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MRS. M. B. WADE
GIVES FULL
In Wretched Condition for
Months and Was Very
Despondent
RAPIDLY REGAINS
HER STRENGTH
indigestion and Other Trou
bles Disappear Since
Taking Tanlac
Mrs. M. R Wade, who lives on West,
Pine street. Knoxville, Term., is anj
ardent champion of the merits of Tan
lac since she began taking it several
weeks ago. While discussing Tanlac.!
which has proven so beneficial to her. !
Mrs. Wade became very enthusiastic '
and freely commented on her improved
condition. Mrs. Wade said:
"I was in a wretch* d condition from
the effects of nervousness and general
debility for several months. It was al
most impossible for me to muster suf
ficient energy to attend to m\ house
hold duties and I grew very despond
ent over my condition. I suffered prin
cipally from stomach trouble and indi
gestion. I also had cRtarrh very bad
ly
"Before I began taking Tanlac T was
actually so nervous I could scarcely
sleep and bad indigestion so bad at
times T could hardly brent ho. | weigh- d
only 128 pounds when T began taking]
It and after using it for only 10 days
I now weigh 135 pounds, or a gain of
seven pounds.
"T have not only gained rapidly in
Weight but have improved wonderful
ly in other ways. My indigestion has
entirely disappeared, my appetite lias
returned and 1 enjoy my meals. T also
rest ever so much better and wake
jgip In the mornings fully refreshed and
ready for breakfast.
"The catarrhal trouble also seems
better and 1 scarcely notice it at all I ,
don't think 1 have ever taken a medi- ;
cine before in my 1 if♦* that has helped
me os much as Tanlac, and I feel so j
grateful for what it has done for me !
that I want everybody to know about
It."
"Such statements ns the foregoing j
should appeal directly to the thousands!
that suffer from the same trouble."!
• aid Mr. G. F. Willis, southern distr»b j
utor for Tanlac, in commenting on Mrs. ,
Wade's statement. "Most people who
suffer from nervousness, dizziness, ;
stomach and liver troubles, kidney de- ]
rangements and depression of spirits, !
and who are in a general run-down ,
condition, simply need something to j
tone up their system and fo assist the]
vital organs in performing thefv prop- j
er functions. Tanlac is a wonderful re
constructive tonic and always pro
duces most gratifying results"
Tanlac Is sold in Birmingham ex- ]
clusivelv by Patton-Pop.- Go. and Ja
cobs' Drug Store, under the personal
direction of the Tanlac representative, j
It is also on sale at Bess«'m«r hv Peg
ram-Patton Go. and in Knslev by D.
W. Morris Drug »Go.—Adv.
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General Wood Dead
E Los Angeles. July 19 —Brig. Gen. Fulmer |
Caylor Wood. 1’. S. \.. retired, died at:
| * his hotne at Beverly Mills, near here, last i
night. General Wood had hern in ill •
health for about a year. He whs 7- years ,
of age.
Dr. Darbarn Dead
New York, July 19.—Robert Hugh Mc
Kay Darbarn, M. D., widely known sur- ;
geon, died here today. He was 60 yen s
old and had written extensively on sur
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GRAIN HARVEST OF
SOUTH WILL REACH
Will Probably Overmatch
Any Other Section in
Amount and Variety
BILLION AND A HALF
OF GRAIN IN SIGHT
Edmonds’ Figures Show Grain Will
Have Value of Hundreds of
Millions More Than
Ever Before
lly HOI.I,A >D
New York, July 19.—(Special.)—Richard
H Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers'
Record of Baltimore, has obtained some
authoritative statistics which after study
and aralysls reveal the extraordinary
change In agriculture which Is now char
acteristic of the southern states. If the
increase In the diversity of crops which
these figures show to have been secured
within the past year as compared with
earlier years is maintained it is not im
probable that the southern states may
match and perhaps overmatch any other
section of the union in amount and va
riety of food products.
It lias been known in the financial dis
trict in this city that considerable change
in southern agriculture has been in pro
gress for the past year. When the re
cent report from the government statisti
cians at Washington of its estimate of the
Aggregate of the Indian corn harvest this j
year was published attention was Immedi
ately called by those in the financial dis
trict who observe these matters to the
fact that'the presumed falling off in the
corn harvest in some of tlie corn belts
of the country was to be more than made
good by the increase of the harvest of
Indiarn corn in the southern states. For
some years Igjulsiana has gained atten
tion by the revelation tier farmers have
made of their ability to produce great
crops of Indian corn, which is also of
very high quality.
