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Title: Hides and skins from the animal's back to the tannery door
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Hides and skins
Publisher: Chicago, Shoe and Leather Weekly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nd spring, thatthey may not scatter ticks which may eventually infectother cattle or reinfect themselves through the seedticks. The custom of turning cattle out to rangethrough the unfenced swamps and roadsides preventsany tick eradication in many counties. The custom al-most universally followed throughout the South ofturning out cattle after the crops are gathered and let-ting them roam at large until the spring crops beginto grow has prevented success in many counties wheretick eradication has been undertaken. Counties wherethis is permitted are known as free-range counties,while those having laws against cattle running at largeare known as stock-law counties. When stock-lawcounties have been cleaned further effective work mustwait until stock-law is adopted in the free-rangecounties. Cleaned cattle will always be more or lessexposed to the ticks in the infected free-range regions. Another class of obstacles lies in the methods oferadicating ticks. The surest methods, those depend-
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104 HIDES AND SKINS ing on pasture rotation or feed-lot systems, fail be-cause they are not used. Rotation is but exception-ally practiced. There are few fences other than thesingle pasture fence in the stock-law counties and thecrop fence in the free range. These methods are prac-tically and theoretically the best, but only those peo-ple conversant with the long educational campaign de-signed to bring about crop rotation and diversificationof products can realize why they are not adopted. Itis the free winter pasturage which costs the southernfarmer so much. Tickicides. There are left the tickicides, including oils, crudepetroleum, and arsenical solution. They are appliedby hand swabbing, by spraying, or in dipping vats.The methods are successful in the order named, thelast being the best. In every county there are a num-ber of doubting people who grudgingly make a showof disinfecting cattle. There are others who will notdisinfect unless repeatedly urged. Such as these arecareless ab

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