Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-11
TICKS BLIGHT
TO LOUISIANA
Mississippi Plans Double
Fence To Bar Pest-Rav-
aged Cattle

NEW ORLEANS, April 11-Missis-
gippi is going ahead with its plans
to build a double fence between that
state and Louisiana to keep Louis
iana's ticky cattle from injecting
the cattle on clean territory in Mis-
sissippi. This fence will be about
120 miles in length. A similar fence
was erected by Georgia to keep off
Florida cattle years ago. The Mis-
sissippi counties held off for a long
time, hoping that Louisiana would
take measures to rid itself OF the
cattle tick.
The demand to rid Louisiana OF
the cattle tick has been increasing
rapidly during the past year. It
comes from many sections, where
old-time range-cattle conditions OBJ
tanned and tick eradication was
fought, less than IL months ago.
There are some sections, however,
in which the change of heart has
not taken place, and Governor Long
is pretty strong politically in those
sections, hence he vetoed the tick
eradication bill passed by the last
session of the legislature, and has
refused to consider the subject dur
ing the special session.
It Is stated by those who have
studied conditions that there can be
no beef-cattle, no dairy, and no d.
versified farming development IN
sections that are subject to the de-
v~astations of the tick.
The tick consumes about 24O
pounds of a cows blood a year. Feed
that goes to the formation OF milk
and flesh in clean country, goes TO
support the tick in two-th1rds OF the
parishes of Louisiana.
Does Not Produce Needs
The two ~stockyardS at New Or
leans supply about go per cent OF
the beef, pork and mutton con-
sumed in this city. OF this, only
10 per cent comes from Louisiana;
the rest is imported. New Orleans
be able to buy sic, 000,0 900 OF live
stock Give weight valued a year
from Louisiana, if the Louisiana
farmers had it to sell. Furthermore,
all Louisiana does not produce 1alt
of the dairy products used by New
Orleans alone,
New orleans consumes $10,500,O 900
of milk. butter and cheese q year.
OF this, only $4,000, 900 is produced
in Louisiana.
OF the 25, 900 gallons Of milk con-
sumed every day IN New Orleans,
about half comes from nearby ana
local diaries, and the rest IS Snippeo
in. with go per cent or II coming
from Mississippi. There are MY
two points in louisiana where milk
is produced in such quantities tnat
rarlot shipments can be made.
About $50. 600 900 Of dairy prod
sncts are imported into LOUISIANA
every wear. according to estimates
nv the agricultural department OF
the association of commerce II
would be hard to estimate n
amount of meat shipped in that
could be produced in louisiana. Inc
total is many million dollars.
Mississippi Develops
since the neighbor state OF MIS-
e;ssinni began serious efforts 10
clean IN the cattle tick, it has de-
welcomed q strong agricultural pros.
reritv. Five years ago, MISSISSIPPI
was importing 100000 of dairy
products a year; now IL IS export
ing that much, after
enough for it's own needs. IL mas
many creamerieS and chees rae
tories. roir-
IorIisiana's cattle supply IS dlmln-
fishing. Five year sage, tlle LT ~
ao0 600 head of cattle, ACCORDING 10
the agricultural department census.
rTba number has now shrunK 10
something more than 5OO,OOo' IN
cl,,ding all calves. The cattle con
s,'road are not being replaced py
S~aadinC because cattle brougnC
frons clean territory into ticky ter
ritory for breeding purposes ole al
most Immediately.
Two thirds Of the Louisiana poe r.
ishers are under tick quaranClire. IL
thew are shipped TO New OrleaiS,
or to any other state Market elleS
,r,,st be killed Immediately.
Tickie cattle are much smaler
.r%5 more under-developed imam
olean cattle of the same breed n
ere Tn the New Orleans stock yards
tickv cattle bring about 81 or ever
60 : hundred pounds less than clean
cattle. 1t is estimated by stock
Yards officials that yearings from
f;ckv territory average SIS a head
less than animals Of the same age
and strain from clean territory.