Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-24
THE DEADLY TICK.

The cattle Texas fever tick, together
with the work of eradication is a
prominent question in the state today
especially because of the activities in
eouth Georgia among some people who
have led off into state of anarchy
through the teachings of the red-head-
ed man from McDuffie county. The
cattle tick cannot be shielded very long
by some people and their tactics. Dyna-
mite don't achieve much, and the same
spirit prompted the deadly deed III
San Francisco Saturday during the
Preparedness Parade"
The Savannah Morning News has
this interesting article:
Opposition to compulsory cattle dip
ping has not disappeared in south
Georgia, but it has taken the form
OF planning for test case to deter
mine whether or not the law on the
subject is constitutional instead Of
the form of dynamiting dipping watts.
That is a change for the better and
as practical thing it might be well
to make test case without delay and
get a decision from the Supreme court
at the earliest possible moment. II
there should be a constitutional rea-
son why the law should not be en-
forced, it is better to know it soon.
and if there is none, then let that
be known soon, in order that there
may be little more delay in driving
out of Georgia pest that is costing
the people hundreds of thousands OF
dollars.
A few days ago meeting was held
at Valdosta, which shows that the
opposition is considerable in Lowndes
county, and it is expected that the
same thing will be shown in respect
to Thomas county at a meeting at
Townsville today. 1t is understood
that many protestants against cattle
Tipping are owners of but a few head
Of cattle apiece, and that their cattle
in many instances run almost wild.
fact which means THAI to round
them up and drive them for several
miles to dipping vat at short in
tervals would be costly to the owners;
While the owner of big herd could
afford to install dipping vat of his
own, fence in his cattle and get quick
returns for his investment in fence.
vat and chemicals.
This is said to show why there is
much sympathy for the small owner, |
and why there is still opposition to
enforced dipping in counties where
are number of small owners, whose
herds are somewhat remote from the
nearest watts and are, anyhow, not cas-
lily coralled. Yet should the cat
tie industry of Georgia be hobbled be-
cause of these things? A few ticky
cattle scattered over county serve
to keep it under quarantine, and to
prevent the development of the in
dustry in that county, an industry that
not only is profitable in itself bu.
hich yields a by-product of soil i'm
provement, the value of which is great
and permanent.
There should be and must be some
1oeans of driving out the tick, either
by the method outlined in the pres
ent law, or by some other. Any cow
that is ticky is worth much less in
the value of it's meat, the value of
its hide, the value of its milk, than
it would be six months after being
freed of ticks. Cattle cannot be ship
ped out of a tick-infested community
without troublesome and costly de-
lays, which narrow the market for
the cattle of that community and re-
duces, if it does not wipe out the
profits from its cattle industry. One
| way or another. the tick must 90.