The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-09
MUST
BE CONT INUED
TO BEAT TICK
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
PROMISES COOPERATION WITH
STOCK RAISERS DURING WIN
TER MONTHS.

State and government officials APP
preciate the position of the cattlemen
Who object to dipping during the win
ter months, according to an announce
ment from the Florida office of the
bureau of animal industry. The an
nouncement indicates that dipping,
under certain conditions, will be dis
continued during the winter months.
The full text of the bureaus statement
follows:
The work of dipping cattle in con-
nection with tick eradication work in
Escambia county, has as a whole been
satisfactory to the majority Of the cat
tie owners, citizens and officials of
the county. state and government.
With minor distractions to the work
during the past summer and spring,
splendid results have been accom-
p1ished, yet there are some few ticks
left in certain localities in the county,
which will require the proper atten-
ton in the way of dipping.
The dipping process gets the last
tick, and should, of course, be con-
tinued right up to real winter weather;
however, requests have been made by
a number Of interested cattle owners
that they should be permitted to stop
dipping at the close of October upon
the grounds of cold weather and from
the fact that the range cattle seek
their winter craving grounds amout
this time of year, which makes the
job of rounding up and driving cat
tie to ire vat very troublesome, re-
quiring much difficulty and time.
The state and government officials
in charge of the work appreciate the
position of the cattlemen and the pre-
vailfng conditions, therefore are willing
to favorably consider the request with
the understanding that by letting UP
on dipping during November more
general dipping of greater per cent
Of the cattle will be required early
next spring, and the dipping must be
carried out over a longer period next
year than would have been the case
had dipping been carried out this year
up to the approach of real winter
weather
The farmers, cattle owners and pub
lie who are directly interested and
benefited by this work should know
that "get-thel last tick" slogan is pos
sible only through taking advantage
of dipping regularly every fourteen
days. and that the fill corporation OF
all concerned is expected next year in
| making the final cleanup of the tick
! in EScambia county a complete sue
cess.
! . The state, county and government
! will continue close supervision of con-
| ditions during the winter months and
| is not the intention to allow the fever
! tick to get new hold in the county
therefore all cattle found tick infested
will be handled in a way to prevent
| new centers of tick development
| The success of tick eradication II
| Escambia county is a great forward
step in development of the county
| along dairy and beef cattle lines, and
most assurediy will open the way tt
| one of the biggest enterprises of the
| county. Business men should bt
! aware that the forward movement fol
/ greater port facilities and expectation,
1 must depend upon the enterprisine
citizens and the progressive develop
ment of the surrounding country, par.
! ticularly along live stock and farming
! lines to which Escambia county ant
| adjacent territors- is well suited an,
| now coming into it's own in a mos
| satisfactory manner With the ticl
| out of the way and the quarantine
lifted, the port of Pensacola may ther
| receive higl-class cattle, not only TO
| breeding up the herds of the county
but will be in a position to receiv
export shipments to the countries o
| the south which are making very pro
gressive steps in developing the liv
stock industry. 1t may of interest 70
the citizens to know that tick eradica
| ton is progressing in such cattl
countries as Argentina, Uruguay an
| Brazil. It is to such sections wher
the recent heavy exports of high
class breeding cattle of the north wer
made Besides, European inquire
are now being made for high elias
American cattle, not only to supplyin
their breeding herds, but there hav
: been exports for slaughter purpose
because great scarcity and the nee
of meat diet by the stricken Euro
| pean people.