Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-01
TICK BANISHED,
QUARANTINE IN
SUMTER LIFTED
Eighteen Georgia Coun'
ties Redeemed From
Infested Area

cen counties in Georgia. total area
of 6,942 square miles-were released
today from the federal quarantine
against the cattle fever tick. This
is in accordance with an order issued
by the Bureau of Animal Industry,
United States Department of Aeri-
culture, and signed by the secratary
of agriculture, providing for releases
in six tick-infested states that bring
the years releases to a total of 50,-
555 square miles.
The Georgia counties to be releas-
ed are: Calhoun, Carroll, Chatham,
Colquitt, Early, Jones Marion, Mil
Ter, Monroe, Schley, Screven, Sumter,
Tiff, Turner, Twiggs, Webster and
Wilkinson.
In each of these counties tick erad-
ication has been conducted effective
ly by state, federal and county in
spectors working in cooperation with
farmers and other livestock owners.
According to federal officials, the
counties have been cleaned thorough
ly, and the tick is being pushed
southwark into the corner that will
be the destructive parasites last
stand in Georgia.
State Law a Stimulus,
The state tick eradication law,
which becomes effective December 81,
1919, and will make it necessary for
every infested county to prepare for
systematic tick eradication work, has
proved to be stimulus in this years
work, and is regarded as an impor-
tant reason for the good progress in
1919. According to DR.. William NJ.
McKellar, of Atlanta, who is IN
charge of the Georgia work for the
Bureau of Animal Industry, con-
tinuation of the cooperative spirit
that has been shown by local officials
and cattle owners shorld make all re-
naming areas in the state ready for
release from quarantine in DecGni-
Der, 1921. Results attained so far
dispose of any doubt that might have
been entertained IN regard to the
successful completion of the work.
Systematic tick eradication work
is to be conducted during 1920 in
the following counties:
Appling, Ben Hill, Baker, Berrien,
Bleckley, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch,
Gambler, Coffee, Cook, Crawford,
Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dodge, Efting-
nam, Emanuel, Evans, Irwin, Jen-
kins, Johnson, JEFF Davis, Laurens.
Macon, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tat
nall, Telfair, Taylor, Troutlar,
Wheeler, Wilcox and Worth.
Preliminary Work Planned.
Preliminary work will go forward
during 1920 in Camden. Charlton,
Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Liberty, Nc
Intosh, Pierce, Ware and Wayne.
Building of dipping vats has already
been begun.
The year 1920 is expected to bring
also considerable development in i've
stock raising in the counties from
which ticks have been eradicated.
Farmers are not only enabled to mar
ket their cattle wherever they desire
without reference to quarantine re-
strictions, and without the necessity
of accepting lower prices for their
cattle, but they may bring in better
breeding stock without danger that
the newcomers will die from tick
fever, and their cattle will be making
flesh and milk instead of feeding
ticks.
According to statistics gathered by
the State Department of Agriculture,
the cattle industry in Georgia has
shown a healthy growth during the
past few years. This department es-
Inmates that en- January 1, 1919 this
number had increased to $4,000.
Other cattle increased from 6G7, 900
to 1853, 900 during the same time, or
an increase # $4,000 dairy cattle
and $4,000 other cattle during the
past eight years, which period covers
most of the actual tick eradication
work in Georgia.