The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-22
NOT
Be TICK FREE
FOR YEAR YET
DIPPING IN SOUTHERN PORTION
OF COUNTY WILL HAVE TO eE
CONTINUED NEXT SPRING IT'S
ASSERTED.

I1scdiHuId county Will not be tick
free this year and the quarantine on
tick infested territory can not be lift
ed as had been originally planned.
according to G. w. Brown, veterinary
Inspector in charge of the work in the
district. Delay in raising the quar-
art;nc has been brought about by the
long legal fight against compulsory
dipping which was eventually settled
by the supreme court giving decision
in favor of the law.
In the northern part of the county
ticks will be exterminated this year.
bu- in the southern part WHARF cattle
owners contested the decision of Judge
Jones of the court of record thar tn.
law must be enforced and awaited ths
decision of the higher tribunal. dipping
must lie done next year
That cattle dipping work received
"a rea. stimulus il the county by the
ceeision of the supreme court and that
total OF $1,000 has been saved in
that way is the claim of DIR. Brown.
Our work has received l. pig .m-
petus," DR.. Brown said YESTERDAY, by
the Florida state supreme court when
the cattle dipping law was declared
to be constitutional. The supreme
court also held that the county COM
missioners had the right to call a
special election, that the election was
held legally and that the live stock
sanitary board has a legal right to
promulgate and enforce rules and reg
ulations requiring cattle to be dipped
every fourteen days until the county
is released from quarantine.
Generally speaking the cattle in
Escambia county are in better contli-
ZION this year than last year, the
better flesh condition being due &c the
tact tina. the nourishment gained by tie
cattle was not taken up by the .,!ocJ-
sucking. f-"cr- producing tick. Cattle
dipping must ne carried to compile
ton to get the real benefit sought. i. e.,
the complete determination of the tick
Cattle owners were told that fourteen
clippings of all cattle would end the
work and that statement is absolute
ly true. The only reason that Es-
Gambia county can not be completely
cleared of the cattle tick this year IS
because all cattle were not dipped In
the northern half of the county the
lest of cooperation was given by the
cattle owners almost to a man and as
result the tick will be exterminated ihls
year. In the lower part of the coun.y,
awaiting the courts decision AMI rs
a result 1t will be necessary to do con-
siderable dipping next season.
The eSper.se to the county has been
doubled as result of the lack IF CO.
rf of fa.,y
CJttl,> G,rrinr is proposition that
can not be handled by the contract
PAN No one can say at the beginning
of tire work just what the expense WI
be and that is the reason it has been
necessary to go before the board of
county commissioners and ask for adj
funds. The rainy season has
been responsible for the use of con-
siderable more dipping solution than it
was contemplated would be needed,
the high cost of all materials has had
it's effect.
Cattle owners should understand
that If they were to take their cattle
to communities where dipping was not
carried on and where the tick existed
that the cattle would likely contract
an acute and fatal case of tick fever.
This means that the work in Escam-
bfa must be brought to a completion
and the territory must be kept free
not only because the courts have up
held the law but because the cattle
that have been rendered tick free are
now very susceptible to tick fever and
the cattle owners would suffer severe
losses as a result OF quitting dipping
Although the dipping law has been
declared to be constitutional and the
live stock sanitary board has a legal
right to enforce the rules and regula-
tons promulgated by this board yet it
is not the intentions of the board or
the officials connected with the work
to attempt persecution or unnecessary
The so-ca11ed Bea1 case
will be disposed of no doubt in the next
term of the circuit court. H. X. Bailey
who tested out the constitutionality of
the law is now rendering all the as
sistance possible to the authorities in
the dipping work and is showing the
right spirit.
.sNumerous inquiries have been made
IS to how long dipping will continue
this year It has been decided to dip
until the first of December and at
that time public announcement will be
made as to what districts win need to
10 additional dipping during next
year."