106 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



work above outlined 48,089.005 dippinjrs of cattle in arsenical ^lu- 

 tion were supervised and herd records compiled in the field offices 

 and reported to the department. 



DIPPING OF CATTLE. 



Mr. Andersox. You say there were over 48,000,000 dippings of 



cattle? 



Doctor MoiiLER. Yes. sir. 



Mr. Andejjsox. How manv times did you dip each cow I 



Doctor MoHLER. Each animal is dipped every 14 days in a sys- 

 tematic clean-up of a county. 



Mr. Anderson. For how many times? 



Doctor MoHLER. Thev start in the spring, about the 1st of April ; 

 and as the ticks are eradicated, the dipping ceases, usually around the 

 end of September, and sometimes as late as the end of October. 



During July and August of the present fiscal year systematic 

 dipping of cattle was conducted in cooperation with State authori- 

 ties in quarantined counties or parishes in 8 States, as follows: Ala- 

 bama, 3 counties; Arkansas, 7 counties: Florida. 1 county: tTeorgia. 

 15 counties; Louisiana. 3 parishes; Oklahoma. 4 counties; North 

 Carolina. 2 counties: and Texas, 74 counties. The monthly dippings 

 of cattle supervised by Federal. State, or county employees are as 

 follows : July. 9.373.16Y : and August, 9,740,999. 



During the first two months of the present fiscal year hnal clean-up 

 work was supervised in cooperation with State authorities in 330 

 counties which had been previously released' from quarantine in 10 

 States and which at the time of their release from quarantine con- 

 tained one or more herds infested with or exposed to cattle ticks. 

 Control of these herds was undertaken by the State live-stock sani- 

 tary officials of the States involved in consideration of the release 

 of the counties from Federal quarantine. 



In addition to the systematic work supervised in quarantine areas 

 of the States mentioned and the final clean-up work accomplished in 

 the counties that had been released from quarantine in those States, 

 preliminary educational work Avas supervised in 25 counties in 5 

 States. The work was carried on in order that additional areas 

 might be placed in a proper position and attitude to satisfactorily 

 conduct a tick-eradication campaign during the coming year. 



During the remainder of the present fiscal year systematic final 

 and clean-up work will continue to be conducted in the areas 1 have 

 already mentioned. 



COOPERATION WITH STATES. 



During the fiscal year 1924 it had been contemplated, if the funds 

 remained the same as this year, that systeu.atK- tick-eradicatuui 

 work would be supervised in cooperation with State authority in 

 133 counties in 8 States, as foHows: Alabama, 5 counties^: Arkansas, 

 n comities: Georgia. 8 counties: Louisiana, parishes: North t aro- 

 linc, C. counties; Oklahoma, 4 counties: Texas, ^^.^'''^'''^''^''io mo 

 Florida, G counties. It was estimated that appro.\imatelv 40.000 

 sciuare miles of area quarantined for cattle ticks would be placed in 

 condition for release from Federal (luarantine during that year. 



