The Pulaskian., 1920-04-29
DIPPING MAY
 BE CONTINUED
BIG ENDANcE AT QUORUM COURT COMMITTEE, WHERE EFFORTS AT GET ToGETH-
 FER ARE MADE.

ested in cattle dipping in Pulaski County attended the meeting called by the committee of the County Quorum Court, which has before it the project of cattle dipping this year, in the library of the Pulaski County Courthouse, Wednesday morning. w. A. Hicks of Little Rock, prominent banker and man thoroughly ac- quainted with farming conditions of the county, presided. Every town ship, with the exception of three which were not represented, was heard from in the meeting.
 The government officials who have in charge the tick eradication work spoke, as we'll as Bradford Knapp, dean of the extension forces of the University of Arkansas.
 Every farmer who spoke was op- posed to a continuation of dipping under conditions which have existed. The usual argument of the man op- posed to dipping was presented, and in addition thereto, it was asserted that the officials having the work in charge were inefficient, and in many cases overbearing.
 Decision Is Reserved.
 Mr. Hicks stated at the conclusion of the meeting that the chairman of the delegation representing each town ship would be consulted before a de cision was rendered, but that some plan would be worked out by which the farmers would be adequately pro- tected, and that dipping would not be enforced where it was not necessary. He stated that the county was to be protected as well as the farmer, and that money raised by taxation would no longer be spent in an unbusiness- like way. MT. Hicks indicated from his remarks that the representatives of the county would favor an inspec- ton by competent government off cials of the cattle in each dipping dis trict, and that representative farmers should be present at the inspection. Should fever ticks be found, dipping would be required until such a time as the tick had been eliminated.
 The main bone of contention at the meeting seemed to be that cattle from Saline and Faulkner Counties came across the line into Pulaski and ren- dered the efforts of the farmers in the townships bordering these coun- ties futile, because the Faulkner and Saline County farmers were not ob- serving the dipping laws.
 Some of the township representa- tfves proved themselves to be natural orators and presented their arguments without feeling Several of the rep resentatives were bitter in their de- nunciation of everything that was con- nected with cattle dipping. These men apparently injured the cause of the farmer who favors dipping but de- mands justice in his observance of the law. The "firebrand" speakers spoke almost entirely against dipping as a whole. Their arguments were time-worn and threadbare. Most of the speakers declared that a majority of the farmers in their townships had in the beginning favored cattle dip ping, but that the government officials had assured them that the tick would be eliminated in from one to three years. They stated that they had dipped their cattle according to in structions three or four years, and were positive that the tick was as far eliminated as it will ever be. One speaker asserted that it would be im- possible to eradicate the tick unless the ciyet cat, wolf, deer, rabbit and other wild animals were rounded up and dipped, as they were also infected with the parasite This was refuted by the government officials, who de- cIared that fur-bearing animals do not harbor the fever tick. Cattle, horses, mules and burros are the only ani- mals which are carriers of the fever tick, according to government experts.
 Feeling Against overseers.
 The feeling against the overseers in many of the districts was evident. Some charged that favoritism was shown and that many had not dipped their cattle, and when complaint had been made, no penalty was assessed in court, and that their efforts to rid their community of the tick had thus been nullified.
 Dr. F. c. Rosenberger, who is in charge of the government tick eradi- cation forces in Arkansas, went con siderably into details concerning the