The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
i CATTLE BRING
LOW PRICES
j inference Between Average
v,Ius in TiCky-Infested and
Tick-Free Sections.

q, an eight months Fight the
,,spd- mouth disease has been
..fealIy stamped out according to
e.s,ice Of Information, U. S. Dept.
,,si,nlture, and the danger of an
,lagne averted. For this the
Inv has reason to be thankful, for
;.n live stock already suffers
disease to an extent of which few
.,,a, are fully aware. Hog cholera,
.....nlosis. and the cattle tick cause
ANIMAL loss to the country which
,.,ba so high into the millions OF
'.r,,s that it is almost impossible
.fm trained Statisticians to eSti-
-,sIt. The direct loss in deaths can
s,onputed with reasonable accuracy
81 he Indirect losses which agrlcul-
,rsiaaIlitS branches suffers when
.rg there is a scarcity OF stock can
b reckoned at ALL
Boeeholera and tuberculosis prevail
e,0pObout the country; cattle ticks
4, eanfined to one Section--the South.
s.reholera and tuberculosis present
,sicb science has not yet thoroughly
sys3 cattle ticks already have been
animated in an area of more than
s@ square miles and can be elimin-
iiD the rest of the infested terrific
/ Yhen the people really determine
hid themselves of the pest,
Itisno secret that the amount Of
Ipstock in the country by no means
hSEept pace with the growth of pop
ston For many years it actually
Psased, and although the official
figures for January |, 1915, show a
Erht Increase over the corresponding
agior 1914, this increase is far from
EoDgtOnate to that in population.
lie price Of meat has risen steadily
Hdihe future of the country's supply
hsbecOme a matter of grave concern.
Greater production of live stock up
% The farms undoubtedly would 90
alloFard solving the problem. This
agiallJ true OF the South. In an eS-
tEiteq quoted recently by the SeCreta-
gqi Agriculture, it was stated that
% average farm home in Georgia
Eaaced less than one-tWelfth OF a
In the course of a year for each
fNaa on 1t. Instead of producing
aalOsell to the rest of the country,
South Imports much of what it
usuneS.
To- this condition of affairs Specia-
sAOld two things respoHSibIe--cot-
g and ticks. The danger in a one
~ system Of agriculture has now
q made apparent and there are
~ farmers who would gladly aban-
lllfsome substitute were availa-
But in any sound system of ag-
lllllTe live stock is indispensable,
while the cattle is not an inviting
pect, The grower in a tick-in-
a country labors under a crush
handicap. His cattle weigh less
IN VFllB less per pound than those
by competitor in tiCk-free sections,
Alabama and Mississippi, for ex.
lle average price for beef on
aOol was, on January /, 1915, only
ls a pound. In Connecticut, ii
y and in no tick-free State was
y low as 5 cents. The average
0IOeef cattle over two years old
'lo IN Alabama and s22 in Mississ-
twas SSlin Wyoming and $50 in
ana Vermont, with an average
was the only tick-free State in
Inc price was below $40. In
carolina, South Carolina,
"a Florida, Louisiana, and Ar
all more or less tick-infest-
y average price was below $50.
HI.E
uliiereneeS are too striking to
sa0fed. They represent an annual
I" Tie farmers of tile South OF
= q dollars. The Georgia farm
y expect to receive slS for his
the Ohio farmer sS6, Ken
KANSAS, and Indiana men, $50,
s .ea tick-infested States, North
sa'a Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
~ 'st Florida, Louisiana, Arkan-
'aa0lila, and Texas, the general
g issaS.ao; for the remainder Of
Jury It is s4S.l1. In considering
cures II must be borne in mind
OF the States in tick country
y, as'eeded in freeing large areas
PEST. Otherwise, the differ
VALUES undoubtedly would be
seater A great deal of North
carolina, for instance, is as
uCks as Ohio or Indiana
81, .li ll also has grappled so yipor-
y. y the pest and has cleaned SC