MO MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Whereas, Lasting success In all agriculture rests upon an Intelligent and profitable 

 animal husbandry ; and, 



Whereas, The entire south is admirably adapted to the production of cattle, if 

 it were not for the presence of tlie North American cattle ticlc ("Boophilus annulatus"), 

 which tick makes the most profitable cattle growing upon the farm impossible; and. 



Whereas, The situation concerning this cattle tick is little understood by the 

 people that will have to contend with it in the near future, and wliich circumstance 

 will lead to great losses and is likely to bankrupt many farmers ; therefore, be it 



Resolved by tlie Association of tlie Commissioners of Agriculture of the Southern 

 States, That we request the Congress of the United States to appropriate the sum 

 of $500,000 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture in 

 the extermination of the cattle tick, "Boopliilus annulatus," and in the seelving and 

 disseminating of sucli knowledge that will prevent the enormous losses already suffered 

 by the farmers of the south. 



Resolved further. That this Association consider it tlie duty of the Commissioners 

 of Agriculture of tlie quarantined states to use every effort to secure such legislation 

 as Is necessary to obtain effective co-operation between the State and Federal 

 authorites, and to use and secure in each state funds for the protection of its proper 

 share of this work. 



Resolved further. That copies of these resolutions be transmitted to tlie Chairman 

 of the Committees of Agriculture of the United States Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives, to the Honorable Secretary of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture and to the Representatives of the southern states in Congress." 



Dr. Conway: Mr. Chairman, I favor the endorsement of the res- 

 oUitions for reasons I have given and for the reasons contained in the 

 resolutions themselves. I understand that United States Representative 

 Richardson of Texas has introduced a bill in Congress appropriating 

 $75,000 for exterminating the "fever ticks." It will be fortunate, indeed, 

 if this amount is sufficient, as the ends sought will be cheaply attained 

 even by the expenditure of the larger amount asked for in the resolu- 

 tions of the Commissioners of Agriculture. 



Mr. Gabbert: I heartily favor the resolutions. The cattle fever 

 has been a great hindrance to trade and there has been considerable talk 

 among our breeders of establishing an immunizing station near the quar- 

 antine line in Texas, where' cattle from various parts of the north could 

 be sent and immunized and then distributed from that point to various 

 parts of the quarantined district. But the complete destruction of the 

 ticks would be much better. We could then exhibit cattle at the south- 

 ern cattle shows without suffering the great loss which fell upon Mr. 

 Sotham and other breeders who exhibited at the Charleston Exposition. 

 Besides, the southern breeder could show in the same ring with us at our 

 northern and western fairs and not have to show separately, as was the 

 case at the St. Louis Exposition. 



I am in favor of anything that will remove the quarantine and ren- 

 der the trade in cattle between the north and south free and safe. The 

 csti)natcd cost will be a small matter in comparison with the benefits that 

 will accrue, not only to the south, but to all i)arts of the country.' 



Mr. Waters: Missouri's part in such an ai)i)ropriation as was asked 

 for from the Fetlcral government would be much less than our present 



