The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-25
FIGHT ON CATTLE FEVER
TICK OVER HALF WON
1917 Frees Record Amount of Territory-Drives Wedge
Free Land to the Gulf Brings Celebrations by
People in Counties Removed From Under
Federal Quarantine.

ShHClNE VOL NSF ouh ffH baif w AS
mark IN freeing the south from the
-httie fever tick removing the federal
quarantine from cattle shipment tn
FoSSs square miles Of nine south
yfat@+ driving a broad wedge ~ tick
free territory through the tick lines to
the CUT ~ Nexicor-the fight against
the destructive IA ~astte rz1Nst count
1917 as 'fs gres'est year SO FAR
December D. when $3.50 square
miles the largest amount ~ t~yrttors'
ever freed ri ore tine-wit he added
~ the liberated areas. Wall he the
greatest dny in the Gamma irn since
il was started ac8veN IN 1906 and
Il Will ne celebrated as such IN the
states ard counties to which n Will
wtens lie urdenfsbiv long p1rides to-
ward realization - the South's merit
ed position as ? cattle raising coun-
s~~
The governor ~ r. tssfsSsyt,ai, whose
vecnfe haze made their state the first
touching tire Cuff 10 be entirely rid
II the cattle tick. has designated he
rem Der a day ~ rejoicing in the
comm enwrAlth A celebration NJ
jackson, the - rltal. and others At
county rr7+~ have Teen arranged AZ
thess cpre~7ontaiS congratulations on
the sehIeVernnt witt he received from
the United states deps rtrnent. Of q gri-
culture and from governors of other
sta es celebrations ~ the same char
acter arc "a ne held In the various
counties reed from auara nttne I'm
eight other states. Ala hanoa. Aria nsss.
Florida, Georgia Louisiana North
Carolina Oklahoma and Texas
Fa1terinR Glow and uncertain At
FIRST. she advance AGAINST the cattle
rick IN eleven wears has gained such
impetus that n now literal1p IS sweep
fnr forward There js row no doubt
~ final success and there are great
hopee that the. Fosi of "a t'ok free
South il 1921" vlirh a'so will mean
Aaler.Ga.z ta!..4tcr--s T. T. s>-s.l- e4ae4 from
she parasite. will ~ 'felized
Ticks Long Have Infested cattle In
south
f+aft1e tn the Southea stern Atlantic
ard Gutf states have been infest "a
with tire tick since cattle Hrst we're
introduced into those regions II IS
thouwf7t prchn bic the }ichs we're IN
frefuceA ine7 tha country nv cattle
from snariHh herds The history O:
the tick in the South IA largeh taa-
tory o. fhe AGRICULTURAL ltfe ~ that
section In Il are irterwined the
great events Of a century ar more
that have attended tho transformation
~ the South from "a wilderness into =
wide and prosperous agricultural
domain.
TICK. carr~ q +-fsl yss@a d, fa47vesr
eattfe Calves Survive the, effect o.
= h9,t very Ysvq ri}esar eattlr i've 1a~e
v5Ns~ ats r.snS ftr.shA lersf time put
~ow fSs rr rs ,H~t tNn re Y that lives
after the attach Incomes parti9liy
immune the~a would now ne no cattle
~ tire rrpt-tr,fastt.-1 uorffnr of the
sou+s Southern e,f41n s1v.awn have
car~ea disease arnrr the Notherr
rntsfe x,bsreve~ tf,ty CARRYING ticks
aavs raf- thstr harm tsrrffcry prf
nsan driven into err ttfroueh aatDtn.
trr .arr,torv notarYo,rs e,garo~le q,
m,r0h sr.vinp occurred after the C9vi
~wnr vvher TEXAS and rnafar. TERRITORY
~a+trs ware srfven inc colorado an,
wsrxaw tervtrw H~afN in tnslr- trait,
~, era rs.fvp ~s,+ls This ca1,ssH ~.
,,An~v-4,,, - a. ,rN,c,, II was xo,,ptt
20 .yrr sna rnttts ham ~, forces ~
a~r. ans also ca,aaA the arartrr, en-
~ w4~4rrArs STATE lavs
r,rr4nw thes. wears ~ xa4tferYy ~nt
Ne rattIe +fck ma extended north.
rsrs urfGT Sta stwtrihutfon was about
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,s4. ~r.r..~s vro,,vS - v,ruu sra%tarns
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rn.sxrr r,a~~~4~ ,rs cspsea anr,s,
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~~.. vas than rauad +hrougno,,f tht
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IN tssa
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.sarar~ ~ asy,o,,4+wrs as 80 nnt+op.