Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-24
A DIP OR SPRAY FOR CATTLE
Experiment Station Bulletin by
John NJ. Scott.

Perhaps in no section OF Florida are
the cattle free from animal parasites.
Every farmer, whether he owns one
animal or one hundred ought to be in
terested enough to protect his animals
from the injurious effects Of these para.
sites. We have beea using at the Elk
pertinent station for the past year
dip which mas proved quite satisfactory.
The formula was prescribed by DR.,
Nelson S Mayo, and is as follows
White arsenic -two.ffths pound
Sodium carbonate, (crystalsl -one and
one-eighth pound.
Yellow soap-one and one-eighth
pound,
Pine tar one-half pint,
Dissolve the arsenic by boiling It for
hat an hour in one gallon Of water,
Add the dissolved arsenic to FIVE gal
Ions Of water Shave the soap, mix it
with the soda, snd dissolve the mixture
10 one gallon Of water, When dissolv-
ed pour 10 The tar, pouring in slowly in
hue stream, and stlrring meanwhile
80 as to set II into the solution. Then
mix itwlth the atssli selntiee sra
add water to make twenty gallons Ia
all.
This is to be used as q dig, spray or
wash. II loses but little by age. The
solution not only kills the ticks, but
also kills all other animal parasites
with which it comes 10 contact. It
may be applied either with a brush or
a sprayer, OF it may he put in "a dipping
.enk through which the animal is
passed.
one Of the worst parasites with which
we have to deal is the cattle tick
which causes Texas or splenic fever.
The loss among native stock from this
disease is quite heavy; but perhaps
most OF th5 loss Is caused not by the
fever. out by the heavy drain upon the
oniplaps system FROM the large quantl-
ty OF blood taken by the ticks one
tics consumes only small quantity;
bnt the continued feeding OF several
thousand ticks upon one animal soon
exheusts its constitution and vitality.
This is especially true OF young ani'
mails such as calves from six weeks to
one year old--a period when they ought
TO be making their best development
and growth. If at this time they are
leading several thousand ticks, instead
Of growing and developing as they
should they actually become smaller
The young animal once stunted In
,,royvth will never develop as 10 would
have done, II it had received proper
cara and treatment from the first Be-
s,des suffering This loss OF blood, tick
iofested catsle suffer continuously from
'r,i,ation ard injury ofthe skin. The
,;ck yhsn attaching itself to the AMI
malls body puLctares the skin The
n,ret,,re il soon surrounded by an area
,n,,rse inflammation which results Ia
- ne sormstion Of readily visible scabs'
me injury to the live stock owaer
!, the ticks is not confined to the loss
& bloodsnd che irritation Of the skin
e !, q dis cattle. II has been s essl :,
1900 that the loss 70 the dairyman
i Ca 81 the cows being heavily ~ -,
~ q Win siclSs is etual 40 one quar-
o{n,ils \ day fos each COW THIS 81. los'
so,oar = n ! yearto no Tess than 20 :.
e a' oat,,,.ta iIo Is 10 gallons) Of MIX NIX
e. ~ sssh ,,o& rms means rearly iosS
Muehstht ssms tlae OF COWS ., on sns
r.nge wsss bnrsips calves The COW
~ Il sesd hs sioks. Hence y ene
e;cls sbsttac ne sqoiyaient q ous
o .'9ss H nlIk I dhy from dairy cattle :,
sa,,h,lsl. tIisS fsapee in some similar
s ,so,,o,tia k tbs sri yleld Of the range