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PERTINENT FACTS ON'TICK ERADICATION’ By Dr. A. J. Payne, Veterinary In spector In Charge of the Work of Tick Eradication for the State of Georgia. The Commercial ami agricultural tle- vnlopmen. of the Hotitli during the past few yeart has attracted the attention or the nation at large, and it la plain to be seen that In the future, the uaera and manufacturers of raw ma terial are more and more each year looking southward as a place for pro duction of those things they require In tne manutacture or commodities which go to feed and clothe not only the people of this nation but a large share of the world’s population. Conditions In :he north and east are gradually assuming old-country ap pearances In- respeht to the cramped Jnd crowded condltlbhs of the rural or agricultural districts. This has increased land value, and those of the r slng generation must seek elsewhere for acres If they wish to follow the calling of agriculture on an extensive acale. During the last 50 year* the sanu class of people, for the same ptmiose, have left the crowded east *mk gradually settled the central west, then the west and great northwest, un.ll today there Is no great amount of ld!< agricultural lands west of the Missouri river. Prospective Immi grants nre now looking southward, and will shortly be coming In no small numbers, If conditions are attractive, and they think auccaas will crown their efforts along the line of their clfrraen and accepted vocation—that oi agriculture. Most Desirable Class of Immigrants. The most desirable class of Immi grant Is the agriculturist, and the most desirable agriculturist is he who lias a knowledge of that occupation, and who comes, not us a pauper, but as an investor. By reason of Georgia's geographi cal location, railroad facilities, sea- hoard communication, her mild and favored climate, fertile soil, abundant and cheap lands, she should today be the most desirable spot for those homeseekers and immigrants who are by tiioueandB searching for a location where conditions are favorable to bring their families and engage In honest and honorable occupation. Are agricultural conditions in the south at the present time attractive to the progressive and scientific farmer? I^et tm see. It may be well to review and em phasise a few well known facta and principles relative to the science of agriculture. The elements found In the soil which go Tor .he production of plant life cannot be extracted and ,Vave The soil what ll was before. Two things are necessary for the produc tion of a plant, germinal life and nutrition. A grain or corn partly represent.* germinal life, the elements in the soil partly represent nutrition, i he nutritive elements In tde soil feed the grain of corn which develops or evolves Into the ear. and just so sure ly as the taking of an ear of corn from the bin will eventually empty It, so will the continued production from the ground, extract from and deplete (he soil of those elements from which the nutrition was received nec essary to produce the ear. Wo It be comes necessary to replace In the soil that which wuj taken or expended In the production of the ear of corn. This is accomplished by what is .termed Fertiliser, the same being ab solutely necessary to all soil If we would retain Its productiveness. No matter where the land or how rich and nutritious at the beginning, the con tinued production of plant life there- rrom will eventually impoverish It, if not restored with those very element* which were oonsumed in the produc tion of plant life. Manure is one of the best, if not the very best, of fertilisers. Thus It may be seen that the ox feeds upon plant life, extracts certain elements there from necessary for animal nutrition, and deposit* back to the earth, the i elements which are needful for further production of subsequent plant life. Those elements wlilch are retained within his body, finally, un der a different form, again become a part of the earth and air, thus illus trating what close relationship exists between animal and plant life, and being In accord with that fundlmental liw of chemistry, “that all matter Is indestructible." It may change its form and be known under different names, but no element can be de stroyed, and there is as much matter now as they ever was and always will be Man cannot create but what we can and may do, Is to change the form of elements, to use those idle oner; in the earth and air for our pleasure and comfort. When the State of Georgia raises two stalks of cotton or two ear* of corn, where one grows today, we are not robbing Alabama or the Car olina? of one Jot or tittle, but are atanply uHizIng the Idle elements In the atmosphere and earth which are Inexhaustible We have shown how It becomes nec essary to replenish the soil with ex tracted elements and have also illus trated how the ox may be used as a sort cf a manufacturing Institution to produce or supply those elements. The ^ economic scheme of this should inter est, all agriculturists even If tt^»VrD<»d with the production of fertnizer, but not so. the machine Increases In size ant volume, and literally and plainly speaking, it collects that from the eartn and alt whTHi Its owuer may and does convert Into dollars. Economy I* a principle of weatlh, and means a gain In return the most and best possible for that which Ik expended. Economy la a principle which not only every man should use and study, hut which every man doe* use more or lea*. Economy is a vital subject to the producer and one unfortunately wu’Tfch Is not sufficient ly s tidied. Apparent economy some time- turns out to be absolute waste, on