THE AGRICU LTURAL NEWS. 



Do Cattle Ticks Affect 

 Hide Values? 



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The above question was addressed to a number of Chicago hide and leather dealers, and their replies printed I 

 will doul.t'ess con\'ini^ the most sceptical that the cattle tick works very definite injury to hides in the Southern tick- 

 infested areas of the United States, and the same thin^ applies, of course, wherever ticlcs are found. 



This injury is far greater than the average cattle owner realizes- they bite the skin, and the injury this effects shows ap very plainly, and causes ft I 

 in the grain of the finished leather. This occasions a serious depreciation in values, chiefly because tick-injured hide* cannot be used for hl^h-oljNB * 

 Their market value is thus considerably reduced, ajid lower prices rule. 



The only remedy is to eradicate the tick, and, fortunately, this is by no means difficult. 



Dipping or spraying with a reliable arsenical Cattle Dip will destroy all the ticks and so overcome this injury. ^ 



TICKS CAUSE LOSS OF f 1.26 PER HIDE 



Extract from Farmers' Bulletin, No. 569, on " Tick Fever," Issued by the United States Department of Agrieultare. 



"The presence of the tick among the cattle of the South not only lessens the value of the cattle on the hoof, but causes the grading of hides thAt have 

 been infested with ticks as No. 4 quality. The same hide, it tree from tick marks, would grade No. 2. The difference in price between these two (radee 

 of hides is 3 cents a pound. As the hide of a southern steer weighs about 42 pounds, the presence of the tick in the hide causee a loss in the hide alone cf 

 more than *1 26 a hide. 



" It has been shown that the cost of eradication is only about 50 cents a head, so that if Cattle owners make a joint systematic campalipa to eradicate 

 the tick, the increase in value of the hide alone would pay for the cost of tick eradication, and leave a net profit of about 70 cents a hide." 



Ticks tire the cause of very \eavy toss in a number oj different aavs, but the 



Ticit Damage 



Ticks Reduce Valne 33% 



" Cattle Ticks have :i verj- deteriorating effect upon hides and calfskins, 

 p.irticubily caltskins. We do not buy ni.Tny Southern hides or skins on 

 account nt ilic ticks, but when we do get some here wi.- are obliged to sell 

 Ihem for Xo. 3 stock at about one-third less price tlian good Northern 

 stock free from ticks. This does not apply so much to heavy hides for sole 

 leather pinnose but lor all light hides and calfskins, it renders them 

 altogether useless, for all kinds of leather." JOHN MILLER & CO. 



Price 2c. to 2ic. Lower 



"In reg:ir<l to c.ittic ticks, they damage the hides so badly that veiy 

 few of thcin can be sold in tilis market ; and when they are, the price is 

 from 2 to 2\ cents, lower than price of our Northern and Western hides. 

 This reduction is largely due to tick damage, though partly to poor take- 

 off, 1 handle very few Soulliern hides on account of ticks." 



J. M. BOND. 



Value Reduced 2c. per lb. 



"The Smthern hide, which is generally a ticky hide, is sold in this 

 market at ahout 2c. a poimd k->5 than simitar hides free of ticks." 



^ BOLLES & ROGERa 



Ticky Hides Worth 10; Less 



" Wc buy large (juaiitities of hides, but .T8 we require a very good 

 quality, it being used lor fancy leathers, we are unable to use Southern 

 hides, as they contain so many cattle-ticks. These ticks show an abrasion 

 upon the grain ot the hide. In other words, we cannf)t make smooth 

 grain leather out of hides witli ticks in them aijd we regard Southern 

 Bides with such imperfections worth fully 10 per cent, less than from 



districts where there are no ticks.' 



H. ELKAN & Co. 



Damages 2c. to 2vC. per lb. • 



"As to tlic difference in value between the ti<^y hide and a non-ticky 

 bide, I wish to .say that wc figure a ticky hide to be, .it least, 2 to 2ic. less 

 in value. 



