The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-01-29
Order Issued by the Secretary Of
Agriculture Effective Feb. l6
Releases Entire County
from Quarantine
MARKED PROGRESS
In DETERMINATION
About 30 Percent Of Inspected Ter
ritOry Cleaned Up Since Work
Was Undertaken by Uncle
Sam in 1906

Special to the Daily Express.
Washington, Jan 29-The territory
in the south freed from cattle tlcAs
and released from quarantine has been
increased by I7,iO6 square miles by
an order issued by the acting secre.
tary of agriculture, effective Febru
airy l6, 1914, releasing additional por
tions Of Virginia, North Carolina. Ten
nessee Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi.
oklahoma and Texas. This action
has been taken as a result of further
progress made in the determination
OF the ticks which spread splenetic or
Texas fever of cattle. The total area
released since the beginning of the
work in 1906 now aggregates 215. .90S
square miles and amounts to about
30 per cent Of the territory infected at
the time the work was undertaken.
Tennessee is the first OF the states
extensively infested by the ticks to be
entirely freed from this pest and re-
leased from quarantine. In 1906 about
one-half Of this state was under quar-
antine. The order just issued releases
a portion Of Marion country, which
was the last remaining part of the
state to be cleaned up and released.
The success Of the work in Tennessee
has been achieved through hearty CO.
operation by state and county officers
and cattle owners with the federal au-
thorities. Several other states have
also made rapid progress in getting
rid Of the ticks and now have large
free areas
The portions Of the several states to
be released from quarantine on Febru-
ary 16 under the order mentioned are
as follows.
In Virginia: The county of Sussex
and the balance Of the county OF
In North Carolina The counties OF
Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and
New Hanover
In Georgia: The counties of Nor
gan and Franklin.
In Tennessee: The remainder of
Marion county.
Il Alabama. Portions of the coun-
ties of Jackson and Sumpter.
In Mississippi: The counties of
Clay Jasper. Smith, Scott, and Le-
Flore, the remainder of the counties
Of Lowndes, Holmes. Madison, Attala.
Rankin, Noxuhee. Chickasaw and por-
tions Of the counties of Claiborne.
Warren, Yazoo, Sharkey, Bolivar,
Newton. Grenada, Leake, Monroe,
Jones and Lafayette
In OkIahoma The county of Cot
ton, and the remainder Of the counties
Of Tillman, Grady. Craig and Ottawa.
and portions of the counties Of Nc
Claim. Usage and Delaware.
In Texas: The remainder of the
counties of Foard. Knox, Haskell and
and portions Of the counties
of Throckmorton and Wilbarger.
The order also provides for a feed
ng station for non-infected acttle at
he stock yards Of the Fort Worth &
Denver City railway at Wichita Falls.
Texas. in addition to the feeding sta
ions already authorized at other
points in the quarantine area.
Copies of the formal order issued
by the acting secretary of agriculture.
which also .efines the territory re-
in quarantine, may be obtain
I'd upon application to the chief OF
he bureau of animal industry. depart
nent Of agriculture Washington, d.
C.. for b. A. l. order 207.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS