The Arkansas Farmer

Didn't Make Himself Clear

Dear Editor: Kindly allow me space to apologize to Mr. Stevens for failing to make my October 1 letter more explicit.

First-I usually dip once every spring, but do not have to dip at all, Crawford county is tick free.

However, we had to dip every two weeks for seven years and then because some failed to dip all cattle, we had to dip several months the next year to get all the ticks. But it sure is worth the price to be free from ticks and lice.

And Mr. Stevens says I didn't tell them how I was going to get the ticks out of the timber. That is easy, just send your cattle into them and they will carry the ticks out on their hides, dip the cattle and kill the ticks, that is the way we did it here in Crawford county. Only a few ticks are "fever ticks" but none of them do cattle any good.

Again-I did not mean to insinuate that Mr. Stevens lied when he said he kept the ticks off his cattle. But now, frankly. I think he means he gets them off: keeps them from staying on his cows and drinking Jersey blood until they look like water soaked castorbeans.

We began dipping here in 1917 and I've never lost one cow, calf or yearling since. It seems strange some human beings will blow up vats and commit other crimes in fighting the very forces that are working for their own welfare.

J. T. Loveland, Alma, Arkansas.