The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-03-24
COUNTY RELEASED
FROM DIPPING LAW
Result of Committees Work.
Senator Cohn Gives Ruling
Of Livestock Board.

To The People of Lincoln County;-
Several weeks ago was called on
to accompany delegation of citi'
zens of Lincoln County to appear be
fore the Live Stock Sanitary Board
for the purpose of discussing with
him the matter of the county wide
dipping of cattle which had been or
dered in Lincoln County. AS a re-
suit of that conversation we came
to a certain agreement relative to
the matter, and l am herewith sub
mitting as a part of this letter to
you a statement signed by DR.. HI,
Chadwick of the Live Stock Sanitary
Board.
AS your representative, I took the
position that to enforce at this time
a county wide process Of dipping OF
cattle would be unjust, unfair and
extremely costly to Lincoln County,
That the county had already expend-
ed many thousands of dollars for the
purpose of eradicating the cattle
ticks in the county, and the quar-
antine on the county had been rails
ed. l could not understand why the
entire county should be compelled
to undergo another process of dipp-
ing cattle which would cost more
than ten thousand dollars simply be-
cause few ticks had been discover
ed near the county line. ! took this
position in the interest, as I thought,
of my county, and to that end ]
have done my utmost to get Lincoln
County released from the harsh ruiz
ing which I thought had been un-
justly made. You will note from
the statement signed by DR.. Chad
wick that no county wide dipping
of cattle will be required, that the
only dipping that will be required Of
cur people will be on the open rang
es where four dippings will be re-
quired to determine whether or not
there are any ticks on said range.
In the event that ticks are found
on the open range, it will be neces-
sary to dip every fourteen days until
they have been eradicated. No other
dipping will be required in the coun-
ty unless ticks are actually found or
cattle are now Quarantined.
l feel that by this ruling thus
obtained from Live Stock Sanitary
Board, many thousands of dollars
have been saved by the county, and
I'further feel that while we have not
accomplished all that we wanted a.
long this line, we have done much
to save the people of this county
much Inconvenience and money.
The following is the statement of
DR.. H. Chadwick
To The People of Lincoln County,
The dipping of cattle will be re-
quired in Lincoln county every %
days in the open territory for four
dippings in order to determine
whether or not the open range is i'm
tested with cattle tick. Should ticks
be found, the cattle and range will
be Quarantined and it will be neces-i
sary to dip every n days until they
have been released. No other Dip
pings will be required except where
infested or quarantined cattle may
be found.
(Signed) Hudson Chadwick,
Special Inspector Livestock Sanitary
Board.
/ desire to add that your commit
tee, composed of Messrs. Jacks, Allen,
Rawls, and Castelow and S. B. Nc
Nair deserve credit for accomplishing
whatever good has been done along
this line.
Trusting that all of their efforts
will result in greater and better
Lincoln County, l am,
Respectfully,
A. A. COHN.