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FIGHT** CATTLE FEVER TICK MORE THAN HALFWOfT^weevil invasion prt’v .:.* i up ; ■' • i ' st.it***congress ti make in . • r • its : *•lt; t •cin|a,wer flu- Fnlte.l .**ugi 'i'• tun’ H.tiUSMntc n |i|. ■ i »tHi tin*nuthoriil* .if ttnuthera *tnt** . , • ■ '■ rlii the annual report f r 1i*'T r *t • ibureau of iiitliunl U..1:-:r ir * * • : I .oiuraglng progress has b,*.*n • it«n of mult* ticks fr.-m t' • i :- t*.'1'h I a work, which »,.» -i. ,■.,*•■. -fltAW under Ml ll|i| r : r . . i by . of$S»Min .* ini longer nr *v Tli«* re*. *already aeconip1l*Itc*1 ‘ ilmi th**termination of •ltl« e..«t;,i t- • ■ . p.....1but pl'HotlcnWe. though ’••■mu' i !••• requir'd for rim comp' • n of ■■ 'Tin- y - In*’** t!i. * • ■■ ......mooting ninl otvnwti -■ .’•••'•* ■ m 1 t,..w.whctt lblt;‘ real •illightti, I- f th*- m. op-predated. it I* oi-rtsilii ll.sif :•■ I'..* m . • :-i. ii-nohtty hold uj* the workTick Fever and the Manner c' t;» T inwn'on to Cstt'e.T!ii- story of iho rati i k .n *• ■ n' '■ • ly a* Margnropu* otn ’ •part It pin I •• BA «ll 1*1Is ono of the iiiost li.-.-r.* •) • •:~ '*fscientific Investigation. Ir tu - • ri .. I l.y■■lie writer n.« a “nunnnc* m i it !• -g It may bo recalled that In tin- .-ally 'lays ..f ... - r: exporting trade the lex,* g!,*.n, • i, ■ «rprominent It noon bn ntno known tlmttb*. although n| iianntly healthy themselves, caused a deadly dlscin** In other •■ntrl t!»*• part played by the tick being at that tlim* tittl.t*lt;*'t rt titni unsuspected. lienee the ill-M.se t.cqulr* d the nnnio of Texas fever. The tlrk. h«*w • \,-r. Is tin respecter of locitlltloa an Inna ns thlt; y are suitablefur Its propagation. and tb-l: fever ....... - vh.-r-ever Iho Combination of Infeeteil tbk* file I 'iltMe t* present. The problem of combating the *11.• ease was undertaken soon after th« hureuu lt;f nnlmnl industry was urgtnlM In ISM And n fwi yearn Inter the epoch-making di'cov.-rics of tt.e bureau scientist* led to the true rmim of the disease being found.The discovery that tlrk* can carry germs of dlsi-ase from one unltnnl to another wan the first Instance In which the Important role of Insects iin carrier* of disease was ascertained. From It arose new procedures In preventive *nnltntb.n. Since then the noxious roles of vnrtoii* other insects have been learned. For example: Mnsqnl-toes carrying ttmln•':v and yellow f.-ver: tlo* rat lien, bubonic plagu* . tin* limp-** by. *ypb**i*J fever. Formerly no attention was paid to tie- currN-r*: only treatment of the patient* »us '■.•ti'-lder*-.! necessnry Now tu* squlto* ■- are set • --■ •I « ut of r.d exit ntf tlo- ,if. ~-r- -1.. -t. 1st at ■ I «• .1 • :it--*t:'1'i of uf.t.-t has art - y 1 -!-i - •! 1 1 -m.'-r lt;fvictim* of the meufbtn 'I dls.eav *. The illsettvery■ ■f ti-k ...... mod 1 t.-uuli the •■•ut. T'-r's ttf Several H •ibertt of tie* In.:- . t| stuff.A -• infills- Stud -if S- ’ • • ti . ■ 11 ■•• .-I. ..... In 1M«. dev 1 ;-.sl ti • ti.« -i use. v-ry•'to.liir to mtilnrln b. ::-t n. ' 1 - -I !• n n -nut.-protO*tmi parasite D,ut to. :•-I the r. •! ■■■•rpu*-etca ef the Wood, and In 11 : 01s.« ib*siroy‘ «ltb'-m so fast lluit III- -I ..... ! -mine i'--tiUet| Wltlldebris from the Id.....!. the Its. r lilbd with bib*.and I ho r*-i etiiorlm; matter of the blood was pa*«isl off with tb mint*. It.tins.. fev.-r developed and the animal U-uully tlbd In ft.on onto four day* after t.« t npp* rati-'e svmptnn.s•herd* with m-itiy ynurtf or ln«lBw|itlWi n.w italf! Rlnnltg old cattle It sail as blt'h 1 s ••• •*• percem. It us furrie r found that the til- a*, •'a*ntsjulr. *1 M...11 11 r««*r tlx young of tlo* cattle ticks-t, !I.