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Prof. W. R. Dodson, Prof. B. W. Kilgore, Dr. Cooper Curtis and 

 the other men who were associated with them in the inauguration 

 of this wonderful enterprise. Already ticks have been eradicated 

 from 294,014 square miles of territory since 1906. In other 

 words, over forty per cent, of the originally infested territory has 

 been cleaned and forever rid of this miserable parasite which 

 caused losses estimated at $40,000,000 a year to the live stock 

 owners of the South. In Georgia, for instance, fifty-five counties 

 are now free of ticks and quarantine regulations are being en- 

 forced in thirty-eight others. It is only a ma>-ter of three to five 

 years until practically every one of the infested states will have 

 been cleaned up, and when that time is reached, the Southern 

 stockmen ought to join in a grand jubilee of thanksgiving. 



Next to the eradication of the tick, efforts should be made 

 looking to the checking and elimination of disease and parasites. 

 For instance, much can be done towards reducing losses from 

 hog cholera which amount now to millions of dollars- annually. 

 Tuberculosis can also be controlled and in large measure, stamped Disease and 

 out. This disease causes a loss in the United States of $25,000,000 Parasites 

 a year. According to the following table, the losses of live Cause Heavy 

 stock in Georgia, mainly from disease and exposure, may be con- ^o**^* 

 servatively estimated at $5,247,520. The total number of animals 

 lost in the year indicated was approximately 269,480 head. Of 

 this number 258,4SOi were meat-producing animals so that the 

 losses resulted chiefly in cutting down the meat supply and in- 

 creasing its cost to the consumer. 



Losses of Live Stock in Georgia for Year Ending April 1, 1916. 



Number. Average Value. Total Loss. 



Horses 11,000 $150.00 $1,650,000 



Cattle 41,800 25.00 1,045,000 



Sheep 5,560 3.00 16,680 



Swine 211,320 12.00 2,535,840 



Total 269,680 $5,247,520 



Applying these figures to the South, it will be seen that for 

 the fifteen Southern states the losses amount to between 75 and More Veteri- 

 100 million dollars annually. Surely, it would be worth while narians 

 on the part of the different states to spend something for educa- deeded 

 tion, and thereby train a generation of veterinarians so that the 



