48 Bulletin 827, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



quarantine and the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, 

 and Texas have compulsory State-wide dipping laws in effect. It 

 is expected that the Texas-fever tick will be entirely banished from 

 this region by 1923. Cattlemen contemplating the purchase or lease 

 of lands should be familiar with prevailing conditions. Manj^ 

 local areas and counties are being released from quarantine from 

 time to time and anyone contemplating the movement of cattle into 

 the Piney Woods region should write to the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 

 for the latest regulations defining the territory. 



Mosquitoes and flies, which are often given as a serious objection 

 to cattle raising, are not of any considerable economic importance in 

 the Piney Woods region. 



Screw worms are prevalent in the western portion of the region, 

 but the damage is avoided by dehorning and castrating animals in 

 cool weather, when the flies are not active. 



Anthrax or charbon is not prevalent, although it is known to occur. 

 Regions which are low and swampy are much more subject to this 

 disease than the dry, sandy pine lands. The disease may be pre- 

 vented by vaccination. 



Blackleg occurs, but is no more prevalent than in other sections of 

 the country. As a precaution 3 T oung cattle should be vaccinated 

 each year. 



Tuberculosis is a disease practically unknown among the native 

 cattle. This is no doubt due to the hardiness of the animals and the 

 lack of close housing. With the eradication of the cattle tick there is 

 no disease or pest that can.be termed an economic barrier to beef- 

 cattle production. Although the common diseases to which cattle are 

 subject are present they are no more prevalent than in other regions, 

 and the native cattle are subject to tuberculosis in a markedly less 

 degree than northern cattle. 



In purchasing northern cattle for breeding purposes extreme care 

 should be taken not to introduce tuberculosis into the herd. Regu- 

 lations require the testing of cattle for interstate shipment, and cattle 

 should be purchased subject to retest. 



WATER SUPPLY. 



Next to abundant pasture an abundant supply of water is an indis- 

 pensable feature of desirable cattle range. Water must be had at 

 any cost, and where the supply is not dependable from year to year 

 the cost of deep wells is well-nigh prohibitive for the man with a 

 small number of cattle. 



The natural water supply of the Piney Woods region is very 

 abundant. The heavy rainfall supplies many springs, which furnish 



