Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-15


portant task is the upbuilding o. of
what we may call our live-stockbaas-
SETS" 40
Scrubs Should Become Extinct.
Scrub live stock is no longer fit
for perpetuation in the United States
A scrub is wasteful of feed, and waste
full to- it's owners labor. The scrub
animal has served it's purpose as
connecting link between the old obsol-
etc method of farming and new pro-
gressive methods. Thousands in this
country already have discarded scrub
stock and are better off because of
that decision. Pure breds are worth
more to keep and are worth more to
sell. The scrub animal has been use
full as connecting link, but our aim
from now on should be to make the
scrub extinct and to make it the miss
ing link so far as live stock is concern
ed. That can not be done Immediately,
but it is the goal toward which we
should work.
animal evolution is constantly
going on. You are working here in
! the South where the field for improve
ment is ripe. If you are just begin
ming, begin right. II you have started
wrong, get right as soon as you can.
This means the wise choice of breed
| ing animals and following out con-
sistent plan. The kind of live stock
which the South is to have eventually
| is merely the sum total of wheat each
farm chooses. You can help to make
the improbable scrub cow extenct.
The method is obvious-just stop
breeding that kind You can continue
the determination of thr principal
animal diseases, and once they are
stamped out, the quarantine services
of the burea uand the various States
will see that they do not get back"
This conference would fall short of
it's purpose unless while meeting here
achievements to surmount the /. OBJ
stacles that remain before American
soil will be feed forever from the cat
tie fever tick. 1t would not be worth
while unless every one of us carries
away with him a clear idea Of what
we plan to do this year and deter
limitation to do his full part.
There is no man in this meeting who
cannot be proud, now and hereafter,
of his share in the fight against the
tick. You are doing constructive
work that has met with phenomenal
success, especially in recent years,
years, and III the first years as well,
considering the prejudice and ignor-
ance that ha dto be combated at that
time. The work that has been done
is it's own argument, and the effor,
remains is amply justified by the
benefits from past accomplishments.
When the work is finally completed
when the tick has been permanently
eradicated, you will have erected your
. own monument, and if it so pleases
, you at that time, you are at liberty to
pass on to the heaven of efficient tick
eradicators, with the full knowledge
that you have done something of rea,
value for your country and the human
race.
!, To Make the South Tick-Free.
. Few, if any Of us, have had the
; privilege to wear the khaki in the
r world struggle that has just ended
: in complete victory for the Allies ane
e 1.-THE United States. It would be pre-
sumptuous to think that any Ameri
' lean who did not risk his life for hi.
. country could have given service com
$ parable to that of the boys who blet
and died. But at the same time, W.
: were all working for Uncle Sam, ant
n we We're all doing work that was es
a sential to victory. 1t is not too much t.
v believe that had the war stretched
= years more, it would have been de
: cided by the reserves of beef that tn
" South possesses as the direct result o
J. tick eradication. Even with our com
! c1o,et ysfeo Inofinn fh
= Imeat that the South was able to pro
It duce because of the absence of tn
l. tick, weighed powerfully in the foo
1t balance. So, while you wore no uni
IS forms, dipped cattle without the in
i spiration of brass bands or bugl
lie calls, and performed tasks that Nigh
l. have seemed humdrun when you
" hearts We're ''over there" you hav
le done as your country instructed, an
" no man can do more than that.
A., But your work was not for the wa
at alone, and the benefits of it will r,
N main long after the CORY horror {