St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-31
FARMERS MEET
At COURTHOUSE
IN CONVICTION
DR.. Dalrymple and Mr.. II
bout Give Interesting
Talks About Cattle
and Trucking.

Capt G. E. Millar, of Abita
Springs, was elected chairman of the
farmers meeting held at courthouse
in Covington last Wednesday.
Mr.. Millar gave a little talk on the
benefits to be derived from the de-
velopment of the trucking industry in
this parish and then introduced Dr..
Dalrymple, of Baton Rouge.
~<Dr. Dalrymple is the veterinarian
of La. State University.
He said that in progressive, agfi-
cultural surroundings there should
be a progressive town every five
miles; at no time less than fifty miles
apart, but built up by the crops of
the surrounding country. The one
crop system is not successful. Va
riety of crops is the only real way.
The live stock on the farm are
for the purpose Of manufacturing the
chief food products grown on the
farm into higher food products and
to maintain the fertilization of the
soil. 1t is the very highest kind of
fertilizer.
The two main types of cattle are
the beef and the dairy. Both de-
velop along different lines.
The object OF the beef cattle is
meat. We get most of our beef ami
mails originally from the old country.
There is the short horn. Another
kind give good amount of beef and
good amount of milk. This is dual
purpose animal. Notwithstanding
that, the dual purpose animal is a
good animal. The short horn is the
main type Of beef animal.
In the old country the same farm
will raise the same breed of animal
for generations, and develop all the
time.
The Argentine paid $4,000 for a
bull
The Angus has won 10 out of IA
cattle shows in Chicago.
In regard to ticks. There is no
use getting fine stock where there
are ticks. In feeding up the animal
you are feeding the ticks. The tick
eradication is very simple. There
was so per cent of the southern hide
lost on the November market on ac-
count of tick markings.
rhe cattle tick will lay from 1900
to 5000 eggs. The ticks stay on for
about 20 days. The animal should
be dipped every Fl days to get rid of
ticks.
Tensas parish was rid of ticks In
five months. In clearing the parish
it cost so cents head to dip 1900
cattle month; and some of the cat
tie on the same feed brought $500
per head more. This work has been
going on in eleven southern states,
and after they were free the cattle
gained 25 per cent. Once the par
ish is clean, the Federal authorities
remove the embargo.
The tick brings on what is known
as Texas fever. The study of this
leads on to the discovery of the
causes of yellow fever and malaria
by the mosquito. This gave the first
clue to the investigation.
One of the objections raised tosthe
tick eradication is that the inspect
ors will go to the assessor and have
the assessment raised on the cured
cattle. Another is that some people
have more cattle than they have land
to raise them on, and on account of
the lack of stock law cattle that
have been freed from ticks mix with
infected cattle and ticks get on them.
DR.. Dalrymple said that the other day
he had heard another objection, that
il ticks are eradicated strangers
would come in and they could not be
gotten rid of.
Relative tr, Charhon
Charbon is one of the Oldest dis
eases known. 1t is said that the
plague in the days of the Pharaohs
was nothing else than what is now
known as charbon. Charbon is also
the first disease ever discovered caus-
ed by a germ, and is historically
very interesting disease. There is a
great deal Of charbon in Russia.
Charbon is most infectious dis
ease. The germs are extremely small
and have to be magnifed 1000 times
to be seen distinctly by the naked
eye. These germs can live for years.
When an animal dies of charbon
everything should be burned, even
the ground where the blood was spill
ed. Buzzards carry charbon.
There are two things only worth
while in the treatment of charbon.
Early vaccination is the first thing
Never let the 1st of March go by
in chArbOn sections without Injecting