The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-20
TO FREE fA ULkNER
 FROM TICt' IN 1917
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Dr. w. A. Mcdonald. U. s. Neter mary Inspector, Here to Enforce
 Tick Eradica ton.

| Faulkner county will be lifted above the cattle tick fever quarantine line before the end of the present calendar year, according to the plans of the United States department of agricul- ture forces, who have decided to begin an active enforcement of the work of tick eradication in this county at once. l Dr. w. A. Mcdonald, veterinary in- spector of the bureau of animal indus try, United States depal 'tment of az riculture, arrived here yesterday to look over the field and stated that he would establish headquarters at Con way and begin active work about Feb ruary 10. Dr. Mcdonald is just from Franklin county, wher in seven months time he directed the work that resulted in that county being taken out of the quarantine district and the cattle tick being eXtermi- mated.
 "I arrived in Franklin county May 15,' said Dr. Mcdonald to the Log Cabin Democrat, "and in spite of the late start we had, on December II the department issued an order plac- ing the county above the quarantine line and leaving cattle owners of the county free to ship their stock to any market in the United States without restriction. There were Is dipping vats in operation in Franklin county when l was assigned to the work. and when l left there were 5. Some op- position was experienced in the en- forcement of the law, but now every
 farmer and stockgrower is jubilant
 over the fact that the cattle tick has
 been thoroughly exterminated and
 their cattle placed on a par with those
 of any other state. In the few weeks since the quarantine was lifted Frank
 lin county has already received three
 carloads of pure-bred stock, the aver
 age cost of which was nearly $200 per
 head, and the stockgrowing industry
 in that county has been given a won
 derful impetus"
 1 Dr. Mcdonald stated that in his lopinion it would require about 60 dip : lping vats in Faulkner county to ac- lie NdIlle ana to pldCe a : dipping vat within easy access to ev-
 ery farm. Assistant County Demon | strator J. M. Wilson said there are 27 vats, or nearly half the required num- , Der, already in operation. When the jgovernment begins enforcing the tick eradication law in the county, all cat tie are required to be dipped once ev- cry two weeks, punishment being pro vided by law for those who fail to comply with this requirement. After , the quarantine is officially raised, no } further dipping will be required. A tax of five cents per head on all neat cattle was levied by the general , Iassembly of 1915 for the northwestern
 district of Arkansas, which includes I Faulkner county, for a period of five f years and the tax has been collected
 in this county for the past two years. This revenue is placed in the hands of the United States department of az rlculture forces, and, supplemented by government funds, is used to defrav
 the cost of dipping chemicals and ad- ministration. The vats must be con- r structed at the expense of the stock p growers themselves, but the usual f plan IS for a community to join to- gether and divide the expense by using
 the same vat