The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14

ExTIRPATION NECESSARY, SAYS
DIR. r.. y. NIGIlBERT.
Farmers In This Section Hampcred I'm
Efforts To Pay More Attention To
Raising OF Cattle.
News and Courier.

spector In cargo OF tick eradication
work and Southern transportation of
cattle. with headquarters at Atlanta,
Ca last night addressed the South
Carolina Agricultural Society on Tick
Eradication and Cattle Improvement
illustrated with stereopticon views and
moving pictures.
This Is day" he said, of pro-
ducing two pounds OF beef where one
was produced before. This must be
done under modern conditions and
times. The old way of allowing cat
tie to run at large i'm the open range.
suffering for the want of sufficient
food and care, is a thing OF the past.
our open range coastal counties must
be fenced and ticks eradlcated SO
that land owners ana farmers will
have an opportunity to introduce inn
proved, high grade herds for the inn
provemsnt of home stock. Our peo-
pie of the South can no longer be
slaves To the cotton crop. We must
raise something to eat and ut the
same time, conserve our soil without
producing one pound less of cotton
The Southern States especially
the southeastern section) is especial
~ suitable for growing the kind OF
cattle that the market demands. There
Is shortage Of cattle throughout the
nation and the southern portion of
the country Is looked upon for our
future supply. to large measure, of
beef and dairy products
Therefore, to begin now, ii will
take time TO reach the point OF pro-
ducing home supply with surplus
to supply other sections OF the coun-
try. No State or section OF the coun-
try has done its duty until the proper
steps have been taken to conserve
the future supply, and. at the same
timeS conserve soil fertility. which
can only be done by the use OF live
stock.
-. ..Llve stock. especially. cattle. IS er
fundamental industry ,of an Ameri-
can farm. BY the eradication of the
cattle tick and the gradual establish
ment OF improved cattle on modern
farms has proven SO far the only
means of combating the ravages OF
the cotton boil weevil, which is max
ing rapid headway and will i'm time.
according TO the best authorities. COW
er every section of the cotton area
The cattle tick is easily eradicated
from any farm. plantation or range
once the people offer their co-opcra-
tion. The cattle dipping VAT and the
arsenic solution, FOR the eradication of
the tick. are the efficient means for
accomplishing the work.
The cattle industry Of the United
States is worth something like s4,-
0OO.O0O.0O0. The dairy products that
go TO our twenty million families are
worth more than the cotton crop. For
that reason the state and the govern
ment Is anxious To conserve and de-
velop this great industry"
The above quotations form only a
summary OF the points touched on BY
Or Nighbert. lie developed each point
fully. and. with the aid OF his lantern
slides. was able To convey to those
who heard him "a vivid impression oi
the devastation wrought by the cattle
Fever tick and also the methods by
which II can bc prevented If the mat
ter Is sonc about intclligcntly.
The meeting was i'm the form of "a
smoker held by The Agricultural So
c'ety OF South Carolina. at the Cham
Der Of Commerce. and it was well at
tended.
The subject of tick eradication has
attracted wide attention i'm South Car
Olina' and especially in the coastal tier
OF counties. within recent months.
ana committee has been actiyclv nt
work creating a. sentiment through.
cut the state IN favor of a. Legislative
appropriation of $i0.oOO Tor a state
wide tick eradication campaigu The
Agricultural society of south Caro-
lima and the SEA- Island Cotton S..d
ASsoCt, ON. which have just held their
annual meetings ia Charleston. pass.
eel resolutions endorsing such am ap-
preparation aud they Will hc repre-
scuted Icy a. j'iut committee, which
viii appear at the legislative dclcpu-
tiUn's public hearing tomorrow t.
urge the matter upon the attention
ot the local delegates
For two or three years the desire
to breed live stock iu greater numbers
thun ut present has hccu increasing
among the plJutcrs or this section. as
au' ouc Wh" has hccn iu touch with
them ana has converse with planters
t'"m the V1rious sections of the Couu
fttr