The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11
CATTLE TICK PROBLEM
IN NORTH CAROLINA
(By W. +.

the increased length OF time the cattle
tick l. allowed 10 operate. He knows
just the difference one husky tick
makes IN his own comfort.
\ tremendous increase in demand
10! tick eradication work has follow
81 the depression caused by the low
price OF cotton. Farmers have been
studying cattle and the more progress
SlNe ones in tick counties have de-
Clared war on the ticks. What the
state would save in the next nyc years
BY the eradication Of ticks Is meal
culable. II can't have pure-hred cat
tie and ticks at tho same time. and
people in 4 Qu~arantned county can't
sell yearllnGS TO northern people for
fattenine. SO many elements Of diff
ference enter into the calculation
that the total can hardly he imagined.
Iut a guess can hardly be too large.
AMOUNT Of Money Needed.
A federal appropriation OF ABOUT
$4,000. matched by a proportionate
mount from the State and mi
VIII complete tick eradication work
IN North Carolina, according to the
Departments estimates. The work
Should be accomplished in three or
fcur years. the Department adds. II
can 'be done in much less time than
that If local appropriations can be
increased.
The average humber OF federal
employees assigned TO the State last
year was 10, 5 veterinaries and ) lay
men. Employees were assigned TO work
in Harnett, Cumberland Bladen.
Wayne, Greene, Lenoir and North
ampton. They did educational and
demonstration work in Johnston,
Sampson, Duplin. Fender. Bertie. and
Beaufort. Last March the following
We're released from quaran-
tine: Harnett, Wayne, Lemon, Greene
: and Cumberland
North Carolina counties which are
, still under quarantine are: Beaufort.
BERTHE, Bladcn, Brunswick, Camden,
Crateret, ChoWan, ColumbuE. Craven,
o Currituck. Dare, Duplin. Gates, Hert-
ford, Hyde. Johnston. Jones, Martin.
= Northampton. Onslow, Pamhco. Pas
a quotank, Fender, Perquimans. Pitt
Sampson, Tyrrell and Washington.
Difficulties Encountered.
Regarding the work in the State
the Department makes the following
comment in a statement.
"AlthOugh the rules and regula
y tions for carrying on this work ar
excellent, and there is the best Of co
operation on the part OF those con
Cerned, the fact that a number o
:. men employed by the State are poll
teal appOinteeS, some of them unfi
" for the work, is one of the Difficult
- ties encountered. The work is We
"a advertised and favorably know
- throughout the State. The Mort
Carolina Supreme Court has rule
that it is unlawful for cattle TO /
nov or to be allowed to stray aCrOs
N the quarantine line, no matter wheT
~ il may be established, ever in tn
~ free range territory. This enable
~ to obtain as much stock la
"a territory as is desired from time t
&c time. In 1914 the State eXpende
SO, III and the counties 81 COS. TIL
" is the largest o expended in OF
-, year by the State and the first hnar
~ cial aid rendered by the counties.
ne Tick eradication in this State ca
~ be made more effective by the e,
- penditure of more money"
- Territory Released
~ The following table shows the nun
Der Of square miles released by yea
and the amount of money spent in ii
- State up to the end of 1914. Only II
territory released March ! is count
in the 1915 data. the cost not haVli
ID vet been
III Department State Counties Squ
ed n
e Rslea
~ mn III 4 >