Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-06
How to Exterminate the Cattle Ticks
y TAFT Butler State Veterinarian of North
Veterinarian o Carolina

LBy Tai" Butler State Veterinarian of North Carolina
Veterinarian of South Cardinal
Since it only full knowledge of the habits of the
cattle ticks and the which they breed that the
means for their destruction be devised and understood
following facts should be carefully considered:
l. The fugrown female ticks, after filling themselves with
oooa arop on the cattle and crawl under leaves
other material with which the ground may be
q In two or three days these ticks begin laying eggs
lay from 1900 to $500 during the weeks %
g. In real weather these eggs may hatch in three
weeks but the Matching be greatly delayed
entirely by cold weather
4. The young ticks (seed tcks) although extremely small
are active and crawl up the weeds twig and
cattle to come along and pick them up
s. Since these young ticks able live longer with
out food unless horse mule brushes its legs against
& g. From the time the young ticks get cattle until they
are u grown and ready to drop off is about four weeks
in cold weather. when they frequently longer
Nener od nor young ticks crawl far and fence with
fences do not always afford protection.
ohs rms ,ad DO not & 60 from ON one one animal IN to another
same fall and unless the young ticks get CATTLE horses
mules they will die of cold before spring
TO- Eggs laid during the cold weather of late fall and win
ter do hatch until the warm days of spring is there
FORE the and the ticks that able pass through
the winters of the northern and western portions of this
With the foregoing facts in mind three destroy
ing the ticks at once suggest themselves:
l. Keep all cattle, horses of the
pastures lanes and lots after September st all eggs
vousy laid will hatch before cold weather yog ticks
starve to death before spring
g. Divide the pasture by rail or board tight
on the ground and the first year keep all CATTLE horses and
mules out of oneha after September second year
put the cattle the half left year previous and
also provide new lanes and lots ground which
ran the year before.
g. practicable burn the pasture thoroughly early in
the spring Mix sulphur with the salt given cattleone
part of sulphur to three parts Begin not later than
Ap 10Th greasing the legs and under parts cattle and
repeat it once week all summer.
ne grease prevents young ticks from getting cattle
ana @ @ ks those already on by plugging the small openings
the BODY through which they breathe Any bland such as
coton seed OIL or nseed OIL applied alone will kill ticks
that are coated with it, The low grade seed oil
winch sells very heap at the mills the purpose very
nicely good dsnfecan sulphur oil may be prepared by
@ one gallon OF cotton seed OIL half pound flowers of sui
Phur and half pint zenoleum chloronapholeum Heat
the on stir in the sulphur and add the zenoeum cool
The oils may be applied with paint whitewash brush
or sWabbed on with cloth While greazng cattle look
carefully for any ticks tached to the hody anv are
found on the cattle pick off and burn them.
For herds of five to head where greasing and hand
picking would be aborious, spray pump may be Any
garden spayer such the knapsack bucket pump be
used Make per cent solution of any of the coal sn-
ectants such as choronapthoeum zenoeum apply
beray to the animals week long any ticks can
be found on them
If the greasng hand picking and spraying be done
ougy and ticks allowed drop pastures lanes or
lots for four or five months during the Season. the
will be successful.
EITHER OF the first two methods when they be
are always certain to extermnae the ticks but the third
applicable to large herds and will fail unless carefully and
thoroughly carried out