Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-14
The Cat Ito Tick. HOW It Breed, and

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Cal; Dear Slr:-Your letter of the
10th is al hand and / L.ote the ques-
ton asked therein. See uote ut close
or copy. ifyou. fully understood the
lite historyant the cattle tick (Bo,-
I-piilus Bovis,) I think you would
tiarily have asked the question, be-
cause you could have answered it. in
the negative yourself. When the
young tick is .hrst Matched 1t is no
very small it is almost impossible to
see 1T with the naked eye. or find it
ON an animal. While it remains. so
small, tie refore, it would be almost
i'm possible to determine to a CERTAIN
ty, even 10y inspection, as ~ whether
or moi these small ticks we're on an
animal. When these ticks first yet
onto IN animal, they crawl in under
the hair next the skin, here they seem
70 obtain nourishment and commence
to grow, at this time they only have
Six legs, q on d sIde) after having
been ON the animal 6 OF 7 days they
nIoult Coming out of the old skin
with 3 legsl III another week the,
moult again, ever now they are only
about the s re Of Il fully gor Ved flea
After the second muult they attach
themselves to the animal, where they
c"tumence to grow quite rapidly and
In ~ to % days. they have obtained
their full growth aid gorged them
selves full vt the animals blood, when
they loosen their hold and drop To the
ground; In about five days if the
weather Is suitable the tick will com
mence to lay eggs, in about five more
days the tick will have Completed the
egg laying, the mother tick will die at
the side of the eggs she has laid. 4
fully Eorged tick viii lay about 2GOO
eggs II the weather conditions are
favorable the eggs will hatch in % to
Az days. The ticks are ut first lively
little fellows as e by the aid of Il
Magnifying glass. They may remain
on cattle for months without show.
ing any increase in size. When ticks
iii objected pastures are Matched out
'all OF them are not likely to get or
cattle the same day OF week, and
there might be months difference in
many cases, the refore they u ouid noa
all mature and fall off at *he same
time, so You see, there might be tlckt
on cutie la infected pastures of al
sizes at the same time. Fer the aborx
reasons it Wonld not 10 safe to take
cattle from the infected area Or dis,
trict to tAe cafe area, during the par
OF the year when the weather is suct
that tick eggs may hatch.
have sendeavored to explain the
lite history of the tick, tsat you might
have a pSore; clear ide q OF the Difficult
ties and tnreliabitity Of inspections
made in infected pastures, for tick.
while they are still small it is almost
impossible to determine to a certain
ty, therefore it win not do to take
any chances in that direction.
Yours respectfully, 80.
T. rt.a. w. f.. HILL.
Question asked:t @Wnat 1t cattle
were Inspected and no ticks fonUd
would It be safe TO take them from
infected districts to Modoe countyP'