. Tick-free South . he (10) marketing of local cattle and tend to depress the price ofsteers in the quarantined areas. Unfortunately, this effectextends, to some extent at least, to those counties which,though free themselves and released from quarantine,may chance to be surrounded by infested territory. It isbecause so much of Mississippi already has been clearedof the pest that the people of the State are in a positionto insist that a few backward counties shall not indefi-nitely disturb the trade ot the whole State. For the tick and prosperity do not get on well together;they are not good n
. Tick-free South . he (10) marketing of local cattle and tend to depress the price ofsteers in the quarantined areas. Unfortunately, this effectextends, to some extent at least, to those counties which,though free themselves and released from quarantine,may chance to be surrounded by infested territory. It isbecause so much of Mississippi already has been clearedof the pest that the people of the State are in a positionto insist that a few backward counties shall not indefi-nitely disturb the trade ot the whole State. For the tick and prosperity do not get on well together;they are not good neighbors. The tick means poor,scrubby, unthrifty cattle; prosperity demands good herds,well cared for. The South, with its long growing season,its abundance of cheap feeds, and its mild climate, canraise cattle economically and market them this is being done to-day the whole aspect of farmlife has been changed. It can be done everywhere, if onlythe tick is eradicated. And the tick can be THE OWNER OF THIS TEXAS HERD FOUND IT PAID TO GET RID OF TICKS. (11)
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