The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-08
TICK ERADICATION LAW.
Program for Eradicating the Fever
Tick this Year in Louisiana.

The following circular letter wa,
recently issued by F. L. Hines, sec
retarv Of the Louisiana Tick Eradlca
ton Law Enforcement League, wit!
headquarters at Baton Rouge:
let the cattle owners Of each par
ish form league for the eradication
of the tick.
"Iet this parish organization organ
ize each vat by organizing the own.
ers who dip at the vat and by delin,
eating the boundaries Of the terri
tory that must dip at that vat, being
careful that every foot Of territory
in the parish is included in the terri
tory Of a vat.
"Have every person ready and de
termined when the time for dipping
arrives next spring.
"Emphasize the determination to
finish the job. Let the fellow who
has failed to dip heretofore feel the
exhilaration Of being a part of an en-
thusiastic organization determined to
do a good thing for the community
and let the final few, if such there
be left which will not cooperate,
know that the great ma ority repre-
sented by the organization are de-
termined to complete the work and
will unite in enforcing law against
the few who insist on holding back
the great majority.
"The plan here proposed aims to
clear the vat territory each dipping
day. 1t will catch the cattle that are
interlopers into that territory and
whose owners are at distance or are
unknown. 1t aims to make impossi-
bic the passage of cattle from the
territory of one vat to the territory
of another in such a way as to es-
cape dipping.
$50 | have faith that each difficulty
Of this kind can be solved by the
owners themselves when they apply
themselves to it with a determination
to solve it. Patience, tact and per-
severance will do the job.
"These things are beyond doubt:
a. If Louisiana is to be freed from
the fever ticks it must be done by the
efforts of the cattlemen themselves.
1t is not enough that they passively
dip when they are told to dip by an
Inspector They must take active
hold on the work and push it aggres-
sively. That will do the work, do it
now, and do it at the least cost
"2. Experience Of cattle owners
show that: the fourteen-day dipping
program will free the state or free
any parish if all the cattle are dipped
according to the program.
SO, What is impossible when people
are not organized becomes easy when
they are organized. Organization
means faith in each other, and de-
termination to stand by each other.
| saw a lot of parts that go to make
up an engine. Separate and lying
about they were so much iron and
steel. When they were assembled
and each part in place to do its part
in supporting every other part, the
wheel was turned and the thing that
was lifeless as a scattered lot of Gu
rious pieces of iron and steel spoke
with life and power. Every one of
it vibrated with power. Scattered
laborers have been treated with scant
courtesy or contempt; organized la
Dor is treated with the greatest res
pect and consideration. Close organ
ization is the only possible way for
farmers to defend themselves in this
day when all other classes are Or
ganizing.
1--WE can continue dipping as we
have been doing it forever and we
will not be free from ticks. By CO.
operation we can go on and finish
it. Are we going to fail or succeed?
The answer is with the farmers"