THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 



It Pays 



TO Eradicate Ticks 1 



The Results of Tick Eradication work in the United States 



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A vigorous co-operative campaign for the eradication of the cattle tick in the South and SouiiVest 

 America, has been in progress since 1906, the work being conducted jointly by the Bureau of Animal idustry 

 States Department of Agriculture and the State and county authorities. 220,000 square miles (an area 

 already been completely cleared of ticks. An effort has recently been made to secure direct evidence jm 

 farmers concerned as to the results of the work. For this purpose a circular letter embodying the 

 widely distributed among the stockmen and farmers in 11 different States, The questions asked were :- 



1. What has been the average increase her head in the value of cattle in your county since tick ei ication 1 

 What, if any, has been the average per cent, increase in the weight of the cattle since tick erj :ation ' 

 Express in percentage the average increase in grade or quality of the cattle since ticks were eli 

 Approximately what per cent, of cattle died annually of fever in your county before tick eradtion 1 

 What is the probable per cent, of increase in milk production of dairy cows due to the absencif 

 Slightly over 1,000 replies were received in all. The following is a summary of these replies, taking h question in order : — 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 



States of North 

 of the United 

 iater than France) has 

 the cattlemen and 

 lowing questions was 



began in 1906 ? 

 began ? 



iicated ? 



began ? 

 ticks? 



BE(K in 1906. 



ieorgia 



outh Carolina 

 $13.28 



$8.00 

 9.25 



1. AVERAGE INCREASE in VALUE of CATTLE SINCE TICK ERADICATION 



.Mabama ... §7.70 Arkansas ... |8.31 California ... $15.00 

 Mississippi ... 9.00 North Carolina 8.30 Q Oklahoma ... 8.20 



Tennessee ... $10.9+ Texas ... $13.79 Virginia 



Average of 1 1 States - $ 9.76 



NOTE.~$S.50 should be dedticted from the above increase! as refirewnting the general rise in the value aS cattle which ha> taken pi throughout the country, 



and which cannot, therefore, be said to be due to the eradication of ticla. 



2. INCREASE IN WEIGHT OF CATTLE. 



The averages for the States ranged from 11 per cent, in Texas to 23 per cent, in Mississippi, and the^erage 

 tor the entire tick-free territory was 19.14. In other words, the cattle as a whole are considered to b( ibout 

 . than before tick destruction was commenced. 

 1 3. INCREASE IN QUALITY OF CATTLE. 



The lowest State average was 16 per cent, for Georgia, and the highest 31 percent, for Mississippi. Tin 

 WHS 26.91 per cent., which means that the cattle in the tick-free sections at present are rather over one-fourti elter 



This is proof, if proof were needed, that the unprofitable " scrub " animal and the tick go together n 

 is banished, and not until then, is the influx of pure bred animals on a large and profitable scale possil 



4. ANNUAL LOSSES BEFORE TICK ERADICATION. 



There is practical unanimity in allowing that considerable losses were caused by Tick fever befor 1 

 tick eradication work. The figures range from 9 per cent, in Georgia, to, 15 per cent, in Mississippi an(>Iorth Carolina, and the 

 average for the 11 States is 13 per cent. This is a trifle over one-eighth of the total cattle. 



It requires but little imagination to see what a serious handicap to the cattle industry of the Son an annual loss of this 

 magnitude must be. Some idea of its extent may be had by taking the census figures for cattle in 1910 According to these there 

 were in round numbers 15,000,000 cattle below the Tick quarantine line, with a valuation of slightly o' 3270,000,000. 



One-eighth of thissum is $34,000,000, which represents roughly the annual loss from deaths alone, not unting the depreciation 

 m numerous other ways, such as stunted growth, discrimination in markets, shrinkage in milk proirtion, etc., all of which 

 will more than double the amount named. 



S. INCREASE IN MILK PRODUCTION. 



The owners of dairy cows in the region cleared of ticks are evidently well satisfied with the result^f 

 cent, of the replies admit there was an increase, usually very substantial, in the yield of milk. 



The lowest estimates are from Alabama and Georgia, these two States averaging 15 per cent, increas^ each, while the highest 

 average, 25 per cent, increase, is from North Carolina, closely followed,however, by 24 percent, each in P^issippiand Oklahoma. 



The average for the 1 1 States is 23 per cent., which is a gain of nearly one-foiirth in the total Milk eld. 



It is easy to see what a great advantage this would be if it could be applied to all the ticky iws in the South. The 

 adfliitional milk would in the aggregate be worth many millions of dollars. 



IT IS CHEAPER TO KILL TICKS THAN TO FEED t\ 



per cent, of gain 

 one-fifth heavier 



verage for the 11 States 

 in grade or quality. 



d that when the latter 



he inauguration of t!io 



f the work, since 95 per 



COOPEP'S CATTLE TICK Pi? 

 Hot received the official approval of the fottoujing Countrie§ i 

 Valon of South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Brazil. Basutolaad. 



Nyasalaad. Swaziland, Soalbern Rhodesia, Madagascar, 



•rltish East Africa, Qerfflan East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, 



Portuguese West Africa, Egypt, Argeatlne Repibllc, Quecnslaad, 



United Statrs of America, New Soath Wales, 



No.thera Territory ol Aastralla. 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM COOPER & 



BRANCHES: Tonato, Ckicaga, ij^, lUkaafM^ 



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WEST INDIAN CF.NTSt 



ax. KITTS: 5. I.. (l"r'i(ord& Co. A\ 

 JAMMCA: D. Ilender'ion 

 • iKE.NAS.A: Thom.ion. 

 BARBAIIO.S: Barbados Co>apci 

 11AHAMA5: W. N. Tw 

 TRrMDAD: T. Qeddes Or 

 BRITISH OUIANA: San 

 ST. VINCENT: Corea & Co., Kingsto 

 DANISH WEST INDIES: A 

 M0NT5ERRAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. 



ST. LUCIA: Barnard Son 



NEPHEWS, Berkha 



Bbmw Aircif Moot* Video, Faat> Artnu 



QUA : Uennett. tUym * C^ 



Co., kincAton. 

 anke% & Co. 

 tive Cotton Co., Lid. 

 am, Nassau, 

 t. Port of Spain, 

 dlfrh. Parker & Co. 



NEVIS: 5. D. Malon*. 

 .^mlegrelow, St* Croix. 

 DniNICA: Hon.H.A. Prampttai 



\i X Co., CAAtrles. 



isted, England. 



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