The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-10

in Southern Farmer.
It has taken some time to convince
our cattle owners OF the vital imDor-
tance, to them, Of getting rid OF cat
tie ticks, and there are still some,
unfortunately. who fail to see the i'm
portance of this work. Still, In spite
of skeptics, indifferents and pull
backs, the ticks are gradually being
exterminated from the state, and
each year finds the cleared area ma
terially extended.
The United States Secretary Of Ag-
riculture has sent out notice that
the whole of the parish of Tensas
and the greater part of the parish Of
Claiborne have been cleared of cattle
ticks and released from federal quar-
antine. This area embraces 1877
square miles. Add to this the parish
Of Madison, with its 600 square miles
which was released by the federal
authorities Nov. I, 1913, and Louisi-
ana has already an area cleared of
ticks and released from federal quar-
antine of approximately 1900 square
miles.
But this IS not all There are
some other parishes that will be tick
free at the end Of next season and
in the same enYiable position as
those mentioned. Among these we
may mention East Feliciana and
Franklin, at least. It is just possi-
bic, also. that a number Of others
will be ready to start work in ear
nest tie beginning OF next season, as
they are now putting in dipping vats
and making other preparations in
order to be ready when the first Of
the season makes its appearance,
which Is, under ordinary conditions,
about April 1. OF these we may
mention Assumption, Ascension, Iber-
vile and ST. James. iberia and St.
Mary have determined to install dip
ping watts right away; the parish Of
Terrebonne has been doing consider
able dipping Of cattle; Ca1casieu is
putting in watts; Caddo the same;
East Carroll is about to start;
Ouachita had q Aig tick eradication
meeting and is determined to get
busy to kill the ticks. Word comes
that St. Tammany has appropriated
money to construct ten dipping vats
for public use, aaa ne feel reasona-
hl sure that sections of the
sta e. aEe ma preparations to in
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And 10 the 11sslk is going on with
greater rapidit than ever before as
its true import daWns upon our peo-
pie.
Now what does all this mean to
our state? It means that ere long
Louisiana will have a large tick-free
area into which our people can i'm
port, with perfect safety, pure bred
cattle of all kinds-dairy and beef
to improve and increase their herds.
1t means that the beef cattle raiser
will, in very short while, be In the
position to ship high-grade butcher
cattle to anywhere in the country he
may find the best market, without
let or h1ndranee, which he is pre-
vented from doing at present where
the federal quarantine exists. It
means that the desirable class of i'm
from all over the north
and west will pour into our tick-free
area, which they already have been
inquiring about. It means that d.
agriculture will receive a
tremendous impetus, as the raising
of good cattle, along with other live
stock, is an essential part of that
great system. And it means better
times and more prosperous citiZenry
in our state.
Surely this Is nothing short of the
greatest business proposition for the
state that has ever been inaugurated,
and which is being co-operated In by
both the federal and state govern
ments. There may have been some
excuse for delay In the work of tick
eradication when it first commenced,
as our people were then not all fami-
liar with the object sought to be at
tanned. But now, with all the litera-
ture scattered broadcast throughout
the state since the work began,
there is absolutely no reason why
the people in every nook and corner
should not know of the objects Of
this cooperative campaign against
the cattle tick, and use every effort
within their power to render Louisi-
ana tick-free in the shortest possible
space Of time. To delay the work is
to delay the benefits to be derived
from It; and not the least of these
benefits is to place Louisiana, agri-
eultura1ly, where she rightly belongs,
viz: among the greatest agricultural
and live stock producing states in
the country.
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