THE AGEICULTURAL NEAVS. 



Do Cattle Ticks Affect 

 Hide Values? 



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



will doubtless convince the most sceptical that the cattle ticlt works very definite injury to hides in the Southern tick- r«>»t« 



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 owak 

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



Dipi.iiig 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 Bulletin, No. 569, on " Tick Feoer," issued by the United Slates Department of Agrteullure. 



"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 mlestsJ with ticks as No. 4 quality. The same hide, if tree 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 poxmds, the presence of the tick in the hide causes a iocs in the hide alone of 

 more than .^1.26 a hide. , . „ , . . ^ j- . 



" 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 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." 



Ticl;s lur the cmise cf tt'O' Meaty M.vs in a number oj ilijferiii! :;'tn'5, but the 



Tick Damage 



Ticks Reduce Value 33% 



■■ C.ittle Ticks have a very deteriorating effect upon hides and calfskins, 

 pniticulailv calfskins. We do not buy many Southern hides or skins on 

 iilccouiit lit' Hie ticks, hut when we do ^et soiiie here we are obliged to sell 

 lliem for No. 3 stock at about one-third less price than j^ood Northern 

 it'ock lice from ticks. This does not apply so nuicli to heavy hides for sole 

 leather purpose hut for all light hides and calfskins, it renders them 

 alloyillicr useless, for all kinds of leather." JOHN iVlILLER & CO. 



Price 2c. to 2Jc. Lovtrer 



■•In regard to cattle ticks, they damaj;e the Iiides so badly that very 

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

 from :! lu 2I cents, lower than price of our Northern and Western hides. 

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

 «l1f. 1 handle very few Southern hides on account of ticks." 



J. M. BOND. 

 Value Reduced 2c. per lb. 



•■The Southern hide, which is generally a ticky hide, is sold in this 

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



BOLLES & ROGER& 



Ticky Hides Worth 10°/ Leu 



"\Vc buy large quantities of hides, but as we require a very good 

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

 hide.s,'as they contain so many cattle-licks. These ticks show an abrasion 

 upon the grain of the hide. In other words, \\-e cannot make snuioth 

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

 hides with such iniperfecli<ms worlh fully 10 per cent, less than from 

 districts where there are no ticks." jj ELKAN & CO. 



Damages 2c. to 21c. per lb. 



■ .\^ h. Ilic dilTerence in value between the ticky hide and .1 non-ticky 

 hide, 1 wish to say lli.it \vc tigure a ticky liidc ito be, at least, 2 to 2jc less 

 in value. 



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

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

 nature, too thin and sprcady. ' qUS DREYFUSS 



letters which pllow show how serious k the leakage of profit arising from 



to Hiiin. 



Reduce Value Ic. per lb. 



" Re the effect of cattle ticks upon the price of Southerh hiies. They 

 damage the grain of the hide to a very large ejrtent, and reduce their value 

 at least ic. per pound." ' ISAAC WEIL & SONS. 



Worth ic to Ic. Less per H>. 



'■ From our experience we have found that ticky bides are quite inferior 

 to our good quality stock, 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 & OBfeNDORF, Inc. 

 Tick Damage 1 to 2c. per tb. 



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

 to the quality that is produced in the North. The di6ference 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 soc to gi^oo per hide. 

 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 Ic or More per lb. 



" Cattle ticks are a ver\- serious defect on hides, and the hides we buy 

 from Southern points, wlure the cattle run ticky, do not bring within A 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, when unhaired, are all spotted and 

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

 hides at any price." ' PMERV * Co. 



EMERY & CO. 



Ticks Make Black Spot* on Leather 



"Ticks on cattle make black spots ou 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. wonld be a fair difterence, I should say, on the 

 prices paid for hides." FRANCES M. POTTER. ' 



DIP 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK 

 Ifm receioeJ the official approval of the following Coanlriet : 

 Ualoa of South Africa, Northern Khodesia. Brazil, Basuloland, 



NyasalMd, Swaiiland, Southern Rhodesia, Madagascar, 



British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa. 



Portuguese West Africa, Egypt, Argentine Kepnblic. Queensland. 



United States of America. Ni)w South Wales. 



Northern Territory of AuHtralia. 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM COOPER & 



BRANCHES : Tore«lo, Chicago. Sydeey. Melbourne, Auckland. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS ; 



ST. KITTS: .''. L. Hor.ilord & Co. ANTIOUA; Bennett. Bry»on & Co. 



JAMAICA: D. Henderson & Co.. Klnc.-iton. 



aKBNADA: Thom-ion, Hankev & Co. 



BARBADO.'i : ISarbado.s Co-opvmtlve Cotton Co.. Ltd. 



BAHA.MAS: W. N. Twynam. Na.ssuu. 



TRINIUAI>: T. aeddes Grant. Port o( 5csln. 



BRITISH OUIANA: S«ndbnch. Parker & Co. 



ST. VINCENT: Core« & Co., Klnicstown. NKV1.S: S. D. malone. 



DANISH \M:ST INDIliS: A. -Schmlcitelow. St. Croix. 



MONTSEHRAT: \x l.lewell.vnWall. noMIMCA: Hon. H. A, l^rumpton. 



.-^T. I I Cl,\: Ham«ril .Son.* & Co.. Ca.sdic^. 



NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



Bueaoi Aire», Monte Video. PuBta Areaai, EatI London. OdetM. 



