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FARM DEPARTMENT
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Conducted by P. H. Ward, Farm Demonstration Agent
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Animal Diseases and
our Food Supply
Foot and Mouth Disease was
1 discovered in the United States in
October 1914.
Between that time and Novem
ber 1st, 1915, when it existed only
in a small area in Illinois. Its sup
pression cost the lives of 168,158
animals valued approximately at
85,070,000. This loss created con-
stirmation. The attention of the
entire country was attracted to it,
and in several quarters the fear
was expressed that the elimination
of the disease by the slaughter of
the exposed herds would lead to
serious shortage in the meat sup
ply. As a mutter of fact, less than
one-tenth of one per cent, of the
total number of cattle, sheep and
swine on the farms of the country
were killed in this way. That is
to say, less than one meat animal
out of every thousand was slaught
ered to save the rest. The money
that the country paid to rid itself'
of an exceptionally costly outbreak
was less than 3 per cent, of the an
nual tax that other animal diseases
levy upon it. If we should be
compelled, on account of the foot Contagious
and moutn disease, to throw away
annually, 150,000 to 200,000, it
would with justice be considered
a serious blow to the prosperity of
the country.
We are, however, throwing away
so much more than this, that
comparison, the additional and un
usual loss from the foot and mouth
disease is insignificant. It is inv
possible to state with exactitude
even the direct losses from animal
diseases, but it is estimated that
they amount to 212,000,000 a ycur
It is certain, however, that by dis
couraging the industry of stock
raising, they not only hinder the
development of sound agriculture
but materially increase the living
for both rural and urban popula
tion. The variety of maladies
which alllict animals, is of course,
almost as great as those to which
mankind is subject; the number of
diseases which are sufficiently wide
spread to lie matters of economic
importance, is however compare
tively limited.
In the annual report of the Sec
retary of Agriculture for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1915, they
and the losses ascribed to each one
as follows:
Hog Cholera, *75,000,000; Texas
Fever and Cattle Ticks, *40,000,-
000; Tuberculosis, *25,000,000!
Abortion, *20,000,000;
Atlanta-Hampton Springs J
Pullman Line Changed
To Atlanta-Albany Line
After April 29th present, Atlanta-Hampton
Springs Pullman sleeping car line will be changed
to Atlanta-Albany sleeping car line on the fol
lowing schedule:
Leave Atlanta
Leave Cordele
Arrive Albany
Leave Albany
Leave Cordele
Arrive Atlanta
SOUTHBOUND
A. B, & A.
G. S. W. & G.
G. S. W. & G.
NORTHBOUND
G. S. W. & G.
A. B. & A.
A. B. & A.
19:30 P. M.
5:30 A. M.
6:50 A. M.
10:15 P. M.
11:55 P. M.
0:10 A. M.
Prssengers leaving Atlanta at 10:30 p. m. and Albany
at 10:15 p. m. may occupy?sleeping cars as early as 9:00
p. m. Passengers arriving in Atlanta at 6:10 n. m. -and
Albany at 6:50 a. m. may remain in sleeping cars us late
as 7:30 a. m.
Secure further information from W. W. Croxton, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Blackleg, *6,000,000; Authrax, 81,
*500,000; Scabies of Sheep and Cat
tle, $4,600,000 ;G landers, *5,000,000
Other Live Stock Diseases, *22,-
000,000: Parasites, *5,000,000:
Poultry Diseases, *8,750,000.
In the case of a number of these
diseases the meuns of control have
already been discovered, and total
eradication waits upon the realiza
tion of the people of the efficacy
and economy of the measures which
science recommends. This is par
ticularly true of the cattle tick; the
cause of splcnet ie or Texas fever,
and a parasite that directly or in
directly is responsible for far great
er losses than the *40,000,000 an
nually charged ugainst it the tuble
indicated above.
In 1909 an area of 741,515square
miles in the South was under Fed
eral quarantine because of the cat
tle tick pest. From this area no
cattle could be shipped unless they
had been previously dipped in
asenical baths under Federal Sup
ervision or were sent for immediate
slaughter in special cars to special
markets, and brought the owners
from one-half to one cent per
pound less than clean cattle. To
day the quarantined area is only
465,733 square miles; less than
two-thirds of what it was, and ad
ditional territory is being released
each year. The complete extinc
tion of this is only a question of
time and determination on the part
of those concerned.
This progress has been made
possible by the systematic dipping
of herds in arsenical baths, the
value of which was ascertained
The value of the hides are also
reduced by the punctures made by
the licks in their search for blood.
To offset these and similar fucts,
there is nothing but the trifling
cost and trouble of systematic dip
ping. In several counties in Ala
baina that were released, from
quarantine on December 1st 1915,
it was found that the cost of eradi
cation to the county had ranged
from 18 to 50c per head. The in
creased value of each is greatly in
excess to this meare sum. One in
quiry into this point having result
ed in an estimated average increase
of *9.76. The benefits to the
South and indeed to the whole
country are not to be measured by
the increased value of a few hund
red thousand head of cattle. The
need for diversified farming has
long been apparent in the South,
but diversification rests more than
any one other thing on the devel
oping of permanent live stock in
dustry.
With the tick the raising of cat
tle is not an attractive enterprise-
without the tick there is no reason
why the South should not become
one of the greatest cattle raising
sections in the whole nation. Cat
tle means fertile fields and increas
ed crops, and the building of a per
manent soil fertility.
Because of its vital effect npon
the prosperity of the whole nation,
tick eradication is not left to one
section alone. State and nation
are cooperating with the individual
counties in driving out the pest.
