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Show Cattle Tick Fever FeverNearly FeverNearly Nearly Wiped Out Outin Outin , in J { United tedStates StatesWashington States StatesWashington Washington- Washington WashingtonThe Washington Washmgton . - . - The areas areasunder areasunder areasunder under federal quarantme quarantine quarantineagainst quarantmeagamst quarantineagainst agamst against cattle tick fever In Inthe inthe inthe the South have just dust reduced reducedby reducedby reducedby by 28,150 28150 , square mlles miles mileseliminatmg , elImmatmg elrminatmg all remammg remaining remammgquarantmed remainingquarantined remainingquarantined quarantmed quarantined parishes m Lou Lou- LouISiana Louisiana Louisiana - isiana and leaving leavmg under theban the theban ban three small blocks In InFlorIda inFlorida mFlorida FlorIda and two 1 l largergroups a r g e r rgroups rgroups groups of counties on the theeastern theeastern theeastern eastern and southwestern southwesternboundarIes southwesternboundaries southwesternboundaries boundarIes of Texas . Total Totalwlpmg Totalwiping Totalwiping wlpmg wiping out of the disease m in mthe inthe mthe the United Umted States is m In sight . Cattle tick fever is a classic in inthe inthe inthe the annals of bacteriology and medi medl- medl medlcrne medi- medi medicme medicine - - cine crne cme because it was the first dis- dis disease disease dis disease - ease proved to be carried by an aninsector aninsector anInsect insect-or insect or - - or more strictly , in ill thiS thiSparticular thisparticular thisparticular particular case , a tick ; for ticks ticksare ticksare ticksare are not insects It was the eight eight- eighteen eighteen eighteen - een nineties that the late Dr Dr.Theobald DrTheobald . Theobald Smith , . then of the UnIted UnItedStttes UnitedStates UnitedStates Stttes States : Department of Agriculture Agriculturefollowed Agriculturefollowed Agriculturefollowed followed a "blind blind "blmd blmd " hunch " suppl1ed supplied suppl1edby suppliedby supphedby by Texas stockmen and proved scientifically SCI- SCI SCIentIfically sci scientifically - entifically that ticks are the ca can canriers capners ! ' ners riers of this disease Later , it was wasfound wasfound wasfound found that insects as well as other otherspecies otherspecies . speCIes of ticks are arc responsible for forthe forthe forthe the spread of many diseases dlseases af- af aftUctmg afdieting af afflicting - flicting tUctmg dieting both humans and animals animals.Dipping animalsDipping . . , DJpping Dipping and Quarantine . The United States Department at of atAgrIculture ofAgriculture ofAgriculture AgrIculture , with the UIC strong co operation op- op operation op operation - eration of the states statcs concerned , . un- un undertook un tin undertook - . dertook to eradicate cradIcate this costly costlymalady costlymalady costlymalady malady of cattle Two prmcipal principal prmcipalmeans principalmeans principalmeans means are employed ; dipping the thecattle thecattle thecattle cattle in tickkUhng tick kWmg killing baths and anddrbidding andfdrbidding andfdrbidding drbidding fdrbidding ! shipment of animals that thatmight thatmight thatmight might be harboring ticks tlcks into dIS- dIS dISease diseasefree dis disease - - easefree ease ! free ree areas arcas arcasHow areasHow areasHow How effective effcctiVc this tlus thus campaign has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been told by a glance at the De- De Department Department De Department - - partment of Agriculture's Agricultures ' "tick tick "tickmap "tickmap "tickmap tickmap " map " On Julv July 1 , . 1900 1006 l O , when the thework thework thawork work was first taken in hand , thecattle the thecattle thecattle cattle tick fever area Included prac prac- pracbcaUy prac- prac practically practically - - tically bcaUy the whole South South . , plus thesouthern the thesouthern thesouthern southern half of Cal1ornla-a Cal1ornla a California-a California California ! - a total totalof totalof totalof of 728,565 728565 , , square miles . The areas areasleft areasleft areasleft left under quarantine now add up upto upto upto to only 33,571 33571 , square miles mlles , not notmuch notmuch notmuch much more than the single state of o ! ofSouth , I South Carolina Carol1na . |