ouIpu' .
the According to the specialists
res. eradication is of such vital importai
% % Of to every one of the southern sta
o,no that no let up SHOULD be made III
nses the complete destruction OF every
baen is accomplished AS soon as e.
y state succeeds in this it will be
t,ol, on the way toward the successfui
IF pattle-faiSllR.
two On September l, 9,19l square m
:, raxoa Oklahoma, Tennessee, u
pSa ITO and south Carolina were relea
,ence from quarantine, making tolA,
GO in 196, S95 square miles. when nave
nor freed from the cattle tick ana
> put leSsed from quarantine since the "
- 10 of tick eradication began in 1906