Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-28
To FREE CATTLE OF
TEXAS CATTLE TICKS
-
lot Vital Interest to Every
Farmer in Wayne
County.
SYSTEM OF ERADICATION
Should be Relieved When PraCtlC-
able or G0nditisn Will Permit
.--FaIl Information on
This Subject.

There are four practical methods
that may be employed in freeing cat
tie and pastures of Texas fever ticks:
Cd Picking or brushing of the ticks;
CD smearing Or spraying the animals
with q ~disinfecting solution; CD dip
| ping the "tieky'' animals in a a con-
tanning a solution capable of killing
the ticks without injury to the cattle;
! "a a systematic pasture rotation
whereby the ticks are eliminated by
changing the cattle to one pasture af-
ter another, allowing the ticks to drop
Off. and preventing new ticks from
getting on the cattle.
In sections where there are large
herds and ranches, dipping or spray
ing on a large scale has been success
fully carried out, either alone or in
conjunction with pasture rotation,
while in other sections, where the cat
tie on farms consist of only a few
head, hand dressing with oil has been
found to be the most practical plan.
The methods above suggested, there
fore, apply to different sections of the
| COuI1IIy, III tn0 StOChlldA Vi I11CI
should select the one which is best
suited to his particular case.
Picking or Brushing OFF the Ticks.
Where the herd is small the ticks
may be picked off by hand or scraped
off with a dull knife or currycomb
This should be done at least three
times a week in order to remove all
the large ticks before they mature
and fall off, as by this system the
smaller ticks which at first escape
detection will be found before they
are fully developed. After removal
the ticks should be destroyed, prefer
ably by burning. Care should be tax
en- to go over the animals thoroughly
and after once going oyer they should
not be neglected, as ticks may be
picked up from time to time. If this
work is thoroughly done and no ticks
allowed to fall off and lay eggs from
June 1 to the end of November, the
cattle will be free from ticks and the
pastures clean.
Swearing or Spraying.
Greasing the animals all over thor.
oughly with cotton seed oil, fish oil
or beaumont crude petroleum will as
sist in preventing the ticks from get
ting upon them and destroy the ticks
already on them. This method is
practicable when only a few animals
are to be treated. A mixture of one
gallon of kerosene, one gallon of cot
ton seed oil and one pound of sulphur
has proved effective when used two or
three times a week during the tick
season. It should be applied with a
sponge, syringe, brush, mop or broom
Where a larger number of cattle are
to be treated, but not enough to war
rant building a vat, spraying has Civ
en- good results. The necessary
equipment consists of a forcepumI
such as is used by orchardists for
spraying trees, with a barrel in a
wagon or on a platform and a hose
with an ordinary nozzle. A 20 pei
cent. emulsion of Beaumont oil or q
5 per cent. solution of n of the
standard coal-tar dips may be used
The ~sprayings should be continued
throughout the whole season, and ii
thoroughly done will leave the cattle
and pastures free for the following
year.
Dipping in a Vat.
Where a large number of animals
are to be treated, dipping in a vat is 9