Advice was given last winter to the
southern farmers by men of high author
ity, of whom W. P. G. Harding of the
federal reserve board at Washington is a
type, which if followed would result in
less cot.top, more corn and more food
products of other kinds. Some of the
bankers who were only too glad to partic
ipate when the so-called cotton pool,
w hich was to be $135,000,000 in all. was un
der organization did not hesitate to say |
that they were persuaded that the farmers
In the south would be better, for the pres
ent at last, if they so cultivated their
soil that food products in greater amount
were secured, even though that were at
the expense of the cotton harvests. For
whatever may be the effect upon the cot
tun markets of the European war there
ran be no demoralizing effect in the mar
kets of the world so fur as American i
food products are concerned.
Mr. Edmonds' investigation justifies
him in saying that the grain crop of the
south, which will be harvested in the year
1915, will exceed fn money value, by some
hundreds of millions of dollars, the money
value of the best cotton crops ever pro-,
rlu< ed in the south. That seems to he an
extraordinary statement. But of its ac- |
curacy there 'an be no doubt. It points
to extraordinary and highly beneficial
changes so far as the relation of the ag
riculture of the entire United States to
verieial prosperity is concerned. Unless
the harvest weather proves unfavorable
there will be garnered in the southern
states 1.600,000.000 bushels of grain. If
this estimate is justified hv the actual
harvest, then there will be a gain of
nearly 800,000,000 bushels as compared with
the grain harvested in the southern states
Iasi year. This estimate, however, does
not include the harvest of rice, which is
likely to exceed last year’s harvest by as
much as 6,000,000 bushels.
The Kice Industry
On*1 of the most important of the va
rious factors associated with the growth of
the United States is to be discovered in
the fact that whereas not many years ago
we were compelled to rely upon foreign
markets for our supplies of sulphur and of
rice, now the southern states, through
their production of these commodities, give
the United States pre-eminence in these!
industries. J
Mr. Edmonds’ figures are based upon |
the total yield, as now estimated, of the ]
agricultural land of the country for the |
year 1916, the estimate being 5,000,000.140
bushels. If the estimate proves to he a
correct one then tin* increase in bushels
over tin* harvest of last year will be about
■/''t.000,000. Of this total increase substan
tially three-flftrts represents the increase
in grain production in the south. Mr.
Edmonds estimates that the farmers of
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Weal her Forecast
Washington, July 19.—Forecast for A In
fra ma and Mississippi; Generally fair
Tuesday and Wednesday, except probably
showers near the coast; somewhat lower
temperature interior.
Georgia: Local showers Tuesday and
probably Wednesday.
Tennessee: Partly cloudy and somewhat
cooler Tuesday.
Local Data
For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m. July
19, 1915:
Highest temperature . 94 I
Lowest temperature . 71 I
Mean temperature . s2 I
Normal temperature . 80 I
Deficiency in temperature since Jan. 1 337
Rainfall . 9.00
Total rainfal since Jan. 1.29.76
Excess in rainfall since Jan. 1. 1.07
Relative humidity, 7 a. m. XS
2 p. m. 44
7 p. m. 03
Weather Conditions
Summary of observations made at
I'nited States weather bureau station?
during the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., seven
ty-fifth meridian time, July 19. 191".:
Tempei ntnre
> m r ^
Stations and ~ o iq’ J* $ * j
C. ifl •■+ C.
^ "9 M w O *5
Weather at 8 p. m. ^ S a f3 r
3 ; « :
r*
Atlanta, cloudy ..77777! 86 92 74 !T!
Birmingham, clear .... 84 94 71
Boston, clear . 70 88 70 .04
Buffalo, cloudy . r,8 70 42 .02
Calgary, clear . 70 72 os .j 1
Charleston, pt. eldy. .. 84 94 80
Chicago, pt. eldy. 64 70 62 !..
Denver, rain . 52 62 58 .08
Des Moines, clear . 72 7S <52
Duluth, pt. eldy. 62 68 50 .06
Fort Worth, clear . 94 96 76
Galveston, clear . 84 xs 82 .!!