the other hand, true economy Is oft»ti well concealed and to the un informed appears wild extravagance. While the fertilisers of commerce do furnish the soil with those ele ment which go for the production of Corn and cotton, they do not upbuild the value of the land, Hnd that which Is put in the soil In the spring is tak en out again next fall with the gath ering of the crop, and thus thfe land remains about the same or Is going back a little each year. Here Is where manure gives its greatest and most economic value, by reclaiming or rejuvenating dead or worn-out soli. No fertilizer of commerce will bring life hack to the soil as will manure. The farmer who allows his cattle to grnze upon the open range, Is, from I he fertilizer lost, losing more than the added Increase rrom (he free grass obtained. This Is especially .true with "scrubby cattle." Manure, unfortunately, In most lo calities, Is not an article of commerce, hut. fortunately, for the game reason. It cannot be cornered or controlled, and every farmer who desires may establish hl« own machines. The very scheme by which manure Is man ufactured, or otherwise the growing of live stock, la necessarily attended with certain requirements which fur ther tend to enhancing the value of agricultural lands. The reference being to the devoting of a part of the land each year to pastures, thereby giving It a much ueeded rost. and by lta further enrtchment which a grass or forage crop will produce. Wideawake, Progressive Agriculturist The wide awake and progressive ag riculturist, ever bearing In mind true economy, after satisfying himself that the growing and fattening of live stock In conjunction with the raising of corn and cotton will bg of mate rial benefit to him, he will or should seek to raise as good a grade of live stock as can be procured; for the simple and indisputable reason Lhut a scrub anTThai eats as much and costs more to raise than the well bred and highly developed animal, and after matured, Is not worth nearly so much —Is restricted to a small local market, and all expenses of shipping, handling and selling, are the same as for ani mals worth nearly, or fully, twice as much. It that economy? Every man who raises scrub stock, either for sale or his own use, is wasting a portion of his feed and his time, and is falling to make use of his full opportunities, jor to. take advantage of The valuable experience whiA others have worked so hard and long to ac quire. As the ox Is the greatest producer of manure among our domestic ani mals, It is to him we especially refer when speaking In the cause of manure tetlltzers, but the same argument is most applicable to bo.h bogs and sheep, good types of which should be owned by every farmer as well as good cattle. Our Native Cattle of the South are mainly in-bred offsprings from ani mals which were imported to this country by the Spanish several hun dred years ago, and which from the standpoint of economics and compar- I ed wt.h well-bred blood, are of little value, and the raising of the same for either beef or dairy purposes, is ux> unprofitable occupation. Thousands of farmer* of our State raise cattle only that they may have a milk cow or work oxen, but as a source for lu crative investment, many there are who never gave the matter thought. They can scarcely be blamad for fall ing to become Interested in this In dustry, and perhaps remain in this attitude until they see the possibili ties of stock raising, not only as a means of revenue in Itself, but for its greater value as an aid to other agriculture. To Improve the quality of our south, ern herds. It is essential either to cross new and well developed blood with our natives, or entirely replace them with high-priced animals brought from a long distance. The latter plan is not a feasible one for obvious reasons, among which ig the enormous cost of such an undertaking, and from the further fact that such a revolution In the live stock Indus try should not be radical, but can be best w’orked out by gradual changes, thereby allowing thoughtful and ob serving breeders to note desirable points, and to choose for themselves types which they may particularly like. In any.event, however, the fact confronts us that we must Import from scientific and successful breeding es tablishment, new and well developed blood In the form of well-bred stock animals. At this point we are con fronted with the, fact, gigantic In character and so direful In its conse quences, that at the present time renders the above course nigh Impos sible, and reduces the Importing of high-priced stock animals to an un profitable, money-losing venture. The reason of this 1b because our cattle are Infected with that highly fatal dls- hso, known as Southern, Splenic »r Texas Fever. This disease in Invariably contract ed from the cattle tick, scientifically known an the "bophllus annulatus." • The manner In which this disease is contracted, the suaceptibllltv of certain antmnls and the reslsiance of othern, are peculiarities which re quire considerable study and concern ing which every ntock owner land farmer of the South should be pretty well Informed. The cattle tick be ing the caune of thin disease, it may wed to briefly state Itn lire, history, habits, etc. Starting with the full grown femalo tick, as It drops from cattle In warm eather, li secretes Itself under any object near at hand and In two or three days commences depositing eggs, which continue from two to four weeks, laying from 1,000 to 3,000 eggs, uYtor which, there belwg but lit tle left of the adult tick, she dies. The eggs commence hatching soon thereafter, the same being greatly fa cilitated by