The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-27
OBSTACLES PASSED In
CATTLE TICK CAMPAIGN
RECORD BREAKING RELEASES Az
THORlzED FOLLOWING DIFF
FACULTIES MET AND
SURROUNDED

Washington, D. C.-Tho record
breaking releases this year of the quar-
antine for cattle fever ticks is tangi-
BILE proof that difficulties which at
first seemed insurmountable go De
banished by, determination and hard
work.
Mississippi, which is. to be entirely
freed this year, offers a striking in
stance of difficulty met and sur
mounted.
In the Gulf portion of MISSISSIPPI it
appeared from the beginning that the
swamps which are usually several
miles wide on both sides of the many
rivers and streams, had raised an
impossible barrier to the tick work.
In these swamps are numbers Of
small ponds or lakes, The ridgy land
between them is covered with dense
cane and pines, with patches of heavy
timber. Hurricans have blown down
many trees, which are now covered
with vines so thick that solid walls are
formed. Such jungles make it i'm
possible to traverse the swampyacou IN,
try by any other means than upon foot
and also often make it impossible to
see more than few feet away the
cattle that have srayed into the wild
erness. }3 (
Notwithstanding the hardships &C
companying the dipping of cattle in
Mississippi swamp section, the own
ers, with the assistance OF county in
spectors, extricated the cattle from the
5wamps, dipped them as far as posi-
ole prevented them from returning
until the latter part Of the dipping sea-
son. Another obstacle in this section
arose from the fact that the land is
only slightly higher than the Calf
of Mexico and thus become supersat-
irated with water. 1t was necessary
therefore, to build many
ing watts several feet above the earth,
increasing the difficulty and expense.
Of the work.
Can Eradicate Ticks Anywhere
There can be no greater natural
barriers i S,t to tick e, eradication work that
we're surhounted in Mississippi, it5fs
claimed by hte tick eradicators there
who believe that tick eradication can
De accomplished in any county where
the people desire it and work syste.
maticallly.
The swamp article was met and
likewise surmounted in Alabama. In
Baldwin county of that state more
than 10000 cattle were dipped every
two weeks, it being necessary in manv
instances to transport them from the
swampy land. Practically all of the
cattle in this county were ticky when
the dipping began but the county is
found now to be fit condition for re-
lease from quarantine.
Another kind of obstacle was met in
West Texas counties, where the work
was retarded by a severe dry spell
,Ranchmen in Concho county loyal sup
oorters of tick eradication, hauled wa
Ter for printing vatseS miles, making
round tripof 16 niles One ranchman
was known to have hauled water IL
niles, round trip OF "A miles. ss
Lack of knowledge which has consti-
tuted the greatest obstacle to progress
IN tick eradication, is being met to
such an extent by educational prop
Uganda that the conditions are re-
garded as incomparably better than
they were a few years ago Resi-
dents Of released areas have testi-
lied with good results, and travellers
passing from area to area, have been
instrumental in spreading the coed
news.