Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-05
CATTLE |NOCULATED
AGAINST TEXAS FEVER
Fine Cattle Are Shipped to the A. 6
NJ. College, Where They Are Made
Immune From Fever Tick.


bought by a half dozen prominent
Texas ranchmen, have been sent to
the A. & NJ. College, where they have
been inoculated by DR.. NJ. Francis of
the college veterinary department and
rendere immune to the attack OF the
Texas fever tick. The cattle have
been placed in pens at the college,
where they will remain for sixty days
until they have thoroughly recovered
from the sickness which followed the
incubation.
Thousands upon thousands OF dol
lars have been saved to Texas cattle
men by the efforts of DR.. Francis in
this war on the fever tick. Every win
ter fine breeding cattle for Texas
ranches are shipped to the college and
innoculated there by the college
veterinarians. Figures show that the
losses among cattle thus innoculated
have amounted to only three per cent
at the college pens. Due to relapses
in the summer and improper treat
ment after removal from the college
the deaths have brought the total pre-
centage up to five or eight per cent.
The present shipment of cattle was
received during the Christmas holt
days and has already been treated.
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gions are brought in at the owners
risk. Until Dr. Francis discovered his
innoculation the total loss of import
ed stuff reached 80 per cent. AS a
result of his discovery and treatment
the loss has been greatly reduced and
now 30 per cent of the imported cattle
are saved. The work is done free of
charge by the veterinary department
Of the college. the only expense being
that OF feeding. Books show that
more than 1000 head of fine cattle
brought to Texas for breeding and
show purposes at an enormous ex-
pense have been innoculated free of
charge by Dr. Francis and his CO.
laborers. Prominent Texas breeders
who are building up their ranges with
the best send him yearly shipment
to be innoculated. One Of the bulls.
a shotrhorn, was bought by Frank
Scofield of Hillsboro for $3.50. The
other seventy-five head average in
value from $500 to $1,000. Some of
the owners who have stock in the pens
now are L. Ward, San Antonio, 40
Hereford bulls; ]. F. Yearwood,
Georgetown; Sam Waring. Eden; J.
H. Hughes, Dallas; DR.. ]. R. Raby
Gatesville, Shorthorns. part of
which were imported from England;
C. L. Boothe, Gonzales; ]. NJ. Caldwell
of Bryan, and the A. & NJ. College of
Texas.
DR.. Francis work with the Texas
fever tick has made him known
throughout the Nation as one of the
leading veterinarians and a man
who has really accomplished some
thing.
And while this work has resulted
in the saving of thousands of dollars
to the livestock interests of Texas,
practically no funds have been invest
ed in equipment for carrying on the
work. The pens in which the fine
animals are kept are surrounded with
rail and wire fences, the barns are
run down and dilapidated. Last year
DR.. Francis appealed to the State for
an appropriation with which to erect
modern pens and sheds, thereby in.
creasing the efficiency of his depart
ment and making possible better
treatment and care of livestock The
appropriation was not forthcoming
however, and so the work is being
continued with the worst possible
equipment.
There are few outside the cattle.
men who have been benefited that
know of this work, that realieze that
the college instructors are engaged
in a work, outside of and not inelud-
ed in their regular duties, that is re-
sulting in the saving of small fortunes
annually and not only that, in making
it possible for fine cattle to be ex-
hibited in the show ring and to be
brought to Texas for breeding pur-
poses.