TEXAS OR ACCLIMATION FEVER, 



By C. a. Cary.. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The cattle breeding industry of the South has been 

 held in check by the fact that Northern-bred and im- 

 ported cattle could not be brought into the South with- 

 out running great and unprofitable risks. In fact, the 

 danger of losing such cattle was so great as to prevent 

 or prohibit bringing fresh and imported strains of 

 breeding animals into the infected regions of the South. 

 As a result of this natural barrier, few beef-bred cattle 

 came to improve the scrub stock or to improve the ani- 

 mals that had a tinge of Jersey blood in them. Possibly 

 Jersey blood is more widely scattered among the native 

 scrub cattle of the South than that of any other breed. 

 Consequently, with a well-bred Jersey bull to head a 

 herd, one could soon develop a respectable and profitable 

 herd of grade Jerseys by using such a bull upon selected 

 native Southern-bred coavs. But none of the native 

 Southern cattle have beef tendencies. Most of them do 

 not mature until six or seven years old, and when ma- 

 ture they are too small for profitable beef animals — es- 

 pecially for shipping to distant markets. Beef animals 

 must mature before they are three years old or they are 

 not profitable. 



The necessity for animal industry, especially cattle 

 raising — is fast dawning upon the farmer of the South. 

 It leads to diversified farming; it decreases the demand 

 for commercial fertilizers by supplying larger quantities 

 of manurial fertilizers that can be made upon the farm 



