Show PESTS 11 U AN AN IRI HOURS loss appropriation is asked from government to aid in destruction of moths and cattle ticks farmers of the new england states and the south have lost M II 11 ons of dollars as result of Dep delpreda eions of these pests washington in ex the pro visions of the agricultural tion bill mr scott ot of kansas in the house of representatives on tuesday called attention to the ravages of the brown tall tail moths and the texas cat tie tle tick the former he said were rapidly destroying the groves and for ests of the tew new england states while the texas tick had been one ot of the greatest pests known the tick he declared was responsible tor for the antine line which tor for nearly twenty years has stretched across the coun try from one ocean to the other ahe annual cost of maintaining that 1 ne to different states and the nation was I 1 ardly less than that however he s said aid was the sm smallest ablest item inflicted upon tha country by the cattle tick the loss to the north could not even be guessed at but he estimated the annual loss suffered by the states bouth south of the line could not be less than 40 he therefore said that it needed no argument to justify a most liberal appropriation from the laderal treasury for eradicating these two pests and the committee had re Vom commended mended in each case |