St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-04-06

These Are Some of the Mat
ters Spoken of in Man.
deville This Week.
DIR. MAYLIE EXPLAINS
THE DIPPING LAW
Some of Mandeville's Boys
In Service of Country
Leave This Week.

Vaudeville, April 4.-There seems
to mis-, or rather lack of under
standing Of Act 25 of the General
! Assembly of Louisiana for the year
| 1917. better known as the Tick
Eradication or Stock Dippidg Law.
Your correspondent, after a per-
| sonal interview with DR.. G.. Seyy
representative of the Louisiana State
Live Stock Sanitary Board. and sup
| ervising inspector at stock dipping
parishes. finds the following to be a
gist of the law:
From and After April /, 1918, all
| cattle must be dipped every four
teen days, under Government sup
ervisiOn and in a properly prepared
fuld and dipping vat; that stockmen,
owners and agents in charge of cat
tie will be officially notified when and
where to begin dipping and must con
tinue and re-dip every fourteen days
without further or additional notice;
that there are absolutely NO charges
or extra expense to the cattle owner
for said dipping. except where the
owners of cattle roaming at large
cannot be found, in which case the
cattle are driven to the vat by the
local inspector and the charges for
collecting and driving, not dipping,
are held against the cattle, in other
words, the local inspector is paid by
the police jury and is not entitled to
nr
less the owner, desiring TO avoid the
time, trouble and labor of handling
the cattle, makes a personal arrange
ment with the inspector. This is en-
tirely voluntary and not manda tory
That the dipping must continue dur
ing the entire season, i. e., until cold
weather, or until such time as the in
spector shall deem further dipping
unnecessary. The dipping solution
is composed of white arsenic, sal
soda Common washing soda), pine
prepared and used DOES. NOT cause
falling or injury of the hair, horns,
hoofs or skin.
Cattle owners, especially those who
own only two or three, are warned
to be careful Of people who discour
age or discredit cattle dipping, for
it will be found that such people
have some individual interest, they
usually follow their abuse of the dip
ping law with direct offer, or thru
some other person, offer to buy the
cattle. 1t is an undisputed fact that
some large stock dealers have their
agents go from vat to vat to dis
courage the owners by predicting all
sorts OF evil results from the dip
ping, with a view of inducing the
sale of the cattle to them.
Tick free cattle rapidly increase in
weight, in milk producing qualities
and from So to rs in value during an
ordinary season.
Entertainment at Hip Theatre.
Tonight at S:15 at the Hip Thea
tre will be given the special enter
tainment for the benefit of the Man.
deville public school, when will be
shown Robt. L. Stevenson's master
piece, Treasure Island" and promi-
nent speakers will lecture on Ameri-
canism and Liberty Bonds. Every
body should attend this show. You
will get more than your moneys
worth and do good turn at the same
time.
The Fourth Ward Liberty Bond
committee, consisting OF Messrs. f.
Edw. Vix, chairman; Eads Poitevent,
H. H. Levy, Ernest Prieto, Charles
A. David, C. B. Wills and DR.. A. G.
Maybe, met last Tuesday night, laid
out plans. formulated line of action
and arranged for the Liberty Bond
Drive next week st. Tammany par
ish has been allotted $4,000, and
Vaudeville must do her share. To
night at the picture show prominent
speakers from New Orleans will ex-
plain the Liberty Bond scheme and
other patriotic and war matters.
In the course of the next few days.
DR.. A. G.. Maybe will organize Boy
Scout of America Troop. All boys
between the ages of 10 and Is years
of age, desiring to become members.
will speak to or communicate with
the Doctor at once. Applicants must
have the consent of their parents to
join the troop.
Did it ever strike the casual OBJ
server, if not, it is not the less
fact, that of the hundreds of women
who assemble at the depots to see
the boys off. few, very precious
few, are ever seen at Red Cross work
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