The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

pneumonia in cattle which was also intro
duced into this country from some for
eign nation some years ago.
Work in the South
The department of agriculture has seen
for several years the possibility of de-
veloping profitable cattle industry in the
southern states after the eradication of
the tick. That these expectations have
been fulfilled is clearly evident by Wis
iting the counties which have succeeded
in eradicating the tick There will be
found more cattle. better types of cattle,
more cattle breeders, more shippers who
send their stock to the best markets in
the United States. In these counties,
which at the outset of tick eradication
work. there lived a number of doubling
Thomases who now, without exception,
are believers in the ability of the south
to raise cattle, equal to any grown else
where.
The most wonderful achievements in the
development of the cattle industry follow
ing the eradication of the tick are the
herds from the LaVernet farm, Jackson,
Miss. and the Lespedeza farm, Hickory
Valley, Tennessee The former farm is
situated on the outskirts of Jackson, Miss.
1t was established about five years ago.
The herd at that time was tick infested
one, the foundation of the herd having
been brought from Arkansas. In the
spring of 1912 active tick eradication was
started in Kinds county. Practically all
the cattle We're infested. There were
built 1873 concrete dipping vats and during
that season all the cattle were regularly
dipped every two weeks. March !, 1913.
the county was released from quarantine.
Before that time cattle, be they ever so
good. could be moved into the free area
of the United States only under rigid re-
strictions providing that at destination
they were to be Immediately slaughtered.
Now that was a terrible handicap to the
growers of young cattle who could have
sold them for stockers, at prices ranging
from 81 to S15O per 100 more than for i'm
mediate slaughter. but the quarantine
regulations provided that they must be
Immediately killed. regardless of the state
of flesh in which they We're.
Example in Mississippi
Since Kinds county was released from
quarantine the shippers realized from 500
to $500 per car more for the cattle than
when shipped as quarantined animals. In
other words. the markets of the world
We're opened up to that county. The year
previous, to being released the LaVernet
herd of scattle could not even be shipped
to Memphis for exhibition purposes, but
during 1919 the same herd was shipped
to numerous northern state fairs. where
it won many blue ribbons. At the Amer
fcan National Live Stock exposition held
in Kansas City, Mo-, where are gathered
the cream of the Hereford herds in Amer
ica. this herd won many prizes, but it re-
mained until the great International Live
Stock exposition at Chicago before this
herd reached the zenith of it's achieve
ments. There the great bull Point Com
fort XIV was first in his class and was
awarded the grand championship for
Hereford bulls of all ages. This was in
competition of the cream of the Hereford
world. This is the unanswerable evil
dence of the ability of the south to pro-
duce cattle the euual of those grown any,
where in the world Point Comfort XIV
was born and brouoht mp In the south,
on southern raised feeds.
Success cf Tennessee Herd
1t Is very gratifying to be able to say
that the Lespedeza herd the headquarters