The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-03-05
NEED more CATTLE
DIPS SAYS EXPERT
REPRESENTATIVE OF BUREAU OF
ANIMAL INDUSTRY, HERE TO-
DAY, URGES ACTION.
MISSISSRPPs OPPORTUNITY
D. c. HanawaIt Says Eyes of Western
cattlemen Are Turned on This Sec.
tion-Immigration Delayed Because
Of Tick-Reports Progress.
MIssIs sRFrs OPPORTUNITY

D. c. Hanawalt. from the Birming-
ham office of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, United States Department ]
of Agriculture, is in Hattiesburg today /
in the interest of cattle tick eradica- ;
tion.
The specific purpose of his visit is {
to influence the Board of Supervisors |
for Forrest county, now in session
here, to put in more public dipping
vats.
"The attitude of the supervisors"
said Mr.. Hanawalt, "is to put in watts
wherever sufficient number of people
in given locality request it. For
that reason the success of our efforts
in FoBest county and South Mississip-
pi depends directly on the concerted
interest manifested by stock raisers.
I'VE have moved our southern Of
flee from Nashville to Birmingham"
he said, because the state of Ten
nessee has been entirely freed from
the tick and there is no more work
for Ls to do there. From now on the
attention of our office will be concen-
trated on the work in southern Missis-
sippi and Alabama.
South Mississippi has been some
what slow to appreciate the value Of
tick eradication" he said, "but the
people are now beginning to realize
what a great thing it would be for
this section to have it free of ticks.
and also how cheap and easy it is to
kill the ticks by concentrated efforts.
MANY counties in north Mississippi,
once as badly infested with ticks as
this section, are now entirely free.
Splendid Cattle Country.
There is no section in the world
where cattle can be raised with less
expense or in greater abundance than
right here in South Mississippi" con-
tinued Mr.. Hanawalt. "And the only
reason more cattle is not raised is
| thC VI tuC tlShs
"The cattle raising sections of the
West are badly crowded-so crowded,
in fact, that many of the cattlemen
have gone all the way to South Amer
lea to buy ranches. They have their
eyes on South Mississippi, ind they
would come here but for the tick.
"The popular idea that blooded cat
tie from other sections will not thrive
inSouth Mississippi is also a mistake
said the animal expert. There are
many excellent breeds that will thrive
well here if the tick can be eradi
Gated. 1t is not the climate that
prevents them from doing we'll, but
the tick"
Mr.. Hanawalt said several vats have
already been installed in Forrest coun
ty, and that the supervisors, he be
lieves, will install more vats whenever
a sufficient number of stock raisers
ask for them. He urges that the far
mers in every locality join in petitions
to. the supervisors asking for watts IL
their neighborhood, and he believe!
there is no doubt the supervisors will
grant the request.
, He said the Department Of Agricul
ture has agreed that whenever a sui
, ficient number of watts have been in
stalled to warrant it, an expert will b.
stationed here to inform the cattlemel
how to make the proper solutions an,
give them other valuable advice abor
cattle breeding.