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Tn addition tlictrto tlir tiiuil t-lciui ii|> woik woidd Im' cfiiitiinu'd in 

 ndi'ascd ureas in couix-cat inn with State aiitli(»ritirs. It was <*sti- 

 nuitod tliat this work woidd \iv coiKhictt'd in approxiniutcly '22H re- 

 h'asj'd counties containinix one or nioi-e heids <|iiai'ant inrd on acconnf 

 of cattle ticks at tlii' time of tlu'ii' iidease fi'oin «|iiarant ine. In 

 approximately HO counties of this numU'r the work shouM l)e entirely 

 completed. 



Approximately the same amonnf of pi'idiminary work will Im- 

 necessary durin<j the fiscal year ID-Jl as durin;; 1!>"J.'5 in the Sf:itt< «.f 

 Arkansas, Flori(hi. Tjouisiana, North Carolina, and Texas. 



Mr. Andkhsox. What proportion of the total urea infested has been 

 finally cleaned u]) i 



Doctor Moiim:!:. With this *J!),(MM) s(|uare miles releas«'d during the 

 last year we have cleaned u|) 7'2 per cent of the oii^inal infested area. 



.Mi-. Andkkson. I jud«;e from your statement tlnit you have to ^o 

 hack and do linal ch'an-up work aftei' you have ;rone o\er a county 

 once { 



Doctor M0111-.KK. ^'os, sir; wo never wait until we kill the last tick 

 to release the county from <nuirantine. W'v do that t<> «rive encour- 

 afrement to the earnest men who ha\(' di|)ped e\ery 14 days and have 

 •rotten their animals clean, ^^'e always have a few '* holshevists " in 

 each county wJio refuse to com|)ly with the re^idations. an<l we con- 

 sider it unfair to the pood fellows who have dipped clean to keej) 

 them fpiarantined just hecause 'J \n'v cent of the stockmen of the 

 county lefuse to do the work thor<)u<rhly. Hut we relea>e a county 

 only when the State's officials have sijrniHed their willin«rness to put 

 those infested herds in local <|uarantine: and they are maintaineil 

 under the same conditions as if they wei'e under Federal quarantine 

 We then release the other men that have clean cattle in order that 

 they may jjo to the free markets without restriction. 



Mr. Anderson. AVhat is done to clean up these 1 or 2 per cent that 

 remain i 



Doctor MoiiLKR. Sometimes we have to cjo into court to «ret those 

 fellows to dip accordinor to State rejrulations. 



^fr. ANi)f:HsoN. Then there is authority under the law of the States 

 to rccjuire them to do it wliere they refused 



Doctoi' AfoMLKK. Yes, sir; tliat is true in all the States where we are 

 workin«r. ^^'e do not have any Federal law that would compel them 

 to dip. 



PKCREA.SE IN WORK. 



Afr. Ani)ki{son. To what extent will your work he reduced as a 

 result of this decrease in the a|)propriation ? 



Doctor Moiir.KK. It will decrease the work hy ahout '2.") per cent of 

 what we are doin<r this year. AVe have taken up the work with the 

 various States by zones. We have Texas mai)ped out into three tlif- 

 ferent zones. Arkansas and Lf)uisiana are map))t'd out into zones, and 

 the same thinjr is true in (ieor<ria and Alabama. Our plan was to do 

 a certain amount of systenuitic dipi)in<r work next year, having 

 started educational work in these same counties this year. AVe always 

 <ro in to do systematic woik one yeai' in the counties where the pre- 

 vious vear we had been doiufr educational work. A^'ith this decrease 

 we will be unable to take in any new territory, because the >ir>0().()<M) 

 that will be available for next year, accordinpr to the proposed bill. 