-|| .... rb k» Ilf bed to the rattle Aeipil-*111 I) Ilf lilt * . I - IVIIS f-tin -I '.I be I*. ' .-rto-d It)'heir Ilf*.- history, on whbdi I* bused iho scl-noo **f t,-k iridUntlon and also 1*. ml. • of -ptnraii'inc. 'Ito- br. I.Ntory Is a followAdult tick- enrri-d by eat tie full to tin- groundabout lisiT The -ti.all tlipplng vat for nr** todip;- i- 1.1 11 *'■ .■ was tlr«* used Iti .Mnbetim '• 't 11 pi-pi-t-r In i;s*it He iuo*!ilb*l the b-r.'-!. 1- previously itwd lu oil dipping of nniinnls -Inler-tute Ctiim:i*-I e p|s\ iolH ’* ll«1 Svvitbl It-, aiel fpniylmf by band wer. the meilo-ls B'U -rally 11** d lu the * lailii atioii work. Tb- »i1.1etl11.il till- bieli found I** be liot ot.lv • IT*. 11 v • and sp.-e.ty, i.„t |„. t-.iuipnrnllvely lio-xpeii-l'e In S.-prendier I1IIT, VI nit.'i publi- or privui* vats were at tillable lu ten Kou'l i-rti s:,, .- Thiwork In XUSiiT* sipiare tulle* or i.-rrlmry vvu-supervised t--. liisi«*lt;-lnrs of tbe biiroaU onnlmnl Industry: 'toI -t.iie ln»pt- t-*r- no! l.'ju; roUllty lu»pe*'tors.A p-ov-.vrliH -.Id In the lb It flcti! b s thipassace *.l slat** law * optiblllig cfft-il-.- ft • I* t co-lt;*|i.*ltitb.ll. In llltkt. when the tlfst fe-b-rn! , •pr*'Pilntbiii .............. a plan «t per. •..*■with Slates was made *m h law* were 11: . *!*v ■beet, , ii.i—tt .* Ill V.uhalii-I. Vi kilt.- *. I l*.n*l.I ■ tta.il f *aTh- only »ti,t.‘ iifle.tt -l by tn I* * 1.i.d ini 'll..* f 1 *-■this *t :* ..... n W5.I.-I, oti 1 y ion* - • .ti.iii-wer** tufe*-t*lt;l In tiMMJ. uiitl »bb b I- n- t •. r. pleP-ty free.F*d*-rnl |verntion dn-s not m**nn that tb-1 * 1 • 1—11—I gov - tiim.-nt builds the vats n- r suppb* the t*.on**y and tmiterluls with which to dip tbtick'' and Mil it. Hut It dues menu Hint tin- 1r-'titi of atili.uil Industry of the Fldted Slat. - m piirtnp-nt of agriculture fnnii*b s trtiito-il an-n :stipe* . Is,, the Work of dipping Mol sln.u *|.i- *.. 1pin * ’ niiy eotinty bow to tank** n Ijeglnniti*.*. A: preehitloti of this * o iipernibui Is shown l t! fact that r-vety *tnte and most counties In the tl rcgl-ti-* In.v*• iipproprlnt-d public Uliun-y* I- tul ntlv !.*as** of th-* *e|.*lltll|e I,lid |rnctlfal klli'U edge placed at tie If dNfMasnl by tin* ftsh-ral *■■ eminent.T. survey n*b.-lt;|ua’lt;-l}* tb benefit* from tl-■■rudl 'iitlon a tlitn**- must be taken at the bitncfeff- cts of Infestation, t'attb* not only die fn the fo'.i*r transmiti.-.l l.y the tick, but they h • gr-aily In blood, meat, milk production at reproductive power, The It* k* suck the Mm that should go lo make beef and milk: previ 1 anlw of lnft*tetl cutib* outside the ouiiraiith itrt-it . ms pt f**r Imuie'Unte slnught'T and at a most liav price the buyer chooses to pay; 111 chi • the door to Importation Of bettor stock tin the nut'll'.' tif a herd, for row entt bn ight into ttcky cwuntry trt m; nud t-r. / t*.r tint tick.Many Cattle Raisers Praise Fight Against TicI 11 tit* fr**m tick eradleittlou nr** t**bl In hit ■It -I- ,.t b-tt.-r* r.c-lvt.l i.pinially by tie- l.utvi •if * uimnl Industry. Tin eon*cii*uilt; **f i*pia--n ndlcu at oh tl 1I - • :, weigh ••it* fifth Iniivler, Jfrnth- -*ir- ••lt; f and l ie -life from entile fm*r olid fr*..Mine of p. nit* Of tick. Tbe l.tlcr-si :hut where the tbk Is .lipp'd .**. ■!.*.1-11 •■little lletllsl IV 1 ■* K lowing. I In* * ill : * Ihill : -veil billed. Hint lb-- lullb yb-l't ■•* • • - !r.• *1 tllmlil I-IIC fourth Atld H111I there i llh I ... •• of fornge crop* and »lb».lb re are t-uee reas**n* why. In :: •• * t-.:.i**fi *h*t f-rtment of ngricullur* •■llb lttls. H* •- *t*' Hot, |s lm|..,iti'i,f , p.