THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS 



Do Cattle Ticks Affect 

 Hide Values? 



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CATTLE TICK 



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

 will doubtless convince 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 thing applies, of course, wherever ticks are found. 



This injury is far greater than the average cattle owner realizes -they bite the skin, and the injury this effects shows up very plainly, and causes a break 

 in the grain of the finished leather. This occasions a serious depreciation in values, chiefly because tick-injured hides cannot be used tor high-class work. 

 Their market value is thus considerably reduced, and 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 ?1.26 PER HIDE 



Extract from Farmers' Biillelin. ;Yo. 569, on " Tick Feoer," issued by the United Stales Department of Agriculture. 



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

 been infested with ticks as No. 4 quality. The same hide, if free from tick marks, would grade No. 2. The difference in price between these two grades 

 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 causes a loss in the hide alone of 

 more than -91.26 a hide. 



"It has been shovra that the cost of eradication is only about 50 cents a head, so that if Cattle owners make a joint systematic campaign 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." 



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Ticks Reduce Value 33% 



"Cattle Ticks have a \'ery deteriorating effect upon hides and calfskins, 

 particulaily calfskins. We do not buy many Southern hides. >r skins on 

 .account ot tlie ticks, but when we do j^et some here we are ohiiijecl to sell 

 them for Xo. 3 stock at about one-third less price th.an j(oocl Northern 

 stock free from ticks. This does not ajiply so nnich to Iieavy hides for sole 

 leather purpose but for all liglit hides and callskius. it renders them 

 altogether useless, for all kinds ol leather." jq^^ MILLER & Co. 



Price 2c. to 21c. Lower 



"In regard to cattle ticks, they damage the hides so badly that very 

 few of them can be sold in this market ; and ivhen they are, the price is 

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

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

 off. I Iiandlt very few Southern liidcs on account of ticks." 



J. M. BOND. 

 Value Reduced 2c. per lb. 



"The Soutlicrn hide, wliicli is generally a ticky hide, is sold in this 

 market at about 2c. a pound less than similar hides free of ticks." 



BOLLES & ROGERS. 



Ticky Hides Worth 10% Less 



"We buy large quaulities of hides, but as we require a very good 

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

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

 upon the grain of the hide. In other words, we caTnu>t make smooth 

 grain leather out ot hides with ticks in them and we regard Southern 

 liides with such imperfections worth fully 10 per cent. less than from 

 districts where there are no ticks." ' ^ ELKAN & Co. 



Damages 2c. to 2lc. per lb. 



"As to the difference in value between the ticky hide and a non-ticky 

 hide, I wish to s.ay that we figure a ticky hide to be,' at least, 2 to 24c. less 

 in value. 



In general a Southern hide lias not the value of a Northern, Eastern 

 or Western hide, even if they are not ticky they are entirely of a different 

 nature, too thin and spready." " ' GUS DREYFUSS 



Reduce Value Ic. per lb. 



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

 damage the .grain of the hide to a ver\' large extent, and reduce their value 

 at least ic. per pound." " jg^^^, ^^.^.j^ ^ gQ^-g^ 



Worth Ic. to Ic. Less per lb. 



" From our e.vpci icucc we have found that ticky hides are quite inferior 

 to our y.iod quality st<jck, originating from points outside of the South, 

 and tanners, without exception, are very averse to take hides 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 quafity that is produced in the North. The difference in prices varies 

 according to the season and weights, but the damage done by the tick 

 probably amounts to ic. to 2c. per pound, or from 50c. to $r.oo per bide. 

 This pertains cliielly to tl^e hides suitable for upper leather. On the 

 hca\ier branded hides for sole leather, the damage is less consequential." 



CHARLES FRIEND & Co., Inc. 

 Damages Ic. or More per lb. 



•■ C.ililc ticks are a \cry serious defect on hides, and the hides we buy 

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

 IC a pound of Northern hides, for certain grades of heavier leathers, 

 while .jn upper leather tliat conies out of calf kip and light cow hides, 

 there is even a larger spread in price." r Apti \-i| kt^os ^ Co 



Ticky Hides make Poor Leather 



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

 Northern hides. These ticky hides, when unhaired, arc all spotted and 

 make a verv poor leather and most tanners refuse to buv anv Southern 

 hides at any price." EMERY & CO. 



Ticks Make Black Spots on Leather 



" Ticks on cattle make black spots vm the leather and are cause of 

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

 average ic. to 2C. per lb. would be a fair tlifference, I should s.ay, on the 

 prices paid for hides." FRANCES M. POTTER 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Has received the official approval of the following Countries : 



Union of South Africa, Northern Rhodesi.i, Brazil, Basutoland, 



Nyasaland, Swaziland, Southern Khodesin, Madaj;a$car, 



British East Africa, Oernian liasl .Africa, Portuguese East Africa, 



Portuguese West Africa, Egypt, Argentine Republic, Queensland, 



United States of America, Northern Territory of Australia. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS : 



ST. KITT5 : S. L, Hor.sford & Co. ANTIQUA : Bennett, Bry.son & Co. 



JAMAICA: O. Hender.sun & Co., iving.ston. 



(ikENAI>A: Thom.son, Hankey & Co. 



BAKliAI>()5: Barbados Co-operative Cotton Co., Ltd. 



TRINIDAI): T. Qeddes Urant. I'ort of Spain. 



BRITISH OUIA.NA: Stindbach. Parker & Co. 



ST. VINCENT: Corea & Co., KinRStown. NEVIS: S. I), fttalone. 



DANISH WEST INDIES: Carl V. I.a Beet, St. Thomo.'s. 



JMONTSEKRAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. DO.%\INICA: Hon. H.A.Framnton 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



BRANCHES : Toronto, Chicago, Sydaey, Melbourne, AockUad, Buenot Aires, Monte Viieo, PubU Arenu, East London, Odessa. 



