AORT<'!'T,TI"n\T. APIMtfU'HI ATKiV TUT T , l!»'.'4. 



(The table is us follows:) 



Extent of boriiic tutjcrrulo»iji in United State*. 



105 



T 



Approxlmntp pxtPiit. 



I )"r .'tit or more 



\l"rr tlian I, noi more than 3 percent. 

 M'lro ihun 3, not nmro tliitii 7 i)orcent. 

 M'iro tliaii 7, not iniiru than lo per cent 

 M'lro timii 15 per cent 



I : rand total 



Total Percent 



.H<|iiaru itqiiare 



mllaa. buIm. 



1,673,616 



7s<(, SM 



ftVJ.tVVt 



143, N27 



&3,73« 



3,604,702 



46.4 



21.7 



26.4 



4.0 



1.& 



Total 

 cattle. 



Per c«ii 

 cattle. 



lull 



loiU*. 



loao 



2H,33H,i'v4 



2,9eo,»M 



tl.2 : 



.'". I 



w.u , 

 4.3 



68,771,700 



loao 



0.6 

 2.1 

 4.B 



ia4 

 as.0 



4.0 



Ml-. Ri fii.\x.\x. T.s- this connntvl to (l:tirv <'attlo in Texas? 

 Doctor MoHi.Kij. ^'es, .sir: almost entirely. 



KK.VDICATION OF SOITTHKRN CATTIJ-: TICKS. 



.^laii' Jimiioriiif.'i \mi;s coimiik leii iii (jmii iiiiiiiieo coumies or j)uii.>iiies 

 in 7 States as follows: Alai)ania, 4 counties; Arkansas, 9 counties; 

 (ieor«ria, *J1 counties: Ix)uisiana, 7 pari.shes: North Carolina, 2 coun- 

 ties: ()klahonia. '\ counties: and Texas. 41 counties. As a i*esult of 

 the woik accomplished, tlie folIowin<r ai'eas were released from Fed- 



At'iil >iii •! i-ti lit I im Itic'f Irani'' 



€ral (juarantine last year: 



Practically all of these counties released from Federal <iuarantine 

 t-ontained at tlie time of release a few lierds which it was necessary 

 for State authorities to hold under local quarantine on account of 

 tick infestation or exposure thereto. This action was ajrreed upon 

 by the State authorities in consideration of the release of these areas 

 from Federal quarantine. 



During the year final clean-up work in released areas was super- 

 vised in 10 Stiites in 301 counties which had been previously released 

 from Federal (juarantine but in which some tick-in fcsted or exposed 

 herds of cattle still existed in limited areas. 



In addition to the .systematic work in quarantined areas and 

 final clean-up efforts in released areas, a jrreat deal of preliminary 

 work was done in 29 (bounties. This consisted of community or«rani- 

 zation, vat buildin<r, and the voluntary dippiiifr of cattle in order 

 that cattle owners mifjht be convinced of the effectiveness of dipping 

 and the possibility ot eradicating ticks by uniform effort. In the 



