The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
MUST Fight TICK
STRONG APPEALS IN BEHALF OF
TIE FARMERS
some STIRRING TALKS

Tick-.isk Members to Appropriate
Forty Thousand Dollars to Fight
the Pest in This State.
The United States government rep
recsntatives and Clemson college
joined in appealing to the general
assembly to unite with them in the
work of fighting the cattle tick in
South Carolina, to prepare for build
irs up live stock industry, and
tt is preparing for the dreaded boil
evil, which leaves devastation and
W.nt in its wake.
You will have to climb the noun
ta:ns of prejudice and wade through
seas of ignorance and mi5information
in impressing upon the people the
c! isis which confronts them" dra-
n, Itically exclaimed Congressman A.
F. Lever in a mastery appeal for the
p@ss2ge OF the appropriation of $40
0&0 20 help in the fight TO free South
Carolina from the cattle tick.
Congressman Lever drew applause
when he declared that if the general
bly, would appropriate $4,000
tie Federal government would sup
plement the fund with like amount,
and thus help in saving one million
dollars year to the cattle growers
Of this State. "This is a little, but
ambitious, State" declared Mr.. Lever
in saying that he did not believe
South Carolina would lag in the pro-
gressive legislation now being enact
ed all over the country.
The members of the legislature
and visitors broke into mighty cheer
ing when the Seventh district con-
gresham spoke of the dawn of a
new era which had come with the ad-
ministTaticn of President Wilson and
in predicting a great era Of prosper
ity and advancement.
Mr.. Lever referred to the passage
of the Smith-Lever agricultural eX-
tension bill by congress, and said
that it would mean a great boost for
the agricultural industry CT the na-
| ton. He called on the legislators to
| help the farmer, and said that he was
convinced that would display states
manship by preparing for the coming
of the boil weevil by passing the ap-
preparation for fighting the cattle
tick.
President ". N. Riggs of Clemson
/ college told of the work which the
college had done in assisting in the
work of tick eradication, but showed
that the $4,000 could not be taken
out Of the fund Of the college for this
work without crippling other public
| advancement which was being car
! ricd on. He showed that the college
was now appropriating nearly $4,000
yearly for the tick eradication, and
! how in the last six years it had spent
about $4,000 in this work in the up
country in conjunction with about
S!0S,Q00 spent by the Federal gov
errment. He said that the college
was ready and willing to do anything
! it could to advance the interests of
the farmers and the people, but that
the budget for the coming year call
ed for 100000, while the income
from the fertilizer tag tax amounted
to only about S226,000. He told of
where the money was spent, as in
carrying on the farm demonstration
work, in providing for scholarships
at Clemson, in fertilizer inspection
and analysis, in carrying on the work
of the branch stations at Sumner
vile and Florence and in running the
college and teaching the eight hun
dred ard fifty young men at the in
stitution. He thanked the general
assembly for the consideration they
had always shown Clemson college.
Shows Value to State. ..
DR.. E. NJ. Nighbert, the inspector
in charge to tick eradication work,
with headquarters in Atlanta, told
Of how the work of eradicating the
cattle tick had begun in North Car
olina 20 years ago, how the general
campaign in 1906 had been carried
forward with such fine results. and
how the cattle tick prevented the
building up of a live stock industry.
He estimated that South Carolina was
producing enough cotton seed meal to
feed and fatten 250,000 head Of cat
tie annually, and by carrying on the
campaign in a systematic manner the
tick should be eradicated in short
time. He said that Tennessee was
freed from tick at the cost of about
S250,000 and had saved over $2,000,-
600 yearly. He stated that an area Of
100000 square miles h Il been freed
since 1906, and that the little farmer
Was the one interested, as he was
the one who fed and clothed the ma
ton. He said, "First free the coun-
try of the cattle tick and the live!
stock industry would be Developed u
Urges Prompt Action.
Mr.. 3. H. Rawl, Of the bureau oil
animal industry in the agricultural
department at Washington, brought |
home in clear way the need for
prompt action in fighting the cattle
tick. He showed that whereas the
West formerly grew more corn and
raised more cattle than the nation
could use, that ranges had disappear
ed and now the nation was looking
to the South. He quoted statistics
to show 4 decrease in cattle raising.
and stated that whereas in 1890 beef
cattle in Chicago sold for 1-2 cents
per pound on the hoof. it now brings
nine cents pound. He stated that
South Carolina can raise grass and