The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-28
CATTLE TICk ERADICATION.
Large Force to be Employed and to
Be Under Direction of Clemson
College.


Clemson College, April 22.-Dr. ".
X. Lewis, inspector in charge OF tick
eradication in Sou Carolina, .operat-
ing under the joint auspices Of Glenn
son College and the United States
bureau Of animal industry, has outlined
the following plan OF territorial distri-
button Of he work, which has been
approved by the college and tae bu-
reau.
Tle official cleanup work will be
done in Abbeville, Greenwood, Chester,
Darlington and Marlboro counties,
where there are still local premises
under quarantine. The systematized
work OF tick eradica ion will be con-
tinued in Newberry, Fairfield, her-
s4aw, Ches .erfeld, Lee and Florence
counties, where work was begun last
season. New work will be begun at
once in the counties OF Lancaster
(south of Waxhaw Creek, Dillon,
Richlaad, Sumter and Charleston. Ed
ucational and survey work Will be TAX
en- up after July l in Edgefeld, Saluda,
Aiken, Lexington, and Calhoun. All Of
these operations, except the last nam
ed, will go forward without any delay.
The announcement of this plan of
territorial distribution has been await
ed with keen interest in many parts o.
the State, as is evidenced by inquiries
which have been received at Clemson
College.
The work in this Safe W illbe car
ried on under The superl sion OF the
inspector in charge, DR.. Lewis, by
field force consisting Of seven veteri-
narians and 45 agents. There are 10
agents now engaged in the work and
it will therefore be necessary immed-
ia,ely to appoint 26 additional agents.
These men will be selected by DR..
Lewis from the numerous applications
which nave been received at Clem-
son College. 1t is the announced pur-
pose Of the authorities to select the
men on the basis Of merit only, with
out regard to coun,y afiliation Of any
qualification other than merit.
The plan announced contemplates
using between now and Januray l,
1915, the SAFE appropriation of $4,000
plus the contribution from the federal
bureau. If larger funds should be
available through county assistance or
increased federal appropriation, ad
ditional counties will be included
among those worked this year. The
bulk of the working force will be cen
tered in territory contiguous to tick
free area. Charleston county will be
/ worked in order to determine and
demonstrate the best me hods OF con-
tick in counties which have no stock
tick In counties which have no stock
law and large free ranges. 1t will be
the purpose, after cleaning up Char
lesion county, 10 extend the work into
the other low counties and, working up
the Stae, meet the forces working from
up-country Ricaland county will be
made an important shipping point fol
ca tie and the necessary dipping watts
Will be installed there, with a veteri-
marian in charge.
| Commenting on this plan of terrific
rial distribution, DR.. w. NJ Riggs
presiden, OF Clemson college said:
Some disappoin .ment may be caus-
ede i'll counties Were tae work is no.
Immediately begun, but tle people OF
those counties should remember that
the final result of cleaning up the S a.e,
which is the object to be attained, will
( be soonest accomplished by our work.
ing along the lines Indicated To at
temp: to work ali tne counties IN the
State at once would so dissipate the
field force as to make the process of
cleaning up in every county cover
many years.