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EFFECTS OF TICK ERADICATION. 
dipping until late the first year, and then did not dip regularly. 
During this summer he lost several good calves from tick fever, and 
after that he dipped constantly until all of the ticks on the place 
were exterminated. He says the milk flow of his herd has increased 
and they are in better condition than ever before at this time of the 
year. 
Hinds County has been one of the many Mississippi counties which 
have made enviable records in tick eradication. After the people be- 
came convinced it was a good thing the dipping was taken up by all 
stock owners and prosecuted so regularly that premises were rapidly 
cleaned up. 
Fig. 6. — The type of Hereford cows which should be raised in greater numbers throughout 
the south. (From a Mississippi herd.) 
From Hinds County a trip was made into Copiah County, which 
had just begun the fight on the cattle tick. This county was one in 
which the cotton industry was almost destroyed b}^ the boll weevil, but 
the farmers retained their labor and began diversified farming and 
t nicking with such good results that they are to-day in better shape 
financially than they have been for 10 years. The cattle industry 
had never received much encouragement in this county, and as a re- 
sult the cattle, although found in goodly numbers, were the native 
scrub stock that is still so common in some parts of the South. They 
looked far more scrubby and worthless after seeing such magnificent 
beef cattle on the farms previously visited. These people are aware 
of the progress made in adjoining counties and have determined to 
build up this valuable industry. As a result a campaign is being 
made against the tick and for good cattle. 