heat and moisture. The newly hatched ticks are exceedingly nrnnll, six-legged mites, and although quite active, do not travel far upon the ground. They crawl upon blades of grass or weeds, where they are dislodged and picked up by cattle while passing. Others get upon the cattle while the latter nre lying down. Once upon the cattle they select a spot and attach themselves firmly by their mouth pnrts to the host. In about a week’s time the small tick moults, at which time It receives an additional pair of legs. In another veek it moults the second time, when hey become sexually perfect. The male then loosens his attachment and fertilizes the female, which generally ihivt Schnapps Tobacco is Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured Tobacco Grown in the Piedmont Country. The Imitation Brands Have Schnapps Quality Only On the Outside Of the Plug e.j. t i• > .up o the gtoiiiid, t.io* conn 1 ■ lu , t lir • eye! . Certain anlnv Is i t susceptible, others, immune. The young cal’ does contract Southern fever as-an ac- » or fatal disease. The diseuMe plainly exlhlhts Itself within the body of the caw, but for unately It posses ses such a resistance as to rarely re sult In death. Af.er once acquiring the disease, the calf is thereafter Im mune, generally lasting throughout ItR life. Thus It is seen how cattle may have large numbers of ticks on them and yet display no evidence of fever. But when ticks from these cattle ma ture, fall to the ground, lay eggs, hatch, and mount cattle which have ever been free of ticks, the latter will contract the disease which Is nearly always fatal in old animals. For this reason we can’t Import 3tock animals from those sections of the world where they have no ticks. To do so, nearly all would die. It Is true, we could buy our stockers as calves, b*t that 1s very unsatisfac tory to the breeder and too risky from other vlew-polniB, as halves do not always show their Individuality, and frequently disappoint their own er, who, after caring for them a year or two, realizes they nre not what they wanted or thought they would be. Another way of Introducing suscep tible cattle to tick-infested premises is by artificial Immunization. Thin is accomplished by Injecting blood serum from the tick-infested animal into the blood of the subject by a similar process as the anti-toxine \ method against diphtheria In the hu man. This, however, requires con siderable skill and 19 strictly a sci entific proceedure, and can only he undertaken by persons whose experi ence has fitted them for such work. Dea.h of the animal sometimes fol low* this operation, so It cannot be recommended as a practical method for the average stock owner or farm er. There is one and only one satis factory way to rid our pastures of this disease, to free out states from this scoutge, and that Is by the elimination of the tick which transmits the fever. To do this, every stock owner and agriculturist must unite In some’gen-j erally accepted plan and work togeth er for the complete extermination of this pest. It will not only do no goH but will actually to harm to kill out the ticks In one county or locality If allowed to remain in a neighboring county, for bye and bye, they will gradually spread and rplnfest the county which had been cleaned, and the cattle which had grown up since killing off the ticks, would be sus ceptible, and upon becoming Infested, would contract he disease. A number of methods are now em ployed In different sections to exter minate the ticks and nearly all are modifications of two general plans. One of which Is 11 erally killing the ticks, and the other Is allowing the ticks to die, either from starvation or freezing to death. It must be borne In mind that this tick requires a host to grow and mature, and If robbed of It* host, It will eventually succumb, and thus put an end to succeeding generations of Its kind. Killing the ticks Is accomplished by application to the cattle of prepara tions which will at once destroy the tick but do no injury to Its host. This method, however, only kills the para sites which are on the cattle, and In a short time they will gain more ticks and the application must be repeated and continued until sufficient time ha* elapsed for all the ticks <ra the ground to have died, being ever watchful that no mature tick* escape the prepara tion on the cattle and falls to the ground to lay more eggs and thus per petuate the species. The moat effi cient and common preparation for thl* method Js ell or.some fo^m of Hundreds of imitation brands are on sale that look like Schnapps to bacco. The outside of the imitation plugs of tobacco is tluc cured the same as Schnapps, but the inside is filled with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened air cured tobacco. One chew of Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger longer than two chews of such to bacco. The color, size and shape of the tags, plugs and packages of certain imitation brands of tobacco have been made so much like Schnapps that they have often been accepted by buyers under the belief that they were getting Schnapps. Sufficient proof has been secured to establish the fact that certain brands are infringements and in vio lation of the trade mark laws, yet the trade will continue to be imposed upon by these infringers until the suit already entered and now pending to protect Schnapps is decided. A great many of these imitations are claimed to be “just as good” as Schnapps, but there is only one gen uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters on the tag, and stamped on the plug under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S and then you have it—the most wholesome tobacco produced, with just enough Sweetening to preserve the mild, juicy, stimulating quality of the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove that this flue cured tobacco, grown in the famous Piedmont region, re quires and takes less sweetening than any other and has a wholesome, stimulating, satisfying effect on chewers. If the tobacco you are chewing don't satisfy you more than the mere habit of expectorating, stop fooling yourself and chew SchnapjJs tobacco. Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers formerly bought costing from 75c. to $1 .00 per pound; Schnapps is sold at 50c. per pound, in 5c. cuts, strictly 10c. and 15c. plugs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. Cures Backache Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having Bright's Disease or Diabetes To be effective, It must be thorough, lv applied, and such places as under the belly, between the thighs, around the ears, on the pole. In the wrinkles of the neck and shouldrs, on and around the base of the tall, behind the elbows and well covering the legs, these should be well,greased and care fully watched to see that no ticks escape. When animals are thorough- oughly greased or oiled, this Is a safe and efficient method, but. Its efficien cy depends entirely upon Its thorough ness, and It may be stated that very few persons, even after carful In structions, will properly grease (heir Cfcltle Enough oil should be Used at a time to thoroughly wet the skin, and If the hair he long and full of dirt. It must he soaked, and when so applied, should not be repeated for from 115 'to 20 days. When adopting 1 his plan, the animal should be gone over er.refully before greasing and all the larger ticks picked off and burned ami watched after to see thnt. no small ticks escape the oil. The number of time* necessary to repeal this treatment depends entirely upcti circumstances; but It must be persisted In as long as the cattle con tinue picking up ticks. Crude, pe troleum Is recommended as the best form, of oil for use In this purpose, and If the kerosene has been extract ed, there should be added to each gallon of oil, about one quart of ker osene. Animals must not be subjected to thl* treatment In cold and stormy weather, unless barns or closed sheds are at hand for their protection, and In the hot days of summer they must be provided with shade during the middle of the day. Otherwise, much damage would result from the appli cation of the oil. When It is Incon venient to procure crude petroleum, any kind of grease or oil will suffice, surii as kerosene and lard, axle grease or cottonseed oil, etc. Th.; giving of sulphur Internally has no effect upon the ticks, and Is of np value In tick eradication unless mixed with preparations and applied locally. The burning of pastures during February and March is one of the host methods for extermination of this pest and should be advised wherever practical. The starvation method for tick eradication Is generally carried out by rotating the pasture. It requires just about a year to enforce and Is as fol lows: Remove all stock from a por tion of the pasture and fence. Al low no stock of any kind In It for six months. It will then be free of ticks and must be subdivided imo four lots. Place cattle In lot No. 1, on the first of the seventh month, where they are to remain for another twenty days. At this time, If it be in the summer, the cattle should be free of ticks, but If the weather be cool, a few ticks will yet remain, and the cattle are to be placed In lot No. 3, for 15 or 20 days longer. This has consumed two months' time, and the cattle are now' free of tick*, and are now to bo placed In lot No. 4, where they are to remain four months, when all pas-„ tures except N03. 2 and 3, will bo free of ticks. rnese may De given anotner month or six weeks, when. If directions have been carefully followed, both cattle and premise* are entirely free from tlckfc. Where pastures adjoin, a furrow should be thrown up on both sides of the fei.ee, and be sure that> Infested pastures do not drain into clean ones —always clean the high ground first. A combination method may be pur sued as follows: Fence half of the pasture for six month, keeping all stock out of it. At the end of that time pick all large ticks from the cat tle and thoroughly grease them, when they rue to be placed Into the clean pasture, and the Infested portion to be closed for use for six months. This Is as effective as any. If the oil Is thoroughly applied, and they will only need to be greased but once. What ever method may be adopted, Its suc cess will depend upon the care with which It was executed, and after the premises are cleared of ticks, care must be observed that no tlcky cattle break into, and are allowed to reinfest them. Once the tick eliminated, we may then safely import cattle rrom a dis tance, Improve the blood among our herds, go Into stock raising more ex tensively, ship our cattle to any mar ket for any purpose, and compete on an equal basis with the stock raisers of the west and northwest, at the same time our cotton and corn land will rapidly Increase In value and It Is no exaggeration to state that we will then raise the world’s supply of CGtt< n on two-thirds of the present acreage. More than that, we will do It with less work and our land will double and in some Instance triple, In value in a few years. These lat ter statements may appear hasty and soi twhat exaggerated, but they are neither, and may be verified by those who have given this subject much thought and practical demonstration. 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