-*!, llv *,t Hie pr* id 1 -•■tot by M. fluid n**w 1 't w-dt n . tft) Otmil ngrleulliirit l« ili-|i*-iid*iit Uf--a 11.11 ini ,i .'try. an I *r the domestp-nted i-i:m,i * •• • the bu i 1- for f.-rtllUer i-nri—i.‘- 1 sin,ply of beef |« not llOepltlg pimt with th«* 1 1 and luu*r lu- III r*-!|set| to meet tb** tl — of APierlcti and It* all - * 111 tile war: lt;.• c**lllt; production; m**iiai'lt;*tl by tin* boll weevil, la-lst I.* pi up bv **»|tle r«*riPir,* r and tmiM I— *upp iiieti!***! t*.v eat I le raising in order that the canv cfcti1’’ eresa Record Amount of Tarr.jory—Drives Wedge of Free Land to the Calf—Brings Ceiebtationa by People In Counties Rente .ed From Under Federal Uua , ne.W' Sill.N'i .Ti tN II. F.- Ad vail well Ih^ v*n.t the Initfwny mi.rn lu ir--mg Hie ' *uth lr**m the cuttle fever tick, removing tile f.-'b-rnl nminilitlne Ir-.III cuttle sblpment lo TO,T*i -lt;iu«r» in. 1—1 of nine b- uthem slat*-*, driving a br»ie| wedge of teii-fr— (.rrltory through th- -i-k lln**» to th** Gulf of Mexico—the light a. tti«t the tie* strucnvi* parasite must count 1U17 i* * gn-ntcstI'is-eiilber 1, when 05.530 •NIMtir * thlt;*larg' st ouinunt of territory ever free.1 ,t ..n* tltuo - ' I ! t, • ipblcd to the liberated area* will he the gr.i'-t-ii day In tin* cnuipulgn *imv It was Martini actively It, MOO, anil It will he - l.brnt.d n* such in th.- st.ne* nail counties in which It will signalise undeniably long stride* tou .rd real* l-fi'H'in t-f the NoUHr's merited |.it i* ii cut-il- *' ing country.Tl.** go * mar * r M--l*-lppl *,ti..s. pe*,ple have made llo-lr state the tlmt loo. bine th- Ptlf t*i be * ti'Sr.-iy rt.l of Hu* cattle tick, has d- mm tel |v-■ ::.t*lt;-r i us n day of n-Job-liig in the common-wiutlfh. A ct-li bration at Jackson. th« capital, And nilict. ut c.iiinty a.-nls have lu***n arranged. A: Hii-m* . ereinonlals congrntuliiii ia. on thei. ! b-vi-ment will In- received from He* Fulled S*Mc* n-partmciit of agriculture nntl from gov-•-r-crs of other *niti *. I'elebratloiia of the same irnef -f are to be held In the various counties free ri-.mi quarantine tn eight other Mutes—Ain-hrima. Arktinsas. Florida, Oenrgls I.otiislana. North I'n-illnti. iiklahoma and T*-xe-Palterluit. alow and uncertain at 11* -• the to! vtincc against Hi- cattle tick la 11 years lias gained “imh Impetus that It now literally Is sweeping forward. There Is now no doubt of Until success and there tire great hopes that Hie goal of a tic); ft-—* South In 1021.” which also - .11 mean American territory entirely freed from the parasite. will be real I red.Tick* Long Have Infested Cattle * South.Fn! !■• In the Southeastern Atlnntl- and Hulf stilt.-* i.'.vo In cii Infested with the tb k since cuttle I! *• re Introduced Into those regions, It Is thouglit pi'dmblc the ticks were Inti-duced Into — country by ciittle from Spanish h«rds. The history f the tick In tb- South Is I- • *t- ii hts-t ,ry of 'be ugrlridtura) life of that section. In it nre Intertwined the gr-nt events **f a century or mor- ttint have ufteiopd th- in i formation of the South from a wlldeni* **• Into i wide and prosperous ngrlcultural domain.Tick nrt-y a lt;ll«*-nsc hot •• --n cattle.*'alv.-« - mi- effect of It but very f-w older* ntfl V • '-tig wh*-n att!o*k*td for th- first time. IHlt for •!.*• f- • 'it 'h- '.'If that llv-. „tl-r th-nfta.k I ---o-s | in n lully t tun nine. - would i.-w ! - ... iiib- in ih it* k-iti'V-t* t -ortton f '•••• S*io ... Southern cuttle always ........... ■ -I - ' - V. ||. r tln*y!I* -* ' veil Into or 11'rough n*lj'*!*,i« territory.A rliiu* e\'U '| ’ of such dr!, enrradafter tb- 'Tu: v ir when T*r.* and n Territory le were ■! !vlt; n Into Fobirti ' i,,| Kansas. I i: big *t-n'It lii Hi Ir trails tiro ■ nativeIt w ■ -• .