Hatteras. cloudy . 84 88 78
Jacksonville, clear _ 82 76 78
Kansas City. pt. eldy.. 74 so as .22
Knoxville, cloudy . 76 99 72 .01
LouisvUle, cloudy . 82 91 72
Memphis, clear . 84 88 72
Minneapolis, cloudy_ 64 os .
Mobile, cloudy . 80 90 80
Montgomery, cloudy ..82 9R 74
NashvlPe. rain . 76 90 72 .24
New Orleans, rain . 80 100 SO 1.60
New Vork, cloudy. 78 S8 70
Oklahoma, clear . 82 86 76 .0>;
Phoenix, cloudy . 96 96 82
Pittsburg, clear . 74 86 70
Raleigh, cloudy . 74 92 74 %i8
San Antonio, clear _ 96 * 9.8 74
San Francisco, clear ..58 *18 52
Shreveport, clear . 92 96 76
Spokane, clear . 82 84 52
St. Louis, pt. eldy. 80 86 70
Tampa, cloudy . 82 88 76
Toledo, pt. eldy. 72 78 68
Vicksburg, pt. eldy. ... SO 94 78
Washington, cloudy ,74 92 72 1 14
Winnipeg. Dt. cld.v. 62 72 48
E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
the south will receive for their grain at
least $250,000,000 more this year than the
harvests of last brought to them.
This extraordlna ry increase is to he
listed among the phenomena which char
acterise American agricultural life since
1900, for In that year the total grain har
vests of the south were a trifle over 900,
000.000 bushels. This year the south will
harvest 630,000,000 bushels in exces® of the
harvest of the year 19«0.
It is upon such statistics as Mr. Ed
monds has with diligence obtained that
the prediction of new wealth somewhat in j
excess of $10,000,000 derived exclusively
from the products of the soil is made
There begins to be confidence that the
money value of the wheat which will be
harvested in the United States, unless cli
mate should prove very unfavorable later,
will considerably exceed $t.000,000.000.
It was ns recently ns 1*Wt that the south
began what lias proved to be a wonderful
era of prosperity. The beijeflcial effects of
it have been distributed throughout the
entire country. N’ot a day passes without
some deflection in the clearing house of
New York city which shows the substan
tial relation of the Industries of the
south to the general prosperity of the
whole country. There are other Industries
besides agriculture in progress In th*
south—reclamations of swamps, the cap
ture of the gigantic energy that Is In
streams and the conversion of It Into elec
tric energy and the preparations which
are under way upon a large scale for In
creasing the commerce of the them
seaports. But .just at this time the as
tounding record which the south is to
make with respect to grain harvests is the
subject of commanding interest. Mr. Ed
monds is moved to say that "prolific na
ture again blesses this whole land with
these marvelous crops, and as we view the
situation against the background of Eu
rope’s wreck and ruin, of fields devas
tated, of poverty and sorrow everywhere,
we ought to rejo'ce that we are permitted
to live in a land so marvelously bussed
by the Alm'ghty. affording to the people
oil all sections and all classes oppor uni
ties never vouchsafed to any other people.
ANNISTON
street Car I,lues To Be Extended.
Lodge Officers Publicly Installed
Anniston, July 19.—(Special.)—The
most important improvement, so far as
Anniston is concerned, since the Ala
bama Power company has taken over
the properties of the Anniston Electric
and Gas company, will be the extension
of the street car lines from this city to
Blue Mountain, an icorporated town
of several hundred inhabitants Just
north of this city.
Manager A. L. Kenyon of the Annis
Ion operations of the power company
lias taken up the matter of getting the
car line extended and the survey for
(he line will he made in the near future,
provided a right of way can be se
cured. A number of Anniston business
men have called on Mr. Kenyon and re
quested that the lines be extended, and
the people of Blue Mountain city are
also calling for it. As an inducement to
the company to make the extension sev
eral merchants have agreed to con
tribute to the purchase of 3000 ties
which will cost $1500.
The proposed extension will cost ap
proximately $10,000. Instead of going
to Twenty-fifth street as at present, the
North Noble line will turn at Twenty
third street and go west to Pine ave
nue, and north along Pine avenue tu
the Southern railway station at Blue
Mountain City. If the Investment will
justify the expenditure of further
money on thie line, a loop will probably
be made from Blue Mountain City hack
to the otty via Edgemont cemetery and
Noble street.
The new car line will run udthln a
short distance of several of the large
pipe plants and other Industries in that
section of the city and will aid materi
ally in the development of a new resi
dential section.
