Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-16

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may be produced very quickly. After in
lection. which varies from 13 to 80 days,
the animal becomes dull and loses its
appetite High fever may be detected with
a clinical thermometer, varying from 1Ol
degrees to 107 degrees. AS a rule, the bow
els are constipated and rather deeply ting
ed with bile. The urine near the termina-
ton Of the disease becomes deeply stain
ed with the coloring matter Of blood. the
disease is Of variable duration; some
times lasting only few days, and agar
for several weeks.
The disease Of Texas fever is unusually
destructive to cattle in the south, -caus-
ing losses Of between $4,000, 900 and $780,
100000 annually to our live stock INDUS
try It is generally acknowledged tnat
II southern cattle are free from the spe-
cies known as margaropus annulatus they
will not contract Texas or tick fever.
Therefore. every effort should be made
to exterminate this pest. This may be
done in one of several ways. The animals
should be examined from day to day
throughout the year, and If ticks appear
and only a few animals are to be dealt
with they should be picked or brushed
off The animals may be smeared or
sprayed with a disinfecting solution, or
they may be dipped in a vat containing
a solution capable of killing ticks, but
this would only apply where a large
number OF animals are to be handled.
Picking or brushing off may be done with
a dull knife or curry comb. 1t should
be done at least three times a week
on a hard surface so the ticks scraped
of may be gathered UP and burned. If
the work of scraping is performed thor
oughly and no ticks allowed to lay eggs
from June to November the cattle Will
be freed of ticks, and the pasture will
have an opportunity to become free OF
them. The cattle may be treated by
greasing the legs and sides with cotton.
seed meal, fish oil or crude petroleum
This assists in preventing the ticks from
crawling up on the body. A good mixture
for this purpose is one gallon Of kero-
sene oil, one gallon of cotton seed oil,
and one pound OF sulphur. The mixture
may be put on with a sponge, syringe,
brush or mop. This method kills, the.
ticks by plugging up their breathing
pores. $50 -
pastures infested with ticks, may . be,
cleaned by the soiling method. This is
based on a knowledge Of the life history
of these parasites. When this method
is followed the cattle should be Kept In
paddocks for three weeks and given
green food and the ticks picked or brush
ed of and destroyed. Any that escape
will fall to the ground. The cattle at the
end OF three weeks should be removed
to another paddock for a similar period of
time. They should then be examined and
II free Of tacks they may be placed In
a non-infested pasture. Pastures may
be made tick free by excluding the cat
tie for a definite period since the tick
will starve to death unless 1t can reach
it's host-the cattle beast-in given Pc
Rod Of time.
The pasture to be cleaned may be
divided through the middle by a perma-
nent fence which should be made board
tight at the bottom, and there should be
another fence erected ten feet beyond
the first fence as a kind of dead line.
One pasture should be kept free from
animals from early spring to say Decem-
Der or January. The animals then II
thoroughly cleaned from ticks may be
nut on the non-infested pasture and kept
of the infested pasture for another year
and both sections Of the land will be free
OF ticks.
So far as the treatment of the disease
is concerned, but little can be done.
When Texas fever breaks out sick as
we'll as healthy animals should be moved
to another non-infested pasture. This
will not save the diseased animals but 1t
viii probably prevent the spread of the
trouble OF course, the ticks should be
removed at the very beginning. The
medicinal treatment is about as follows:
II the animal Is constipated a drench
of one pound Of Epson salts dissolved
in one quart Of water may be admins
tered followed by sulphate of quinine in.
doses Of 80 to 80 grains four times day
until the system is well saturated with
1t. One-half ounce Of tincture of digi-
tails and two ounces of whisky or alco-
L, ~ hfnaH NTH fpfp
A tonic containing ounces of iron,
ounces of powdered gentian root,
ounces of powdered nux yomica, 2 ounces
of powdered rhnbarb and 6 ounces of
potassium nitrate may be found benef-
cial in making recovery. This tonic
should be given three times day in the
food in heaping teaspoonful doses.
Plenty of nutritious laxative diet with an.
abundant supply of cool drinking water
and quiet and rest are the other fessen-,
tails. fss3t .<f~ f.n#.
THE LEADING VARIETY OF YETcH.
o. P. r.. Dublin, Ga. writes: want
to SOW some vetch; what kind is best and,
what should It be mixed with? How
should the land be prepared. and how
much seed should be used7
There are two kinds of vetch which
may be sown in Georgia, one is known
as viciia saliva or Oregon vetch. and
Viciia villosa or Hairy vetch. We have
tested both on the Georgia farm and
have the following observations to Of.
fer: The Oregon vetch seeded in the.
late summer, say in the latter part of
August or early September. grows off
much more vigorously than the hairy
vetch. and will in a favorable season
develop sufficiently to permit grazing
during the late fall and early winter.