Duroc-Jersey Hogs
ofcrrfct type. Key ally b ed, rich. fine color, an
pedigreed, any age or x. Bred GflU ad Sow
peciakr. Write for prices, enclosing 2c stamp
for reply.
L H. Whitaker & Co, - Mni. ti
Poland China Pigs and'
S. C. Ri I. Red Chickens
A limited number of extra fine S. C fi. L Red
-ii i. mrA Pniita from nrize winning stock.
a rvmk and a few srood Hens. Also a
few cbotea P. C Plga entitled to registration.
CEDAR U HE FARM,
Kicbltnds, N C.
Duroc Boars
Ready for service. Good ones, and registered.
$20.00 while they last.
MATT W. MOSELEY. - Ben Buckle. Tenn
COOK FARMS
A nmiAl Sale of the Cook Farms win be held
Friday. Sept. 30th. This will be the grandest event
I t,l irinil ever he'd in Kentucky. 60 saddle
mares, colts, and Allies; 50 jennetts and colts.
Write for catalogue and attend the sale.
J. F. Cook & Co., Lexington, Ky.
HARRIS HALL STOCK FARM
pnnmLBTON. 8. C.
Rm RjMrlatimwl JflTSflT Cattle Slid Berkshire
Bon. Choice Bull Calves for sale, dams testing
6 and 7 per cent butter fat. Boars and GUta by
godson of Premier p.
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.
HOYf TO GET RID OF THE CATTLE TICK.
Some CJommon Misapprehensions Possibilities of Inoculation
Stockmen in Tick-Infected Territory Should Bring Only Young
Stock from Tick-Free Territory.
TOOGRESSIYE FAItttEIt AND GAZETTE.
under that age is not much suscep
tible to tick fever. As the calf ad
vances in age. if it does not become
infested with ticks it gradually loses
the natural Immunity or freedom
from tick fever that it enjoyed at
birth and by the time it reaches ma-1
turlty is , highly susceptible to the :
disease. This is the result, no mat
ter where the animal Is raised, free
dom from ticks being the only im
portant matter In determining -the
question of susceptibility.
If, however, the young calf that is
only slightly susceptible to tick fever,
By Tait Butler.
f time Tn triA fiicht
... . xi. l- .-.jttn la n tan enaMoa rtf Hlra thnf car. nn
1 eiving a goodly number of cattle there exist differences In their a'ht
ii.: ; nfo Metnrv -hiir wo havft as first BeiB a w ucks on it, a mild attack
letters in wmcn luo wmeisqwouwu vw.,, ..w. , fetpr i rnntracf
statements wnicn ne nas maae. iueso otaicu, uCawiUCu - Tnrntftpts It frnrn a Thnro
f i th.t nnno rnmrnnTi rattlfl tick, the onlv one Pecis " irom a mo
and this
letters are remarkable, In that none common cattle tick, tne only one - SaofHr.
of them have raised, a single questhat is ever numerous on catUe after
Uonthat has not of ten. been raised August 1, and the only one that 1 a
before, and as often answered. One causes tick fever in cattle. It is the JgifJ? "
amnne feature is the positive as- common, well known tick that gets !t T, W tlme
surance with which some of our on cattle and sometimes on horses,
critics tell us we know nothing about mules and deer; but it is not the
th manner in which ticks breed or tick that gets on man, dogs, rabbits,
or any
named.
other animal except those
reproduce themselves.
How Ticks Breed.
The most common, although erron
eous, belief of our critics is that the
old female or mother tick drops to
io crftrmd and after awhile bursts
open and young ticks emerge from or more in the tick-free area, may
being seriously, or at least danger-
ously affected with tlek fever.
Young Calves Less Susceptible.
