Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-03-24
TICK INFESTED
AREA REDUCED
ABOUT 70 PCT.
Tick Eradication Officials
Address County Officials
and Livestock Men

The campaign to eradicate the fever
tick is progressing nicely, both in this
county and throughout zone three,
stated K. A. Ramsey, of the bureau o.
animal industry, and head OF the United
States tick eradication campaign. in a
short talk delivered TO the county COM
n4iss!oners' court this afternoon.
Representing the government" he
continued, Il can state that we are
ready 70 help the people in any way we
can TO get rid Of our ticks, as a tick
free country is what we are working
for. In regards TO the appropriations
made hy the federal government. Texas
IL row getting about quarter of the
appropriation made for the whole
country. However. as we are getting
good results, we believe the money Is
well spent.
The salvation Of the cattle and
dairy industry lies i'll getting better
and more productive stock. Cattle that
are tick-infestcd are not the highest
grade, and we must rid All our stock
os the parasites il we cater TO the
markets.
Examples Of states that have bene-
fitted ~ decentralization are Louisiana
AMI Mississippi. The growth of the
dairy and cattle raising industry in
these two states since they were prac-
tically freed of ticks has been remark
able.
When we started on this campaign
number OF years ago We had 72S.0dO
square miles Of teIritory TO clean up.
We have cut that down to 20s. 900
square miles, or seventy-two per cent
decrease.
The campaign is now in the third
and last zone in Texas and viii soon
he completed, we hope"
J. r. Boog Scott, chairman Of the
Livestock Sanitary Commission. then
made few remarks stressing the need
Of pushing the educational campaign.
We must make the people realize that
they are getting something for the
money they spend. and see that they
VIII all have 10 get together or the
money will be wasted he said
DR. II. Grafke of Fort Worth. who has
charge Of the government work in tha
state in connection with the campaign.
then made short explanation of the
method used in discriminating the tick.
Dur object IN dipping the cattle N
TO break The life cycle of the tick. When
q fever tick Is so big that YOU can see
il on the cattle several feet away. then
u Is ready To drop off and breed. What
we want to do is Kill the ticks with din
before they are ready 10 drop OFF. ~
tick can leave cattle at it's free will,
but must be fully mature. BY using the
cattle rs collectors and dipping every
fourteen days we can soon get all the
ticks into the dipping vat where we
went them. If the dipping il lct 20 for
a few weeks longer. the work ~ wasted
and the determination process must be
started all over again.
We have passed the experimental
stage now and we know what we are
doing. We know the right strength of
dip TO use and how To handle the cattle
before and after dipping. That Is why
we are sending trained men ineo the
various counties. 80 that there will be
no mishap in dipping. or in stacking
ur on the program through ignorance"
Quite a number of local cattlcrien
attended the meeting this afternoon
and all were deeply interested in the
remarks Of the speakers.