EFFECTS OF TICK ERADICATION. 
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The farm of Mr. Ben Ramsey, near Hazelhurst, was visited and 260 
native tick-infested cattle were inspected. In this herd were yearlings 
weighing less than 300 pounds and '2 and 3 year old cattle weighing 
about 500 pounds. There were native cows weighing TOO to 7.50 
pounds, however, which, if bred to a purebred beef bull, would pro- 
duce good calves. Mr. Ramsey said : 
Last year I branded $GS,000 worth of cattle and nearly all of them were just 
such scrubs as you see here, but there were a few good grades among the young 
stock. Since the boll weevil put the cotton farmer so nearly out of business 
here the number of cattle on the farms has increased rapidly. Good bulls are 
being brought in, and as soon as the tick is exterminated the cattle industry in 
this county is going to come to the front. 
Fig. 7. 
-The type of cattle usually found throughout those sections of the South where 
ticks still prevail. (Taken in Copiah County, Miss.) 
Other farmers expressed similar views. Some stated that about 
2J acres was allowed per cow for summer grazing, and that this 
amount of land furnished plenty of grass. By planting other grasses 
and clovers on these lands they could be made to produce three times 
as much grass and hence graze three times as many cattle. 
From Copiah County a trip was made to Adams County, and thou- 
sands of acres of good pasture lands were passed over, a large per- 
centage of which was still idle. However, new T fences could be seen 
quite frequently, which indicated that more of this land than for- 
merly was being devoted to grazing. 