Of course, young calves sometimes
suffer so severely from tick fever as
to cause their death, and there are
more of these cases than generally
supposed, but still they are compar-
hor rnnrnrod hndv. Onoft for all.
and positively, we wish to state that wihou.t loss
this common belief is false. No ticks
breed that way. How much easier
No Treatment for Tick Fever. r
We have also been asked how to
treat tick fever, and how cattle that atlvely raie. it is, therefore, reason-
iiave ueeu giuwu tu au age ui a year hl afft in nfrnAnPa eftlf
three or four months old from a
tick-free area into a tick-infested
naature. There may be loss, but it
in tne nrst piace, it may as wen win De le8s than when the inocula-
oe plainly stated tnat mere is
TENNESSEE HERD OF
JUlUVEJWi-i rnm hrAAd that. wav. How much easier uc ocatcu iuWB iB uw ti of. cattle over eIcnt Q- t
.2tMif.Tet? nd more sensible it would be for satisfactory treatment or tick fever. months of age is practiced. The death
K?e,,Bre these honest but mistaken friends Jhere is 110 treatment that is like y ioss will be less and the effect on the
WSSSSi toputamother tick in a bottle, plug ?'0' At growfh of .the. ?alf .subsequent
It up with a waa oi cotton, set tne , , " 7 . attacxs ana uck miestation win De
bottle away , in a dark place and over eight months old may be inocu- leS8
watch the results. They can verify 1ted and In a Jarse measure Protect- In view of these factB we recom.
our statement with less trouble than ld?m a fatal a"a5k Pf tick fever; mend the introduction of calves un
they can convince us that ticks burst the expense of this, the effect on der four months old for purposes 6f
open and permit young live ticks to me Buusequem euecta obtaining pure-bred animals for
fowl m Mirth. Effora 11.60 ner IS.
S. H STANBEJRY & SON8,
Newport, Cocke Co.
Registered Shropshire Sheep
THa hemt. Ordera booked for Berkshire Pisa.
LT pIS ll'ZS I crawl out of them. We have seen cks as pUreiy sMn paraSites. breEdlng ln prgterence to inoc
WtoSMfMdiiw Ste. fit Oct MtTonr. thousands of them lay eggs and . """"s ulation. There is the one objec-
Mh-iiSS the young ticks emerge tion, that with our methods of poor
from the shells, and if any one will IUUUBU' " 'T, lUB IV"" feeding and our short pastures, bet-
send us a tick that breeds in any u unpromaoie ana impracuca- ter grown animals may sometimes
other way we will make him a pres- u"' 8 e means be obtainea when older catue are
entLaJifeubscriptionJoTheJProi11"116 cattle tick problem. purchased. m view of the fact that
gressive Farmer and Gazette, or give i"t!ie A BUV T 7- , inoculation is in many cases valuable
him anything else he may ask for. ? Jl66"11 he U5,k i8,ituati?n' anl in aiding to have animals introduced ;
Another common error Is that the lUttt iS "y erauicauon. ine cniei for breeding purposes, we will de-
common ticks on cattle are not the "ov" ""tD " tu.wu scriDe tne operation in our next
W. E. Shipley, , :: Valle Crucis, N. C.
ANGUS CATTLE. J?tcl7rTB05
both eexes, choicely bred and (rood Individuals.
Call or write us your wants. Address
ROSE DALE STOCK FARMS. Jeffersonton. Va.
Berkshire and Durtc Swine
Bred and for sale. None better bred than those
I offer. D L. FARRIOR, I
Raleigh, N. C, Hillsboro Road. Near Fair Grounds.
REGISTERED DUROOJ12RSETB.
Jane Piss, not akin.
High Quality.
Watson,
STERLING STOCK FARM. Petersburg. Va
Tb Kentucky lack Fara
We breed and ralie the
mammoth Kentucky Joofta.
Bay from ai and aave the
peculator's profit. Write
to-day lor prices on lacks,
Jennets, amdmuiea. A large
lot to select from.
JOB. E. WRIGHT, JuwonoH OlTT. Ky.
