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Letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz Regarding Tick Eradication, 1933

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Letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz Regarding Tick Eradication, 1933

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State Archives of Florida, Series s278

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A letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz regarding tick eradication in the cattle industry. Murphy writes that dipping the cattle every fourteen days is out of the question and asks the governor to delay the institution of the program.

Date

1933-04-05

Creator

Murphy, G.

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Letters (correspondence)

General Note

In 1923, the Florida Legislature passed a statewide act requiring every cattleman comply with a tick eradication program that included dipping cattle in a sodium arsenite solution every two weeks. The act was widely unpopular among cattle farmers.

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Letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz Regarding Tick Eradication, 1933

Subject

Ticks--Control

Cattle breeders

Cattle tick

Cattle dip

Cattle--Disease

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Murphy, G.

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State Archives of Florida, Series s278

Date

1933-04-05

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letters (correspondence)

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eng-US

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s278_b083_f03_028

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Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

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Bradenton (Fla.)

Manatee County (Fla.)

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Business and Industry

Subject - Corporate

Florida. Governor (1933-1937 : Sholtz)

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Murphy, G. Letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz Regarding Tick Eradication, 1933. 1933-04-05. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/351440>, accessed 16 February 2026.

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Murphy, G. Letter from G. Murphy to Governor David Sholtz Regarding Tick Eradication, 1933. 1933-04-05. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/351440>

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