The Little River news., 1915-09-18

the tick is on the cattle, tnS 'Eax5t,s-. the herd is kept down and the sta,,Isps, of fertilizer producad is ne oEssscSss8ss'- limited
 Ticks Live or Cows Eio@6-
 Through years Of breeding ESa9 ega2ls production the dairy COW, wnsl2 ,5ss! { interfered with by the tick, ,l.sn Issa come most efficient animal. 8zsf2ass. Is also highly specialized; heT aesA' ous system is such that even cfa2sssfsss changes affect the milk flow. t%sa.o an irritated, nervous COW is hlR~f tsie' be a liability rather than ,aE aasa The cattle tick, even if it does EUt.s1sss her the fever and kill her. irrit2s esy's sssss and makes her n.9E:.,-ug, and also tAs17. a heavy toll of blood. In so dolra;s ff1. tick saps the vitality of the anins4.s ssi~' reduces her milk flow loss oe sSas~st means loss of milk The tick, qssfass sucking blood, as has been pointed sssaa u may also transmit to the COW l5S4pS dreaded Texas fever. Thus the zssss.y mony shows the tick is easiEs as worst enemy of the COW in Gaf ss.' fested part of the South.
 Thousands Of these robbers 5sssssas on cattle. pastures. feed lots, s4sa, yards and stables. If the cattle zses- heavily infested, the ticks are sHGasr. in small sups, 200 pounds of hSaEals,4 a year from each 1.000pound a1zsazs proportionately less of course, fgss s-s al hut / -psts. takes all the blood it can get Asfst, blood in steer or COW at ax3y l2Ess,.-, time weighs only about fifty .EGaIasae This means that the ticks ta.sgR ass equivalent of all the blood of Etts11a.ss-- imal. in small sups, four times ssHsas- year. and the animal must reTsfsSt sts. blood four times tc feed the ti4sp9ss fore any blood is left to go intH iassaa or milk. It takes feed and ssgy is~ make blood. The tick that steasx sssss from cattle. therefore. steals tse 1sska. CTS money.
 How the Ticks Multpil. Each female tick, after being issGxsss with blood, lays from 5000 K s-ssss eggs in the grass These eggr ssos' into seed ticks. The young SsaA.aEss the grass have only six legs. 2fss lie in wait for the cattle to FasassaaA when they stop to graze or lie a-eisas grass, the little ticks scramble T-ssaAS and take their meals by sucking hsoaI1 The ticks must have blood and .-ssrsss : . of 1t or they will starve to dea&al. &fa ter few weeks of boarding on Ehssrpa tie they become big ticks anfi3Essss. grown two more legs. Then sSaeHs, gorged ticks drop off into the ,Rasss and the females lay great quansk<s of eggs, and the costly circle sx5As- tinues
 Co-Operate to Fight the TieA,
 A dairyman singIe-handed caI ,ssss his cattle of ticks but this HnsaSae much more work on his pals1 aaass, when the community or county HsssEs) crates to free the whole tsur4sfy. and the cost per head becomes .&tzSsrs nominal. The first step for the ezaassQ or stock man who wishes to 9si stra- saving the s50,000,000 board hHisx& South Is paying for the tick is ssas1sE his neighbor interested in tho asasaes against the tick Then he shosslK sss. terest people about tho county. Ixa department of agriculture beaFF lFsx8 of the cost of ridding the ccGmsyaf; ticks by sending without e1pansafrssc field men to help build vats srsnilsts' supervise the dipping of the tSsoasiAs The cost to the county Is oaisy assR' vats, or say $50 to $100, a2at ;as' arsenic for dipping, which ccsbe frss cents for enough to dip each fnssSs times enough to free it from. 1sSE%s | The total cost of eradicatins, a.aM1s. 1 from cattle by dipping Is 50 @suxf fs head, including time in driving sdecSA ASss | the vat. Some counties have nswRtAass to the department that the cost 1SrSls' county and it's citizens was sSasy !sa cents an animal Once the farsa SsAas community are free from ticks esrzgi precaution should be used to kesaEA& ticks away.
 For full particulars on now @s msaf the ticks feast on your cows asksais ! your community. write a postcaaksa l the Bureau of Animal Industry. Dsxs Department of Agriculture. WssahAAes ton, D. c. The department ..w wah ~ glad to send you FarmeTs'n BussSstsxs Nos. 693, Eradication of the a.iaEe. Tick Necessary for Profitable NGs1ss. ing; 569, Texas or Tick Fever .fks Beef Production in the South; s&asy Methods of Exterminating the ,@Ass2 Fever Tick Special Circular. IsassSs of Tick Eradication Upon, the 1saasA Industry of the South; and Cixcall s.la a,r Progress and Results .sof,. GSstseass 1 Eradication.