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The Cattleman June 1916
HE CATTLEMAN MAGAZINE IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A few minutes each month to look back in history to fi nd the interests of cattle raisers at the time. We have reprinted the text of these news items as they ap-
peared in the issue. Any comments from the editor appear in brackets. The cover of the June 1916 issue of The Cattleman shows “A Busy Day On Swen-
son Bros. Ranch.” In that issue, the editor ran a blueprint for a dipping vat, and a “Bill of Materi-
als” needed to construct it, in the article “Consider the Tick – May Be Eradicated by Systematic Dipping.” In that article we read: “According to estimates made by cattlemen in response to inquiries from the
Bureau of Animal Industry, the loss sustained throughout the eleven States infested with ticks has been about thirteen per cent. Admitting that the loss has been even one-half that great, it would total the stupendous sum of about $34,000,000.00 an- nually. The loss in the State of Texas, compared to its area, has not been so large as
in other sections of the country, yet conservative cattlemen estimate their individual losses at many thousands of dollars annually. Whatever one’s impression or attitude might have been in the past concerning the subject of tick eradication, with the increased value of live stock, it is well to pause and consider the tick and its high cost of living. “That good cattle can be
raised in the tick infested territory is an established fact. But that the mere presence of the tick forces them to be marketed on the quarantine side, sub- ject to lower market quotations is also a well known fact. “The producer quite obviously
does not profi t by the breeding and fattening of ticks, and the question is not so much whether it pays–that is
conceded by most men engaged in the business, but how can the tick be eradicated speedily and at the minimum expense.”
Many thanks to TSCRA First Vice Presi-
dent Bobby McKnight, Fort Davis, for provid- ing this photo from the Cattlemen’s Conven- tion, circa 1900. We will post this image on
thecattlemanmagazine.com for those history buffs who would like a closer view of the ranchers from 116 years ago.
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