The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-04
EXPLAINS HOW
DIPPING WORKS
VETERINARY INSPECTOR DEFENDS
DIPPING LAW AND EXPLAINS HOW
TICK IS BEING ERADICATED.

An article printed in last nights
paper states that college men oppose
tick eradication in Escambia county.
Up to the present time we have no
reliable information substantiating this
statement. The opposition to tick Grad
ication comes either from politicians or
those who merely resent cattle dipping
because Of the fact that it means real
work to dip regularly The larger
cattle owners of the county have fatty
refused to give funds for the employ
ment of an attorney who has stated he
can break the law"
The statement that cattle ticks can
not be eradicated in one year is not
based on facts. In large open range
countries it usually requires more than
one year due simply to the fact that all
the cattle are not dipped regularly
even though the cattle owners make an
earnest effort to do SO. In all the So
called propaganda work carried on
before the election was held in Escam-
bia county in connection with cOmpul-
sorry dipping it was always stated that
the cattle tick could be eradicated in
fourteen clippings provided all cattle
were dipped. Those who are prejudice
ed to this work in repeating this state
ment never include the proviso.
Every one knows that it takes just
so many months to starye the seed
ticks; if all cattle are dipped regularly
every fourteen days then none of those
ticks which gain host have an OPP
portunity to lay eggs and thus propa
gate their race and in the meantime
all seed ticks that have not succeeded
in crawling on a cow die of starvation.
no ~ fn-.4 Hinly On
ton has long ago reached beyond the
experimental stage The federal gov
eminent is expanding three quarters of
a million dollars each year in co-op-I
Grating with states and counties in
building up better cattle industry by
Graduating the cattle tick.
The man at this day and age who
says that tick eradication is imprac-
tical simply admits that he has never
been in a territory where the tick has
been eradicated. A few years ago in
Mississippi those who favored this
work We're meeting with the same kind
of opposition as we are experiencing
in Escambia county, meetings Of those
who opposed the work, dipping vats
were dynamited, etc. Now the man
who talks unfavorable about cattle
dipping in Mississippi is looked upon
with pity.
To get closer home and keep within
the range of facts, at this time So Of
the 67 counties in Alabama are released
from the cattle tick quarantine i0i Of
the Isl counties in Georgia are free
from the cattle tex: IS of the 65 coun-
ties in Louisiana are tick free. Seventy
per cent of the original tick area has
been released.
Florida stands last in the list in
having only Is per cent of its area
tick free.
At the present time there are 1875
different cattle owners in this county
owning total of i4,727 cattle. During
the month of April. 1920, there were
20,744 cattle put through the dipping
vat. Cattle are dipped every four
teen days which accounts for more
cattle being dipped than appear in the
county. Only 10 cattle out of this total
number dipped showed tick infestation.
Is it a business proposition for the
cattle owners of Escambia county tol
stop dipping even though the Live
Stock Sanitary board discontinued the
work here? mol The work has pro-
crossed to that stage that herds under
fence are being released from dipping
If the owner will sign certain agree
ment which merely states said owner
will continue to keep the cattle under
fence while dipping is in progress. 1t
Is the plan of the Live Stock Sanitary
board to discontinue dipping cattle in
more than half the open range of Es-
Gambia county on July list, provided
The cattle owners keep dipping regu-
arly to that time. The cattle tick |
will be eradicated by that time and
would have been in all sections of the
county had the work not been held UP
asst season because. of certain legal
phases.
The state, county and government