Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-25
DR..
DECLARES TICK
is ERADICATED
State Veterinarian in Americas
for Weekend to Attend At
lanta Trust Barbecue
SAYS LEGISLATURE
is ONE OF BUSIEST
Approves Bill Asking for Erec-
ton of Fence Between Florida
and Georgia

Declaring the present legislature
to be one of the most active law
making bodies to gather beneath the
Capitol dome and emphasizing. the
fact that his department had prac-
ideally eradicated the cattle tick in
all counties of the state with the .ex-
ceptlon of one, Dr.. P. F. Bahnsen.
state veterinarian, arrived in the
clty Friday night from Atlanta to
spend the week end with his family
and to attend the barbecue and
speaking~,a at the Scrutchins planta-
ton today, given by the Atlanta
Trust company in celebration of the
opening of $500 acres of Southwest
Georgia land to the cultivation of
bright leaf tobacco.
DR.. Bahnsen, although one of the
best politically informed men in
the state, refused to go into details
concerning the activitie sconcerning
the present legislature, when inter
viewed by Times-Recorder report
er, further than to state that Geor-
gia's solons, realizing that they will
not be able to gather again for two
years, following the present session,
are working theoretically and con-
Scientiously to enact and amend
laws for the betterment of the State
The State Veterinarian dealt at
length on the subject matter of the
bill calling for the erection of a
fence between Florida and Georgia
to prevent Georgia cattle from be-
coming infested with Florida ticks.
81 hope" said DR.. Bahnsen, "that
the bill wiss pass. 1t will mean. an
expense to the state, but it is the
only means whereby a total tick
eradication can be accomplished and
it will be of great benefit to farm
ors, especially dairymen, in the bord
or counties, although they have
fought the state in its effort to en-
force dipping as a means of eradi-
eating the tick.
A number of partolmen are kept
constantly on the border, said DR.
Bahnsen, but in spite of the vigil
ence of these men, Florida cattle
men manage to sneak their infested
cattle into Georgia through loop
holes in the border patrol.
Decatur county is the only coun-
ty in the state in which there has
been tick reinfestation, and this
reinfestation is responsible to Folri-
da cattlemen and shows the STRAIT
egg employed by them in smuggling
their cattle into the state, said DR..
Bahnsen.
Several months ago Decatur coun-
ty was declared free of ticks and the
patrolme nwho had been stationed
on the border of this county were
removed to another section where
the infestation was heaviest, said
DR.. Bahnsen. At the same time that
Decatur county was freed of the
pests, Gadsen county, Florida, just
opposite Decatur, was also given a
clean slate.
The Florida cattlemen, realizing
that it would be practically impos-
sible to break through the reinforc-
ed border patrol, drove their tick
infested cattle to -Gadsen county
and brought them across the bord-
err into Decatur county, where no
border patrol was stationed, said DR..
Bahnsen. AS a result, within a few
weeks, ticks began to show up on
Decatur cattle.
eff we had the wire fence be-
tween FLORIDA and Georgia, we
could do away with great number
Of our border patrolmen and thus
eliminate a great expense to the
state" said DR.. Bahnsen. "Atmos-
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