The Monticellonian., 1917-11-23
WAR ON CATTLE
 TICK IN SOUTH
New Area of 65,520 Square Miles in Nine States
 Cleaned.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FREE
Territory Released During Year 1917 Through Efforts of States and Department of Agriculture
 7o,754 Square Miles.

TQ,(04 GguSre MileS.
 Washington-With a broad wedge driven through the cattle. tick army right to the Gulf and with new area of 65,520 square miles in nine states cleaned from tick to be freed from federal quarantine, December 1 will be a red-letter day for the cattle and dairying industry of the South.
 This release breaks all records in tick eradication. The total territory released during the year 1917 through the cooperative efforts of the states and the United States department of agriculture amounts to 70,754 square miles, or 10000 more than were re- leased in 1912, until now the record year.
 List of Counties Released Dec. I. The order signed by Secretary Houston provides that the following counties shall be released Decem- Der I:
 Alabama.
 Baldwin, Barbour, Chambers, Choc- Jaw, Clarke, Ceosa, DeKalb,' Houston. Russell, Talladega, and parts of Chero- kee and Mobile. Total released in state, 9,S59 square miles.
 Arkansas.
 Columbia, Crawford, Lonoke, Mon roe, Nevada, 0uachita, Pope, Prairie, Union, White, Yell, the remainder of Baxter. Independence, Izard, Jackson. Lee, Phillips, St. Francis, Sebastian, and parts of Conway, Desha, Faulk- her, Jefferson, Pulaski, and Van Blu ren. Total released in state, 13,303 square miles.
 Florida.
 Monroe. Total released in state, HOO square miles.
 Georgia.
 Bibb, Brooks, Burke. Butts Coweta, Dougherty Douglas, Gwinnett, Jeffer- son, McDuffie. Muscogee, Spalding, Taliaferro and Troup. Total released in state, 5,559 square miles.
 Louisiana.
 Caddo. Concordia, East Feliciana, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Pointe Coupee, Washington, West Feliciana, and parts of Orleans and Ouachita. Total released in state, 5SS3 square miles.
 Mississippi.
 Calhoun, GhOctaw, Cov1ngton, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Itawamba, Jackson, Jeffer- son Davis, Kemper, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Montgomery, Pearl River. Perry, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Simp- son. Smith, Stone, Tishomingo, Wayne. Webster, and the remainder of Jones. Total released in state, 13,660 square miles.
 North Carolina.
 The remainder of Northampton, and parts of Columbus and Pitt. Total released in state. 1,079 square miles.
 Oklahoma.
 Okfuskee, the remainder of Della ware, and parts of Adair, Cherokee, McClain, Mayes, Okmulgee and Osage. Total released in state, 3,240 square miles.
 Texas.
 Coke. Concho, Cooke, Dallas, 1rion, Montague, Tunnels, Stephens, Sutton, Taylor, Young, the remainder of Shackelford and Throckmorton and parts of Crockett, Jack and Tom Green. Total released in state, 11,S35 square miles.
 Total Area Released.
 The ouarantined area after Decem- Der will include 349, ,253 square miles, compared to 72S,565 square miles quar- antined July l, 1906. The quaran- tined territory will be divided as fol- lows: Alabama 19,918; Arkansas, 20,- 952; Florida, 49961; Georgia, 35,324 Louisiana, 37S24; North Carolina, g. e74: Oklahoma, 22,377; South Caro- lima. 8,619; Texas, 14291S; Virginia, 1,6S6.
 To Celebrate Tick-Free Day. Throughout Mississippi and in 90 counties and parts of counties in eight other southern states. local officials and citizens are arranging local eele- bratiens to mark the dipping out of this costly parasite of Southern agri- culture.
 The governor of Mississippi, by spe- eial proclamation has declared Decem- Der l. when by the release of 2S coun- ties. his entire state will be freed from quarantine, day of special rejoicing. At the state house he will receive the congratulations of the United States department of agriculture for the states effective cooperation in dip ping out the tick and driving a wedge of free territory through to the Gulf Congratulatory messages are to be -~-~~~~~---oy~-~~-~~S@~~-o-
 Her Faults Covered.