The recently elected officer of An
niston ledge No. 443. A. F. & A. M..
were publicly Installed Monday night
by Past Grand Master Lawrence H. Lee
of Montgomery in the circuit court
room at the Calhoun county courthouse.
The members of the lodge gathered at
the masonic hall at 7:30 o’clock and
marched to the courthouse In a body
and the exercises began at 8 o'clock.
Music was furnished by the "Safety
First band," of the U. S. C. I. P. & F.
Co., and the Invocation was dellvero l
by Dr. F. W. Brandon, pastor of the
First Methodist church. Mr. Lee was
Introduced by H. G. Earnest and the
speeches were eloquent and Uatensd to
attentively.
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DENIES GERMANY
EFFORTS TO PEACE
Prints What Is Purported to
Be Details of Negotia
tions in 1912 Looking To
ward an Anglo-German
Rapproachment
London, July 10.—- (fliftO p. ui. >
The Berlin Norddeutsche Allge
melne Zeitung publishes what pur
ports to be detail* of the negoti
ations In 1012 looking to an Anglo
(iermnn rnppronchment In which
Viscount Haldane, then British
secretary of stnte for war, took a
prominent part. The snbstnnce of
the article Is contained In a Hea
ter's dispatch from Berlin and the
article Is published “to disprove
Viscount Haldane's statement that
his efforts for ponce were frus
trated by Germany.”
According to an official statement,
the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
points out Germany offered different
forms of neutrality. The first draft of
the treaty ran:
“Should one of the contracting par
ties become engaged in war with one
or more powers, then the other con
tracting party shall adopt at least an
attitude of benevolent neutrality and
rxert every effort to localize the con
flict."
England declined to accept this and
made the following counter proposal:
“England shall make no unprovoked
attack on Germany and shall refrain
from aggressive policy with regard to
Germany. An attack on Germany forms
the basis of no treaty, nor is such ob
ject aimed at in afiy combination to
which England belongs, and England
will not be a party to any arrangement
which aims at such an attack."
Terms Too Elastic
This proposal was not acceptable to
Germany. The words “unprovoked at
tack," says the statement ns quoted
by the paper, were held to he too
elastic to form the hasis of a special
treaty of friendship, In that the as
surances contained in the English pro
posal were deemed by Germany as con
stituting ordinary international rela
lions. Germany then proposed:
“Should one of the contracting par
ties become involved in a war with one
or more powers, and it cannot be said
that the contracting party is the ag
arressor. then the other contracting
party will observe toward him at least
a benevolent neutrality and strive to
ward the localization of the conflict.
The contracting parties reciprocally
hind themselves to come to an agree
ment regarding their attitude in the
event of one of them being forced to
declare war through the open provo
cation of a third."
Sir Fdward Grey (British secretai y
for foreign affairs) rejected this, but
made the following proposal:
“Since both powers mutually desire
to ensure peace and friendship among
themselves, England declares that she
will make no unprovoked attack on
Germany and will not participate In
such. England will also refrain from an
aggressive policy toward Germany."
Replace First Sentence
This sentence was to replace the fliat
sentence In the previous proposal. Ger
many assented to discuss the proposal,
but made further negotiations depend
ent on assent to the following condi
tion: “England will naturally preserve
n benevolent neutrality in the event of
war being forced on Germany."
Sir Edward Grey, however, because
of the decision of the British cabinet,
declined to go further than the pro
posed formula, basing bis refusal "on
the fear of otherwise endangering e.\
Isting friendly relations between Eng
land and other powers." Whereupon,
Germany declined to continue the ne
gotiations.
Charged With White Slavery
Sheffield, July 19.— (Special.)—James
Leslie, a young white man, has been
placed under arrest and lodged in the
Colbert county Jail at Tuscumbia
charged with violating the federal
white slave act. It is said that gov
ernment secret service men have been
on his track for nearly two years.
About the first of last year Leslie was
charged with abducting a 14-year-old
girl, Miss Stevens, from Tipton, Tenn..
and carrying her to Fort Smith, Ark.
Leslie will be carried to Memphis,
where the United States law will be
applied to his case.
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Pharmacy, 1st National
Bank Fount, Jefferson
Co. Bank Fount.
