Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

their good work throughout, the COM
Ing spring and summer every tick
will be killed, and these counties can
then be released from quarantine.
Ticks can be eradicnted very easily
by several different methods, a few
of which are here described, and if
further information is desired con-
corning this work, It can be obtained
by addressing State Veterinarian,
Clemson College, 3. G.
Methods of Eradicating Ticks.
I. Small herds can be cleaned by
brushing OF picking foff the ticks,
and destroying same. II this is done
regularly three of four times each
week all the adult ticks will be des
stroyed before any eggs are deposit
ed, and the premises will conse-
quently become free. The great OBJ
lection to this method Is the danger
of some ticks falling of and deposit
ing eggs if the: work is neglected for
a short time.
III. Another method much better
than this consitss in starving the
ticks. This Is accomplished by free
Ing all cattle, horses and mules from
ticks and reno. Ing them from the
infested pastures, and then allowing
the pastures to remain idle until all
the ticks have starved. Seven to
eight months Is usually sufficient to
accomplish this, and IL the pasture
Is abandoned on September 10th It
can again be used after May 1st,
thus throwing the pasture out OF use.
during a season OF the year when
grazing is of little value.
III. The best method so far en-
ployed In this State consists in oil
ing cattle with crude oil, which Is
sold by dealers for about II cents
per gallon, under trade name of
West Virginia black Oil. This oil
not only kills the ticks, but also,
keeps them off the cattle for some
time, and IL applied in the spring,
as soon as the first crop of ticks ap-
pears, and before any fall off, three
applications OF oil will usually be
sufficient to free the premises.
After the first application of oil
the cattle must be carefully exam
ined at least once each week, and
the oil reapplied as soon as ticks
again appear
This method is very successful if
the oil is applied thoroughly, and at
the proper time, but great care must
be taken to see that the oiling is
done properly, because ticks will de-
Iyelop on any portion of the body
which Is not oiled. The inside of
the ears, the under surface of the
body, and the tail are the regions
most often neglected.
This last method has given the
best results, and 1t does not necessi-
tate the abandoning of the pasture.
To obtain the best 'esults the cattle
should be examine at short inter
walls throughout the winter, and the
oil applied as soon as the ticks ap-'
pear. The first crop of ticks sell
dom appears, however, before March
and IL the oil Is then applied thor
oughly the second application is sell
dom necessary within three or four
about three weeks after the second.
a fourth application may prove nee
essary in rare cases.
These periods are only approxi-
mate, and weekly examination of
the cattle will determine the exact
time for oiling.
The object of this treatment Is to
destroy all ticks on the cattle before
any mature and drop to the ground
to deposit their eggs.
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the National Pure Food and Drug
Law.
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