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Thursday, December 23, 1909. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. IS Half pound of laundry soap sliced fine boil in 1 gallon of soft water half an hour, let cool, add 2 gal lons of oil; stir until it is well mixed, add five gallons of water. Apply with brush or cloth to every part of cow and it will kill" every tick it touches. As other ticks soon crawl up on cattle in infected districts, this greasing must be kept up every two or three weeks from March 1st to December 1st, to entirely rid the ter ritory of ticks. Another process of eradication is to shift cattle from one field to an otherkeeping them out of an in fested field until all the ticks in that field die of starvation, which results in about four months. Both plans are practiced successfully. If a coun ty refuses to co-operate by the elec tion of county inspectors, I close up the county by a strict quarantine, not permitting the shipment of any cattle out of the county even for immediate slaughter, which is permitted to those counties which co-operate. We have in this way been very success ful in eradicating ticks from many counties and thereby having the quarantine removed. "We expect during the coming year to entirely eradicate the ticks from Tennessee. john Hugh Mcdowell, State Live Stock Inspector. Union City, Tenn. Since the above was written the quarantine has been lifted from War ren and the remaining portions of Putnam and DeKalb counties. Ed. SLOW PROGRESS IN SOUTH CAR Without the Support of the People the Work is Slow, Discouraging and Expensive. In May, 1907, a quarantine line protecting the cattle of Oconee, Pick ens, Greenville and Anderson coun ties was adopted. In June, 1908, an other quarantine line was established protecting the additional counties of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Chester, York, Union, Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville. Both of these lines are still maintained and the work of tick eradication has been confined to these twelve counties. This 'area was selected, as It was bounded on the north and for some distance on the west by the Federal quarantine line and thus partially protected by Federal regulations. Most of the people in these counties are not interested in live stock and, as the herds are small and scattered, regular inspection and disinfection is difficult. In addition to this, many of the people, especially those in the mountains, are not well educated and any attempt to convince these people that cattle ticks cause the death of cattle or do any real damage seems useless. Without the support and active co operation of the people, tick eradi cation is a slow, discouraging and ex pensive undertaking, and the indif ference which has-been encountered even from influential business and professional men has been the great est obstacle in the path of tick eradi cation in this State, In each quarantined county the following method of inspection has been adopted: As soon as the area is quarantined a force of local in spectors (two in each county) is em ployed to make a farm to farm can vass of the entire area. When tick infested cattle are found, the owner is served with a quarantine notice forbidding the movement of cattle from the premises without written permission from an authorized in spector. At this time the owner is also informed of" the best method . of disinfection. When all tick-infested premises are located and quarantin ed, the inspectors begin regular re inspections of these premises. This is to prevent violation of quarantine and consequent spread of infection. When violations occur, the guilty parties are prosecuted if sufficient evidence can be secured. It is also the duty of these inspectors to assist the cattle owners either by sugges tions or by assistance in the actual disinfection of cattle. Regular re inspection of these quarantined premises is made everjr three weeks throughout the summer and as often as possible during the winter. Unfortunately, the conditions ex isting in this area allow only one sat isfactory method of eradication. This consists in regular disinfection of all tick infected cattle with a disinfect ant. The most satisfactory is an emulsion of Beaumont oil. Unfortunately, rotation of pastures cannot be accomplished in this area except in rare cases. All land capa ble of cultivation is used for this pur pose and pastures consist of worn out fields or land which cannot be cultivated. To secure rotation of pastures under the present condi tions is impossible. Work in Oconee, Pickens, Green ville and Anderson counties has been in progress since July, 1907, and no tice of release of this area from Fed eral quarantine Will soon be publish ed. Local inspectors will conduct ac tual disinfection on the few premises in these counties where ticks appear next summer. Every effort will be made to have the other eight coun ties in condition for release from Federal quarantine next fall. M. RAY POWERS, State Veterinarian. As reported in last week's Pro gressive Fanner, the counties of Oco nee, Pickens, Greenville and Ander son were released from quarantine December 6. Ed. Nothing Done in Florida. There has been nothing done to ward eradicating the cattle tick in this State. ' THOS. J. MAHAFFY, State Veterinarian. THE OLEOAIARGARINE SITUATION Manufacturers Making a Fight to Have the Tax on Colored Oleo Re moved -Let Every Dairyman and Fanner Join in the Fight Against This Fraud. Messrs. Editors: The manufac turers of oleomargarine expect to make a hard fight during the present session of Congress to have the color clause stricken from the present law and to have the tax reduced on col ored oleomargarine frond 10 cents per pound to 2 cents per pound. If the manufacturers can suceed in this, it will mean millions of dollar? to them and they are perfectly will ing to spend several million of dollarb to accomplish their desire. The National Dairy Union ledxin the fight to havr the present la passed, and it is again in the lead in the fight against having the law changed. W. D.. Hoard, editor of Hoard's Dairyman, who is treasurer of the National Dairy Union, says: "It is a fight for the existence of the pres ent butter industry, worth hundreds of millions, as against a counterfeit and fraud." . . The only means that the National Dairy Union has with which to fight this legislation is the voluntary help and assistance of the six million far mers of the United States. It be hooves every dairyman and farmer in the South to lend his aid and support to keeping the manufacturers of oleo margarine from securing the passage of a law repealing the tax on colored oleo. The five leading cities in North Carolina already use about 60,000 pounds of this substitute for butter annually, which sells for about 25 cents per pound, and displaces 60,000 ounds of butter that we ought to be producing, and which, If we only got 25 cents per pound would mean a saving of $15,000 annually to the farmers of this State. Not only is his true, but the fifty leading cities n the thirteen Southern States use 3,361,483 pounds of this "near but ler' annually. The thing for every dairyman and farmer to do is to write his Representative and Sena- ors telling them what he expects of them. Another thing that we can do, and a valuable one, is to lend financial aid to the National Dairy Union, for it takes money to carry on this fight, and this money comes only by voluntary subscriptions. Here is five dollars of Johnnie Conover's which says the present law shall not be repealed. Who's next? J. A.'CONOVER, Secretary and Treasurer North Caro lina Live Stock and Dairy Associa tion. ' Farmers' Bulletins for the Stockman. All free for the asking. Write' the Secretary of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C, for them and devote the winter evenings to study: 22, The Feeding of Farm Animals; 42, Facts About Milk; 55, The Dairy Herd; 63, Care of Milk on the Farm; 100, Hog Raising in the South; 103, Experiments in Beef Production; 170, Principles of Horse Feeding; 205, Pig Management; 241, Butter Making on the Farm; 348, Bacteria in Milk; 349, The Dairy Industry in the South. 7TF ii ii tut Cream .5epa raters' rr, The Recognized Criterion by which others are judged. 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