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I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lobby Against Judiciary Changes
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
In a recent issue of your most excellent
paper, the statement was made, as a
news item, that there would be a powerful
lobby at Montgomery by the circuit
judges, the circuit solicitors, the chancel
lors. and their friends, in opposition to
the “court bill.”
Now, the said bill is vitally connected
with every measure making for refotm
in the state's judicial system, that lias
been, or that is likely to be. introduced
in the legislature. So, broadly speaking,
the said lobby is established for the pur
pose of deefating any measure that pur
ports to make any material change in tho
present system. In the last apalysie, I
| know that to be the real purpose of the
| lobby.
Every real lawyer, and every other in
telligent man in this state knows that
sweeping reforms are needed In our sys
tem. They know that our system of chan
cery practice is subversive of the great
fundamentals of equity jurisprudence.
They know that the present system of
chancery practice In Alabama heaps up
such tremendous costs on all those who
are so unfortunate as to be an unsuccess
ful seeker for Justice in the chancery
court, as to make the whole bungling sys
tem revolting to every lover of real
equity. They further know that at law.
owing to the many obsolete rules respect
ing procedure in the lower courts arid
appeals to the higher courts, Justice often
miscarries. Why, I know of important
causes where some poor man was con
cerned, that, through first one technicality
or another, have been kept in court for
years, when the same should have been
determined immediately.
I think it simply outrageous for a poor
man. seeking redress of wrong, or dam
ages for injuries, to be harried to death
before securing a trial.
The organic law of both the state and
the nation intends that the citizen who
goes into a court of justice shall have his
rights speedily determined.
Well, the system of procedure in Ala
bama neither in equity nor at law meas
ures up to the constitutional idea, ami
every real lawyer, every solicitor, and
every judge and chancellor knows it. too.
But why the lobby against the enact
ment of laws Intended to correct the evds
of our present system and intended to
measure up more fully to the great idea'
just mentioned? Why do the circuit
judges and chancellors oppose tin* passage
of said law? I shall answer those ques
tions frankly and fearlessly.
1 The lobby is established and will be
maintained for the sole and selfish pur
pose of preventing, by every means at
liana that can be brought to bear, the
enactments of the said laws. The judges
and chancellors oppose those reform meas
ures simply and solely because they
feel that their jobs are by said laws im
periled. Forgetlng the great fact that
all offices of trust, profit and honor in
herently vest In the people, they seem to
regard said offices as a species of prop
erty something on the order of a fixture
in which they have a vested right; in
other words, they regard the action of
the legislature, in attempting to overhaul
the system which will automatically ab
rogate some judicial officers, as being a
confiscation of their private property.
To me it is simply astounding that a
public servant should look upon tho of
| fice with which be has been honored as
janything other than a public trust vested
in tiie people, which the people have a
right to alter, abolish, or recall at pleas
ure. "Public office is a public trust" vest
ed in the people. No individual, under
a government of, and for the people, will
ever have a vested Interest in any public
office, so long as the ideas of the gov
ernment of the people shall live; for in
tho American republic the Ideal is that all
political power Is vested In the people. ,
No, the whole people of Alabama are tWe
sole parties interested in judicial reform.
They have borne patiently, for many
years, the burdens of our bungling sys
tem; and they now richly deserve th# en
actment of a measure that will make jus
tice more speedy, more sure and less
costly.
In speaking of the lobby mentioned
aforesaid no Intimation was made that
the people would have any representation
in the same. The judges, chancellors, so
licitors and their friends—not the peo
ple’s friends—were to constitute the said
lobby against Judicial reform.
Per8onaly, I have no ill will toward
a single Judicial officer in the state.
I have no grouch and no chip on my
shoulder for anybody. I know* that in
writing as I have Jn this, and in pre
vious articles, I have incurred, perhaps,
the hostility of some judicial officer. If
I have I hope I have done so la the in
terest of the people. It has always been
my policy to stand for whatever I felt
to be right regardless of any conse
quences personal to myself. God pity any
man who has not the courage of his con
victions.
In the name of the poor and the op
pressed, in the name of justice and hu
manity and in the name of the present
and future welfare of the state, let the
legislature act in the interest of the Whole
people instead of the interest of the few.
Yours for the general welfare of the
state. W. E. T CM LIN.
Cullman, July 19, 1916.
Tnke Convicts From Mines
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
During the past few days, amid all the
turmoil of various suggestions, your val
uable space lias been overly crowded with
many remedies on all subjects of legisla
tion.