Last year was the most successful
one in the history of the work, ai d
there is every reason to believe
that the country will soon be freed
from this incubus of long standing.
only comparatively recently. It
Country Produce
OUR SPECIALTY
W HEN you have anything
to sell in the way of
Meat, Chickens, Eggs or country
produce, get our prices before
selling as we will pay you the
top of the market.
Gilmore-Maxwell Company
was not indeed, until field experi
ments by the Bureau of Animal
Industry in 1889 and 1890 had
demonstrated that the tick played
an essential part in the dissemina
tion of Splenetic or Texas fever
that the true importance of the
insect was realized and scientists
began to attack with vigor the
economic problem that it present
ed. The experiments referred to
are especially noteworthy; not only
because of the impetus which they
gave to the war upon the tick, but
because they were the first to dem
onstrate Wiat certain diseases can
be convey from one victim to an
other only through the intervention
of some animal or insect as an
rermediery host. The public has
since been familiarized with this
principle through the subsequent
discovery that mosquitoes spread
malaria and yellow fever; rats the
bubonic plague.
It is common knowledge that
in the ease of yellow fever and the
practical application of this know
ledge has made possible the digging
of the Panama Canal without the
appalling sacrifice of human life
which would otherwise have been
enevitablc. The evil the tick does
is however by no means confined
to the spread of Splenetic fever.
In the course of the many years
that the tick has flourished in the
South, cattle have been developed
which are to a great extent im
mune to the fever. They suffer
from the tick however, in a multi
tude of ways. Ticks swarm upon
immune cattle as freely as upon
non-immunc, and though they do
not. give them fever, they suck the
blood that should go to the mak
ing of beef and milk. The fait
that ticky cattle sell for less per
pound for bicf has already bten
pointed out. They also weigh less.
Furthermore, because of the danger
of the fever it is impracticable to
impart good breeding stock from
tick free sections to grade up our
herds with a ticky steer is gener-
a poor scrawney scrub, generally
unprofitable, and his owner can
scarcely be expected to compete
with cattle raisers elsewhere. The
dairyman is no better off. Experi-
^ ments have shown that the milk
production of a herd infested with
! ticks is from 18 to 40 per cent, be
low what it should be, depending
upon the degree of infestation.
Get ready for Grady Day!
Grady County Live Stock Asso
ciation is a live institution. Join
it now.
It is not yet too late to plant
peas. It will help you to make
more crops next year to have a
crop of pea vines on your land.
Plant more peas.
You can help yourself and help
your county by joining the Grady
County Live Stock Association.
Grady Day will be October 6th.
We will tell you about it soon.
For Treatment of
Functional Ailments
to which women
are subject
REXALL
Vegetable Compound
Being composed of Black
Haw, Cramp Bark, Unicorn Root
Blue Cohosh, Squaw Vine, Gol
den Seal, Allspice and Cinnamon
Bark, it is hard to compound a
more reliable preparation for the
purpose for which it is intended.
It has rightly been called
A Boon to Womankind—
lor Maid, Wtte and
Mother
We recommend ltexall Vege
table Compound with every coi.-
fidonce, and our personal guar
antee stands back of it.
WIGHT & BROWNE
77m 1tle*oJUL Store
Doing hard work in a bent or
stooped position puts a stitch in
the back that is painful. If the
muscles have become strained, you
can’t get rid of it without help.
The great penetrating power of
BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT
will appeal to you most strongly at.
such times, because it is the veiy
thing you need. Prices 25c, 50c
and *1.00 per bottle. Sold by
Wight and Browne.
To the Voters of the Albany Circuit:
I take this method of announciug to you my candidacy for the
position of Judgc’of (Ik- Superior Courts of tlie.Albany*Circuit, subject
to the action ol the Democratic While Primary, and invite your careful
consideration and active support. I am 54 years of age and have been a
practicing attorney actively engaged in the practice of law for thirty
years, with the exception of eight years during which time I served as
Judge of the City Court of Bain!nidge. My record is open to all. The
unanimous endorsement of the Decatur County Bar Association is an
approval of my services as Judge of the City Court of Bainbridge.
If the people of this Circuit confer upon me the high honor I now
seek, I pledge you my undivided timejancl attention will he given to the
duties of the office. I will stand at all times for the enforcement of our
laws as written. 1 believe in equal justice to all and partiality to none.
Assuring you that I will appreciate your support, I am,
Most respectfully yours,
W, M. HARRELL
Clean People Want
Clean Clothes
I lie finest piece of goods when soiled presents u shoddy appearance,
while a poor piece of goods will present a good appearance nfter being
cleaned and pressed.
" e clean, press and repair all kinds of clothing—everything that you
wenr.
We extract every partical of dirt and do not Injure.the goods.
TV e will make your clothing look just like new, and the operation
will not bankrupt you, either. It is only a matter of a few cents a gar
ment . ®
IFe arc Laundry Agents. Prices will astonish you.
City Pressing Club
Dean Williams.
PHONE SI
Claude Nicholson.
Money Loaned
ON EASY TERMS
FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE
At six per cent, interest, payable annually. The borrow
er litis the privilege of paying part or all the principal at any
interest period, stopping interest on such payment. I will save
you money. Come to see mo, or write. Prompt attention given
all ivritten inquiries. * '*
W. M. BRYAN,
Oflica Over Post Office Thomnsville, Geoisla
DddgeBrothers
MOTOR CAR
it Speaks for itso/f
Fowler Auto Company,
Agents
Thomasville, - - Georgia
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