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could be applied full strength. Cotton seed oil or kero- 

 sene oil emulsion can be used, but they are more ex- 

 pensive than Beaumont oil. Where a farmer has only 

 a few cattle the Beaumont oil could be applied with 

 cotton lint or rags by putting each animal in a brake or 

 chute and going over the animal thoroughly with the 



oil. 



All new animals entering the herd must be made tick- 

 free before being turned into the pasture with the herd.. 



What would be gained by having Alabama or the en- 

 tire South free of ticks? 



The most important advantage would be free and un- 

 restricted cattle trade with the North, and all of Europe 

 at all seasons of the year. A^ou could then bring into^ 

 the South cattle from the North at any season of the 

 vear without danger of loss from Texas .fever. If Ala- 

 bama or any Southern State were to produce ''feeders''' 

 or ''stockers" they could be shipped directly to the corn^ 

 belt States at any season, and not be hampered by a 

 quarantine extending from March or April until No- 

 vember or December. In short, the entire train of 

 troubles coming from Texas or Southern cattle fever 

 would be wiped out. All of this would be most desirable- 

 if all the tick-infested States would line up and com- 

 pletely exterminate the tick. But if one county or beat 

 should exterminate the ticks within its borders (unless 

 it be adjacent to the Government quarantine line), it 

 would be in a great deal of trouble by its isolation. Un- 

 less adjacent to the quarantine line it could not ship its 

 cattle out only at such times as could the tick-infested 

 counties. Moreover, breeders in the tick-infested coun- 

 ties could not buy cattle in the tick-free county because 

 such cattle are as susceptible to Texas fever as the North- 

 ern-bred cattle. Cattle from tick-infested counties^ 

 could not be taken into a tick-free county without keep- 