-I,* t . tu. f- - u! * b- bn I '-.tc ofanus. «:;.| iuu.sciI tl.c enactn.i'iit • ttugcnlI Hiring H *. year* -f settlement tb iHht tick• nd «tlt; ndt ' i'1 rtl - - : | until p illstt.v t -ii Not them niMrki-** t n.| it i-d antiuil I out I r -• *tf T**sii» fever us tin* dln-:-».- w.is lb- it cull,-t I-t**ttgl»*,tr» Hit' v-rtb l.-.dsi- , In vurb I- Hi hit II • *,t Hints;.-.IIp. W. rb***Quarantin:d Territory First Define ] n '839Unnlly. with the formation or the ■ ir**«u of niibnul b.-luMiy of Ho- Fnlt- I Suite* . ; .r'tin-h!I*v'i ».*v'-n.t imps 'A.-rc (lubil-lo-l »b-'.vlng Its location. Tin- flr-.t oi-»|i r dcfluln^ I rnitriilngthe quarantined Infected teirltory wus ptihllshed In lWBi. The ilrivhig or transporting of cattle I frotn the Infected tn the free territory was forbidden. except for ii short season in winter nntl except for Immediate slaughter whim transported by rail or boat and discharged Into quarantine pens ut certain recognised slaughtering center* This constituted n quarantine which has wxlstsd with timely modifications ever since.The beginning of tlrk cradlentlon I* intend to s meeting of the commissioners of Agriculture of the cotton growing states hold In Rtilclgh. S Clin l«Wi, wlu-n th** North Carolina commissioner 1 directed that the state's aim to Improve Hie cattle Industry by tick eradication la* presented From this beginning until 10011, 12 counties In North Furollna Imd been released from qunran-| tine. Til* association of the omnilsrinncr* of | agriculture and various allied orgnMrations. In-I fluenced by the eradication work of North Faro-linn and tlo* results obtained by federal, stuta ' and other luvrstlgnturs. together with the growing | to*ceasily of ameliorating the effects of the (toll-'ti ii in ti* remain on me grminii or on prn**scs.hungry and waiting for a chance to ntineh them-*■ Ives to a cow or steer. Attaching themselves th** ti*-!.* hunt for places In the hide they can penetrate and. finding them, iuitncdlntely begin lii sm-k blond ami tn grow Two Immature stages of development precede the ndtllt stag*' when Hi*' males full off the nnlmnl and die. ami th** females also fall off. but lay their eggs on the ground before they die.Arranlcal Dipping Vat la Effective Weapon.The method of tick eradication found tn ha effective and now used almost exclusively is the arsenical dipping bnth. This method will rid a county of ticks In ii single season. It has been shown. For the method to he effective, every row and steer In the county must go through th** bath once every two weeks during the season.The ticks clinging to the enttle are killed by the arsenical hath. Those Hint attach themselves before the next hath are killed In that Immersion before they have time to lay eggs. Those forced to remain In the grass die of starvation. Th« arsenical hath used In dipping cattle for tbk* wn* developed by federal Inspector* la TexasTin* progress mini** so f»t In tb-k criitl.cnHnii taken to llieitti lltnl every tpnire mile Ir. tie* Si.ii will be freed from the nil lie tick within a f vein'll. From the area* released fi ini. ii-mlt tom and quarantine will go forth to tint urea*. • f Infested not only the Inspiration of aecoinpll* meat, hut also the practical help of rim fedei Inspectors released from work In the count I Jn»t freed and ready for lubora In new field*.THE REVERSE.“That hen yonder Is acting na though «h** wi hatching n plot.”I think, on the contrary, that she la plottinghaleh,Hot Weather Thought..Something has Just occurred to me.What Is Iti■That lo Adam's raae It must have heen a ri re-loaf to *bnaga hln clothes.”—Hoaton Eveol Transcript.
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