The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-09

Arsenleal solu tlon.
the tick Ia on tho cattle. the sine Of
tho herd Ia kept down and the amount
OF fertilizer produced Ia necessarily
limited
Ticks Live on Cows Blood.
Through years OF breeding for milk |
production the dairy COW. when not
lnterfered with by the tick. has be-
come a most efficient animal. But she
Ia also highly specialized: her nery-
Gus system IL such that even climatic |
changes Affect the milk flow. Thus
an irriiated. nervous COW Ia likely TO
be a liability rather than an asset.
The cattle tick. even II II does not give
her the fever and Nil her. irritates her
and makes her nervous. and also taken
a heavy toll Of blood In 80 doing. the
tick sapa the vitality Of the animal and
reduces her milk flow: loss Of blood
means lass OF milk The tick. while
sucking blood. as has beer pointed out.
may also transmit 10 tho COW the
dreaded Texas fever, Thus the teeti.
mony shows tho tick IA easily the
worst enemy Of the COW In the In
Tested part Of the South.
Thousands OF these robbers thrive
ON cattle. pastures, feed lots, barn
yards and stables. II the cattle are
heavily infested, tho ticks are sucking.
Ia small aups. 200 pounds OF blood In
year from each 1000 pound animal.
pr0portionately less. OF course. from a
lighter animal animal but the tick
takes all the blood II can get All tho
blood In a steer or COW at any one
time weighs only about iifty pounds.
This means that the ticks take the
equivalent Of all the blood OF that an.
imal. IN small sups. four times every
year. REd the animal must renew its
blood four times to feed the tick DO.
fore any blood IL left TO go into meat
or milk II takes feed and hay to
make blood The tick that steals blood
from cattle. therefore. steals the farm
er's money
..s.s the Ticks Multiply.
Each female tick. after being gorged
with blood. lays from 1900 to 1000
eggs In the gnss These eggs hatch
into seed ticks. The young ticks In
the grass have only siK legs They
lie In wait for the cattle TO pass and
when they stop to Craze or lie in the
grass the little ticks scramble aboard
and take their meals by sucking blood.
The ticks must have blood and plenty
Of Il or they will siarye To death. AZ.
ter few weeks Of boarding on the cat.
Ito they become big ticks and have
grown two more legs Then the en-.
gorged ticks drop OF into the grass
and the females lay great quantities
of eggs. and the costly circle con
tlnuca
Cooperate TO Fight the Tick.
A dairyman singlehanded can rid
his cattle Of ticks but this requires
much more work ON his part than
when the community or county coop
crates to free the whole territory,
The cost Of the dipping vat In shared
and the cost per head becomes almost
nominal. The FIRST step Tor the dairy
or stock man who wishes 10 aid In
saving the ihO.O00.O00 board bill the
South II paying for the tick is to get
his neighbor interested In the flgh!
against the tick Then he sheaid In
terest people about the county. The
department Of agriculture bears part
of the cost * Kidding the county OF
ticks by sending without expense ita
gaid men to help build watts and "a
supervise the dipping OF the cattle
The cost To tho county II only foi
watts or say $50 TO 500, and the
arsenic for dipping. which costs only
cents for enough TO dip each head
times enough To free II from ticks
The total cuat OF eradlcaiing ticks
from cattle by dipping Ia 80 cents
head. including time In driving them Il
the vat Some counties have reported
TO tho department that the cost TO th'
county and It's citizens was only q
cents an animal. Once the farm and
community are free from ticks ever
procaution should DO used TO keep thu
ticks away.
For full particulars on how to en'
7 the ticks feast on your cows and II
? your community. write postcard 4
! the Bureau Of Animal Industry, u. s
Department OF Agriculture. Washing
ton. ID. C. The department will b.
. glad TO send you Farmers Bulletin
/ Nos. 6ss, Eradication Of the CATH
) Tick Necessary for Profitable Dairy
A ing; 500. Texas or Tick Fever; $50
a Beef Production In the South; i9S
0 Methods OF DISCRIMINATING the Texa
A Fever Tick: Special Circular. Effect
r Of Tick Eradication Upon the CATH
a Industry OF the South; and Circular o.
q Progress and Results OF Cattletic
o Eradication.