Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-27

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are The cattle free from animal para.
sites Every farmer, whether he
owns one animal or one hundred,
ought to be interested enough TO pro
tect his animals from the injurious
effects Of these parasites. We have
been using at the Experiment Sta
tIon for the past year dip which
has proved quite satisfactory. The
formula was prescribed by DR.. Nelson
s. Mayo, and Is as follows; White
arsenic, two-fifths pound; Sodium
carbonate (crystals), one and one
eighth pound; yellow soap, one and
one-eighth pound; Pine tar, one-half
pint, Dissolve the arsenic by holding
IL for half an hour In one gallon OF
water, Add the dissolved arsenic to
I'VE gallons OF water. Shave the soap,
mix Il with the soda, and dissolve the
mixture IN one gallon Of water.
When dissolved pour In the tar, pour
ing in slowly In a fine stream, and
stirring meanwhile 80 as to get in,S,
solution. Then mix II with the arse
mic solution, and add water to make
twenty-five gallons In all.
This Is to be used as dip, spray.
or wash. II loses but little by age.
The solution not only Kills the ticks,
but also kills all other animal para
sites with which It comes In contact
1t may be applied either with a brush
or sprayer. or 1t RAY be put in
a dipping-tank through which the
animal Is passed.
Injury by Ticks One Of the worst
parasites with which we have to deal
IL the cattle tick. which causes Texas
or splenic fever, The loss among
native stock from this disease is quite
heavy; but perhaps most of the loss
is caused not by sever. but BY the
heavy drain upon the animals Bys-
TEN from me large quantity OF blood
taken by the ticks. One tick con.
smmes only small quantity; but the
continued feeding OF several thousand
ticks upon one animal soon exhausts
its constitution and vitality. This Is
especially true " young animals,
such az calves from six weeks to one
year old--a period when they ought
20 be making their best development
and growth. II at this time they are
feeding several thousand ticks, in.
stead Of growing and developing as
they should they win actually be-
come smaller. The young animal once
stylnted in growth win never develop
as Il would have done. II II had re-
ceiyed proper care and treatment
from the frst, Besides suffering this
loss OF blood. tlck.lnfested cattle
suffer continuously from irritation
and injury OF the skin. The tick
whom attaching itself TO the animals
body punctures the skin The pune
ture Is soon surrounded by an area
OF intense inflammation. which results
IN the formation Of readily Visible
Rcabs.
Loss Of MIX Tho injury TO the i've
stock owner by che ticks Is NOT con.
fined 20 the loss OF blood. and the ir.
ritatlon Of tho skin caused to his cat.
ue Il has been estimated that che
loss to tho dalrymsn capaec b. the
COWS heng heavily Infested with ticks
~ equal % ono quart OF milk day for
oach COW This loss amounts In. a
year 10 no less than 27s-SQ0 quarts
(g0 20 10 gallonsl OF milk Tor each
COW This wcans yearly loss Of $50
--saS.
Much the same h true OF cows on
enc range When nursing calves. The
COW has "a fead the ticks Hence. Il
enc ticks abstract the equivalent 81
one quart Of milk day from dairy
cattle, aouhtless they reduce Ia SONS
simllar proportion the milk yield Of
thp range COW. whose cali must loss
that amount and The calf nkowis,
suffers ponding drain froU
sea own ticks. Hos then csm we ex