Branch Barn Rooky Moont, N. O.,
H. M. Avast, Manager and Salesman.
fever ticks. No other species ever
become numerous on cattle. When
ever large numoers oi ticks are
found on cattle after July 15 or
August,!, It may be taken for grant
ed - that' they are" fever ticks.
One good friend says that the com-
comparatively easy and permanent;
whereas any other method is difficult,
expensive and Ineffective, or a mere
makeshift.
In those sections, however, where
cattle are not' properly controlled, or
in the free range section, If a man
wishes to control his individual cat-
article.
TYirm r1 A llr ttH-T q nrVilt o-nnt lnot
back of its head, does not breed the "c "uu yu quaxx, mucu
way I described for the fever tick.
Now, our friend is guilty of Just two
errors. This tick with the spot on
lation may assist him to introduce,
with comparative safety, pure-bred
bulls or other cattle for breeding
its back is not the most common tick purPse8,
ion cattle and It does not breed by
bursting open and allowing the
Inoculation Against Tick Fever.
Such inoculated cattle will not do
Oak-wood Farm
Jersey Cattle and Berkshire Hcii
$00 TO $300 SAVED
We are manufacturers, not merchants.-Save vAtxu
tobben andcualof home profit I'll save yon from
tSOtofJOOonmrHlgh Grade Standard Gasoline
Engine from 2 to 22-H.-P. Pnce direct to too
SVTTbl UMU UVMWI VI JWWWV ' a W1M SS
lmllar eng'nei in carload lots foi ipotcauu v"
GnujDVJA v Ay .k?
Price and Quality speak for themselves
and you are to be the sole Judge.
Sell your poorest horse and buy a
MUMtt!
SI'
Eminent X at the head of nsrd. son 01
the Camons Eminent that sold at auctloD
for 110.000. No females for sale at present
bat have a few choice bulla and bull
calves at reasonable prices. These bulla
are from cows that have made over Tun
pounds butter ln twelve months. Choice
Berkahlres of all ages on hand.
L. SHUFORD
NEWTON, N. C
LIGHT RUNNING
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"BEST TJT'
"Bum Talk"
Is an interest
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telling - jast
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Oxford Buggy Co., Oxford, N. C.
young ticks to crawl out of its body, as well as tick-free cattle, nor do we
but lays eggs just as does the fever advise inoculation as either the first
ticks, as any one may prove by put- or second best means of handling the
ting one in a bottle or box and tick question; but by it, animals of
watching it a few .weeks. This tick Pure breeding may be introduced
with the white spot gets on all sorts with a death loss of 3 to 8 per cent.
of animals, but it Is not the com- As stated, we recommend tick eradi-
mon cattle tick It is not the -one cation as the best method and where
that carries tick fever and does so this plan will not be adopted we ad-
much damage to the cattle Industry. Vise as the best way of introducing
Yon Can Not Kill Ticks by Feeding Pe-bred animals, the purchase' of 1
. the Cattle Sulphur, Etc. , , uo Ui tt6 m
' preference to inoculation of older.
The other amusing points are the animals,
numerous remedies suggested for The calf at birth Is not entirely
killing the ticks. We have no time proof against tick fever, nor free
10 argue tne case, but we know from from attacks of ticks; but ticks sel-
actual experience and trial, that dom attack calves under three
none of these substances when fed months of age In large numbers, and
to the cattle cause the ticks to if they do, it Is a well established fact
drop off, nor will they keep the that comparatively speaking the calf
ticks from getting on the cattle. The '' '
ticks drop off all right, but it is be
cause they have matured on the cat
tle and arrived at the stage of their
development when it is necessary
that they , leave . the cattle.
mi. .
mere are no so-called "yearling
ticks" and no ticks that live without
getting on to some animal,; for any
tor on 99
Dhi' Free
Trial. Sstic
1on or money
back. Write forspeo-
hi nrnnositlon. A"
you pay me Is for raJ
ms'erlal. labot
, one small prow. J""
my big BOO rnt.
Wm. Galloway. P
Was. Galloway Co.
WeallowayBtattoe
Wat I
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