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to all of the people in this overflowed area how much better cattle will do 
when kept free of the ticks. If the counties or parishes in this section will 
appropriate some money for the eradication of ticks in these areas, the work 
can be accomplished at a very small cost, as few of the plantations have ticks 
on them, because of the overflow this year. Now is the time for the work. 
A visit was made to the plantation of Messrs. Suzette & Minor near 
Xatchez, and a fine herd of about 300 Devon cattle were inspected. 
This herd has been tick-free for almost two years except for a few 
months in 1912 when a portion of the premises became reinfected and 
a number of fine calves were lost from Texas fever. 
All of the cattle were in good condition for the time of the year, 
and a beautiful herd of small calves was seen. The breeding cows 
Fig. 8. — Part of a herd of 300 purebred Devon cows on a tick-free pasture in Mississippi. 
were fat, and many of them had large udders, showing that they gave 
a heavy yield of milk, besides making good beef animals. 
Mr. Minor said his cattle had kept in far better flesh the year 
through, and the young stock grew much faster since the cattle had 
been kept free of ticks. Also, that a man could not believe how much 
fatter cattle would become if kept free from ticks, unless he actually 
saw a herd of cattle before and after being cleaned of ticks. The 
demand for breeding stock has been excellent, and they had sold 
everything they had to offer this year. 
A herd of Bed Polled cattle from Louisana, which belonged to Mr. 
A. G. Campbell, a banker of Xatchez, was also inspected. These cat- 
