Show Cattle Tick Tiek ic Fever Nearly ear Wiped i e Out in United States Washington The areas under federal quarantine against cattle tick fever in inthe inthe inthe the South have just reduced by square squar miles eliminating ting all remaining quarantined parishes in Louisiana Louisiana Lou Lou- ou- ou and leaving under theban the theban theban ban three small blocks in Florida and two l I larger a r g e r groups of counties on the eastern and southwestern boundaries of Texas Total wiping out of the disease in inthe inthe inthe the United States is in sight Cattle tick fever Is a classic in inthe inthe inthe the annals of bacteriology and medicine medicine medicine medi medi- cine because it was the first disease dis dis- disease ease proved to be carried by on nn insect Insect or or more strictly In this particular case a tick for ticks are not Insects It was the eight eight- een nineties that the late Dr Theobald Smith then of the United States Department of Agriculture followed a blind hunch supplied by Texas stockmen and proved scIentifically scientifically scientifically that ticks are the car can of this disease Later it was found that insects as well as other species of ticks are ore responsible for forthe forthe forthe the spread of many diseases afflicting afflicting af af- af both humans and animals Dipping and Quarantine The United States Department of at Agriculture with the strong cooperation co coop of the states concerned undertook undertook undertook un un- un- un to eradicate this costly malady of at cattle Two principal means are employed dipping the cattle in tick killing baths and forbidding bidding shipment of animals that might be harboring ticks Into dis dig free ease areas How effective this campaign has been told by a glance at the Department Department Department De De- De- De of Agricultures Agriculture's tick map On July 1 I 1906 when the work was first taken In hand the cattle tick fever area included practically practically practically the whole South plus the southern half of California a a total of square miles The areas arcas left under quarantine now add up to only square miles not much more than the single state of South Car Carolina lina |