The log cabin Democrat., 1917-03-12
HOW TICK MONEY IS 10 BE EXPENDED WHOLE STATE TO BE FREE From Cattle Ticks Within the Next Two or Three Years, Declares
 Dr. A. E. Wight.

Through cooperation between in- dlEidual farmers and county, state and federal authorities alone can make Arkansas tick free within two or three years," says Dr. A. F..
 Wight, in charge of the work of the bureau of animal industry of the
 U. s. department of agriculture in Arkansas. Dr. R. M Cow and the
 federal authorities have decided to follow the plan which has been adopted in other states and which
 has proven to be successful in elimi-
 hating the tick. Under this plan money for tick eradication raised by the cents per head tax, the $5O,OOO appropriation made by the last leg
 islature and the federal appropria- tion allotted to Arkansas for this work will be spent in the tick-infest- ed counties in amounts based on the number of square miles in each coun- ty. This money will be spent entire fly for men to supervise vat construc- tion and dipping. The counties at the regular fall meeting of the quo- rum courts will be expected to ap- propriate funds to furnish any addi- tional men that are necessary for the work and purchase dip. This year the county judge can use coun- ty funds for tick eradication provid- ed majority of the quorum courts are willing. Individuals and commu- mites will be expected to build the dipping vats. No more of the 5 cent tax will be spent for dipping fluid.
 "The area north and east of the White river known as the Northeast Arkansas tick eradication district, due to the enterprise of the business men and farmers, will probably be tick-free by January l, 1918; conse- quently, most of the tick fight will be carried on in the Northwest tick eradication district, which is com prised of all the area of the state went of the White river with the ex- ception of few tick-free counties in the northwestern part of the state.
 With the state and federal aid now available for this work all of the counties can be freed of the cat tie tick within short time, provided the people will construct the dipping vats and the county quorum courts furnish sufficient funds for the chem icals to be used in the dipping solu- tion and to pay for any additional local inspectors that the federal and state funds happen to be insufficient to pay for. Thorough cooperation is absolutely necessary because there are still 34,796 square miles of tick infested territory in the state. Each work, will have an average of from 50 to 80 dipping vats. The cattle will be dipped in these vats regular ly every two weeks instead of every 21 days as formerly, thus insuring against a stray animal at any one time being able to reinfest a farm and undo a great deal of hard work Thorough systematic and careful dipping to be sure of no reinfestation calls for a great deal of supervision and since only one man can properly handle but 8 or 10 vats each county tors. If these men are hired for 6 1-2 months and receive salary of only $60 to S75 per month. it can easily be seen that it will require from S3,000 to S5,000, depending upon the size of the county, to clean up those badly infested. Because the state and federal appropriations are not sufficient to cover all this expense, the quorum courts must help the state and federal authori- ties by making an appropriation, which they have been empowered to do by an act of the forty-first general assembly, to hire any inspectors that the appropriations already made will not take care of. Until the vats in each county are built and the county has appropriated enough mon- ey to make possible thorough, sys- tematic work and insure the eradica- tion of the tick, the state and federal money allotted to each county will be held back and not wasted by work ing in spots in the counties in slip shod fashion.
 Arkansas can be tick-free in two or three years but it is up to the people in each county to do their part. However, counties that start the work will not be held back on account of their neighbors. As soon as any county is ready and signs contract to do systematic work, federal inspector will be put in charge of the work in that county He can give final dipping and issue certif- cates to those who wish to ship cat tie, allowing therl to be loaded for a free state or free territory without