In general a S(jvithcrn hide has not the value til a Northern, Eastern 

 or Western hide, even. if thf y arc not ticky they at* entirely of' a diHeicnt 

 nature, too thin and spready." r,rs DUI-YKliss 



letters which follow show how seritat i$ tie leakage of profit aHslHg from 

 to Hides. 



Reduce Value Ic. per lb. 



" Re the effect of cattle ticks npon the price of Southern hides. They 

 damage the grain of the hide to a very lai^ge extent, and reduce their value 

 at least ic per pound." jg^^ ^ygj^ 4 80NS. 



Worth }c to Ic. Less per lb. 



" From our experience we have found that ticky hides are quite inferior 

 to our good quality stock, originating from points outside m the South, 

 and tanners, without exception, are very averse to take bides of this descrip- 

 tion, and in buying them reduce prices a full half to a cent a pound." 



ADLER & OBENDORF, Inc. 

 Tick Damage 1 to 2c per lb. ' 



" Ticky hides from the Southern States are certainly an inferior article 

 to the quality that is produced in the North. The difference in prices varies 

 according to the season and weights, but the d-amage done by the tick 

 probably amounts to ic to 2c, per pound, or from soc. to $1.00 per hkie. 

 This pertains chiefly to the hides suitable for upper leather. On the 

 heavier branded hides for sole leather, the damage is less consequential" 



CHARLES FRIEND & Co., Inc 

 Damages 1 c or More per Ik 



" Cattle ticks are a very serious defect on hides, and the hides we buy 

 from Southern points, where the cattle run ticky, do not bring within } to 

 ic. a pound of Northern hides, for certain grades of heavier leathers, 

 while on upper leather that comes out of calf kip and light cow hides, 

 there is even a larger spread in price." LAPHAM BROS. & Ca 



Ticky Hides make Poor Leather 



" Ticky hides, or Southern hides, do not sell for as much money as the 

 Northern hides. These ticky hides, wihen uahaired, are all spotted and 

 make a very poor leather and mort tanners refuse to buy any Southern 

 hides at any price." . EMERY & CO. 



Ticks Make Black Spots on Leather 



"Ticks on cattle make black spots on the leather and are caused 

 considerable loss in value, I should think fully 3c, to 4c per lb.; ou an | 

 averice tc. to jc per lb. would be a fair difference, I should say, on the I 



prices fi.iid for hidcb." 



FRANCES M. POTTE*. I 



COOPEK'S CATTLE TICK DIP 



Mm raealMi/ (A« aftieial approval of tho foUotmnt Cmm^Hmt 



■■l«a of South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Braill, BuDtalaaA, 



Nyaulaad, Swaxllaad. Soilbern Rho4efla. Ma4afaacar. 



•ritlfh Ea!<t Africa, Qermsn East Africa, Portugaeac Eaal Africa, 



Partufuese \Ve»i Africa, Egypt. Artentlne Repabllc, Qoeeaalaai. 



Unlled Slates ot America, New Soutk Wales, 



Nnrthern Territory ol Aostralla. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS i 



•t.Bnrrai 5. L. Horslom & Co. ANTIQUA : Bennett, Br. ••■ * C* 



JAMAICA: D. Hender.«>n & Co., Kini;.«ton, 



ORRNADA: Thomson, Hankey & Co. 



•AKBADOS: Barbados Co-operallve Cotton Co,, Ltd. 



BAHAMAS: W. N. Twynam, Na.^sau, 



TRINIDAD: T. Qeddes (Irani, Port ot 5paln. 



BRITISH aUIANA: Sandbach, Parker « Co. 



n. VINCt;NT: Corca & Co., KInastown. NKVIS: *, O. Malona. 



DANISH WI;ST INDIES: A. ."^chmleirclow, St. Croix. 



MONTSIiKRAT: W. IJewellyn Wall, DOMINICA: Hon, H. A, Pramptaak 



.HT. l.liCIA: Burnard Sons ti Co., Castries. 



M-nufpcl rers : WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



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Sjdney, Mclktorst, Aacklaad. Eueaoi Aire», V.oole Video, PunU Ann■^ Eait London. Odessa. 



