. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. What it Costs a Country TO Keep Ticks THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES. OATTLB nen Extra,!/rem Dtfl. of Ag^riculUirc, Bulletin No. 261. "The Cattle Tick :u lis Rchtlion lo Souihcni AgricillUire," by AUGUST ^^AYER :— "What it costs tlie Southern States to harbor the cattle tick is not easily calculated, but from observation and exjierience we can estimate this loss with some assurance of approximating the truth. BEEF CATTLE. "Below the quarantine line we have something ov
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. What it Costs a Country TO Keep Ticks THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES. OATTLB nen Extra,!/rem Dtfl. of Ag^riculUirc, Bulletin No. 261. "The Cattle Tick :u lis Rchtlion lo Souihcni AgricillUire," by AUGUST ^^AYER :— "What it costs tlie Southern States to harbor the cattle tick is not easily calculated, but from observation and exjierience we can estimate this loss with some assurance of approximating the truth. BEEF CATTLE. "Below the quarantine line we have something over 15,000,000 cattle, the total farm value of which is given by the last census as nearly $183,000,000. The dairy cattle are credited with a value of about $58,650,000, and the other cattle with o\-er $124,000,000. From observation and experience 1 estimate lliat a shrinkage' in value of 20% in cattle, other than dairy cattle, is due to the effects of the cattle tick. In round numbers this would mean a loss of $25,000,000 fur beef ; DAIRY CATTLE. " In the case of dairy cattle, considerable damage is experienced because of the extra feed required, and the shrinkage in the How of milk caused by tick infestation. It is believed that an estimate of S% of the total value of the dairy cattle is not overdiarging the tick. This means an annual loss of nearly $3,000,000 for dairy cattle. The total depreciation then of southern cattle, on account of the tick, would be $28,000,; HIGHER DEATH RATE. " The average death rate among cattle in the tick-infested area for the year 1904-5 was about 8.^3% ; in the tick-free area it was about The total number of cattle that died in the tick- infested area during the year ended March 31st, 1905. was about 1,250,000. The average farm \alue of these southern cattle mav be put at $12, according to the Bureau of Statistics ; therefore the total' annual loss from death in the tick-aftected States amounted to $15,000
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