The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-17

only bout afty cents per head so A,
if the counties make a systematic A.
paign TO eradicate the tick. tho J
crease in value Of the hide alone vo
pay for the cost of tick eradication .,
leave the farmer a net profit Of sbO
seventysix cents per hide.
The hide situation is becout
rather serious. A prominent tam
in Pennsylvania states:
For the class of leather we ma.
W prefer southern hides for chm,
on account of the close texture a,
fine grain, but on account of the liz,
we have had to practically stop D,
chasing southern hides"
This is particularly significant
the demand for chrome leather ia
creasing so that the normal denu
for southern hides will be still furi.
decreased.
A large percentage of the chru,
leather now produced is finished vi
the grain left on so that all imps
fections and tick marks on the mi
side show very plainly. In the
days when all the leather for upp
was made from bark-tanned stock
leather was buffed and the grain
removed. For this leather tanns
could use cheap hides that va
covered with imperfections and d
marks and make fairly good leatA
The situation today, as it mas Be
explained, is very different as the d
lie is demanding more and mo
grained feathers for which large d
portions of southern hides will
be available until the tick is era
Gated.
While good work has been done
all states, the splendid work in Il
nessee will without doubt, make
the first state TO be entirely free tr
quarantine for ticks. 1t already 4
eradicated the tick in every courl
except one, all that now remains und
quarantine being a small part
Marion county. All of the other :
fected counties we're released on d
TENDER first from quarantine.
According to the specialists Of
department of agriculture, 1t has q
less than so cents per head to en-
cate the itch in Tennessee and the
tie owners as a result have gained
less than $500 per head, thus add1
| to the value of their stock. There 4
more than 100000 cattle in the 81
and the immediate benefit to the osl
ers has been not less than SELDOM
The cost of tick eradication has b
only $250,000 so that the investna|
paid for itself nearly fourteen I'M
over in a very short time. This q
not include the additional profits wh1l
come from the fact that now that !
tick Is eradicated more cattle can
raised on each farm and that the
tivated fields are made more PROD
tive by the increase Of the amount
fertilizer now available.
In addition to the actual pm
gained by the improvement OF the Z
tie stock, there is great increas
be obtained in the average produci
Of corn, cotton and every other
by a restoration to the soil OF fertir|
in the form of manure. This 10
other very important reason VII!
south will profit by devoting It's q
gies to eradicating the tick. and
increase the yearly output OF catus
According to the specialists
eradication is of such vital impora
to every one Of the southern 81
that no let up should be made
the complete destruction OF every \
Is accomplished. AS soon as
state succeeds in this II will De
on the way toward the successfu
velopment of it's cattle-raising.
On September l, 9.191 square y
in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee
gia and South Carolina were relea
from quarantine, making a to'a
1869 square miles, which have
freed from the cattle tick and
leased from quarantine since the
of tick eradication began in 1905