The Pulaskian., 1915-01-29
Stock GroUers of Arkansas
 Choose Rutherford as Head

President, M. M. Rutherford, sul- phur Rock.
 First Vice President, Otto Seigle, Little Rock.
 Second Vice President, R. M Eos ter, Jr., Little Rock.
 Secretary-treasurer, Prof. V. C.. Rays, superintendent District Agricul- tural School, Jonesboro.
 The above officers were elected by the Arkansas Stock Growers Associa- tion, which held it's third annual con vention at Hotel Marion, Little Rock, on January 27 and 28, delegates being present from many parts of the state. The executive committee, one from each congressional district, and two at large, will be named by the presi- dent.
 Although the attendance was not as large as in previous years, owing to the prevalence of snow storm and several counter attractions, the inter- est was lively and a great deal of ben eft was derived by the stockmen who were so fortunate as to be present.
 Of the many able addresses made, probably the most important was that by B. H. Rawl, chief of the Dairy Di- vision, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. s. Department of Agriculture, who presented some convincing figures re- Arkansas by reason of the presence in portion of this state of the cattle tick. Mir Rawl showed that this loss amounted to S6,000,000 a year, or $5 a head for each head of cattle in the state He said that the ticks could be wiped out in a single year by the ex- penditure of 90 cents a head for each animal, and added that the govern ment stood ready to put up $300,O00 of this $60O000.
 The members of the legislature were invited to this lecture, and had any considerable number of them at tended the legislation that is now pending for the statewide eradication of the cattle tick would have received substantial boost. MT. Rawl said that it was impossible to make any progress ill cattle raising lntil this pest is removed
 President J. w. McCleish of Guta Springs presided during the several sessions of the association, and in his opening address strongly urged the support of all stock growers for the tick eradication movement. He ex- plained how his native state of Ten nessee had lifted the quarantine, and recited many of the benefits that had resulted.
 Live stock is the salvation of our country" said MT. McCleish. "If the farmer would cut off bread, meat and lard from his store account, and raise these things at home, he could afford to grow cotton. We must ourselves learn, and teach our tenants to raise more feed crops and more hogs and cattle"
 MT. McCleish said that there should be state law prohibiting scrub bulls from running at large, and he thought there should be license on stallions, and the tax put on the public roads.
 Dr. A. E. Wight, inspector in charge of tick eradication in Arkansas, told of the progress of the work and the plans for clearing up new territory. He was hopeful of the passage of a law at this session of the legislature creating a district of the entire re- maining tick area, which would per init any county to take up the work that is now ready.
 Control of Live Stock Diseases" was the subject of a lecture by Dr. R. M. Cow, state veterinarian. He ex- plained the methods by which the state and federal governments coop erated with the local community, both in tick eradication and the estab- lishment of measures for the proven tion of hog cholera, disease that is killing millions of dollars worth of hogs in the state every year. He also mentioned the methods of treat ing anthrax ill horses, and he conclud- ed with an interesting talk on the foot and mouth disease, which recently has caused much alarm in the North.
 Many questions were asked Dr. Cow and Dr. Wight at the conclusion of their talks, and the answers brought forth proved most instructive to those present
 A. D. McNair. assistant agricultur- ist, Office of Farm Management, who has been keeping records of opera