I, like a good many others, request that
J may have the privilege of using space
to ask that a plea made with all sin
cerity, namely, the plea of Senator F. H.
White before the probe committee, th?it
held a session* some few months ago. 1
had the pleasure to be present and hear
this remarkable masterpiece of logic. It
was spoken from the heart as an appeal
to better the condition of unfortunate
mankind. That committee has o nrecord
his statement and cannot conscientiously
overlook the salient features pointed out
so ably.
The convict question is a serious ques
tion to deal with, end not posing as an
expert, I can only state what I knov
to lie a fact.
By results I can. and will he convinced, i
I may not know the best way of handling,
this question. But I have abounding faith
in the wisdom of the present board of
revenue.
All were elected on an Issue of good
roads and have done the unusual thing of
sticking to those promises made, and
have been constructing a system of good
roads that arc n credit to the state sec
ond to none. By your deeds ye shall bo
known. Any one that has an occasion
to travel over the highways at present
cannot fail to appreciate what has be*»n
done along the lines of good roads. Now j
is the accepted time for all good roads,
associations to get together in the move- j
ment that means still greater things for!
them. In doing so a threefold purpose1
will be fulfilled.
A humanitarian act tfone for an unfor
tunate. a properly constructed system of j
good roads, and an opening offered to the
many idle men of this district to start to I
work on a moment’s notice to honest cm- i
ployment. This county has tried the ex- |
periment and Judging from the splendid ;
results shown there is no reason why
there should not be some plan worked !
out* by so many fair-minded, conscien-i
tious, right thinking Christians, assembled j
at Montgomery to erase the stain of mak- ;
ing money from its unfortunate human i
beings. The convict scandal alone would i
Justify the change. Think of this country
being the only civilized nation working
its convicts in the mines.
T have had an occasion to visit one of
the camps lately and see the treatment af
forded by the county. The sanitation was!
good. Eating was wholesome and clean,,
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choicest vegetables of the seasor . The
demeanor of the men was excellent under
the circumstances. One thing especially
remarkable was a request of ore of the
short term men that he he a’lowed to
come In before his trial on another charge
against him and plead guilty and return
rather than stay in jail. If the treatment
had not been good no request would have
been made. The system of roads as now
prevailing in this county is modern. It
is unfortunate that there is no law work
ing the long term men on the roads, as
they could he trained to a degree of ef
ficiency that would be beneficial to the
stRte and the prisoner. The plans hnvo
been laid out along constructive lines and
should be encouraged, not hampered. Mr.
Good Floods Advocate, stick to the men
that are serving you well, and help In a
movement that means betterment of an
unfortunate condition that exists. Kee. -
ing in mind these things, healthfulness,
happiness, safety under peculiar circum
stances. EDWARD PATTILLO. j
Birmingham, July 19, 1915.
Dipping Record for June
To the Fiditor of The Age-Herald: |
It Is gratifying to those who are inter
ested and to the general welfare of Ala
bama that Alabama lias dipped more cat
tle and has done more for cleaning pas
tures and cattle of ticks during the
months of May and .Tunc than any other *
state. During June there were 199,963 cat
tle dipped twice. To do this it required
1106 vats and a large number o/ county,
state and government inspectors. As a
rule it tukes one inspector to every 12
vats.
This work was done in nine counties.
Til five other counties where the work
was begun earlier there were 35,000 cattle
inspected and disinfected twice. There
were a large number of cattle in these
other counties that were already released
as free of ticks and not handled at
that time. Moreover, there are 16 other
counties that are doing preliminary tick
eradication work by building vats all over
the county. In every county In the state
some vats are being built. Many of them
are private vats, but the interest is grow
ing very rapidly. \
Tt is important that all the counties
start preliminary work and educate the
people by building vats. The vat is the
thing that eradicates the tick. The vat
Is the thing that educates the people that
it. is an easy matter to get rid of ticks.
It is predicted by the hest authorities
that as soon as the European war closes
the demand for American meats to feed
tin* hungry Europeans • will be so great
that the price of meat will be higher
than it has ever been in America or
Europe. Hence, the prospects for the
southern farmer to make handsome profits j
out of growing and feeding beef cattle '
was never brighter. Yours truly,
C. A. CARY, u
State Veterinarian.
Auburn. July 20, 1915. |