The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-09-17

while a heavy infestation will cut
down the cows milk as much as ~
per cent. Study the sums worked out
on the basis of 20 cows. which. II the
cows were not infested with ticks.
would normally produce about eight
quarts a day.
Lightly Infested With Ticks.
(Milk flow down IS P. c.
in quarts per quart;
20 tick-free cows ........ !eo go
20 ightly-ticked cows. 1l 900
Loss Loss ps for oa 20 day.:
Cost Of dipping herd and freeing 1t ,oo
from TICKS WV
Profit per year from dipping. .......s2so.W
Heavily Infested by Ticks.
CMiik now 9 q g.
% .,,. in quarts. per quart;
% % f,ekrfree COWS :lSo az
Loss Los: ? Fer a 10 days i;;;::' 80
Cost %e, OK Clipping n;;in: herd an % freeing 1t ''O"
from ticks wv
front per year from dipping. ..... $66o.OO
The tick. when sucking the blood
also suffers greatly through lack OF
ability to import pure-bred stock.
About 60 per cent Of the cattle
brought in from the North. according
to the departments estimate. sue.
cumb to Texas fever.
Ticks Take Toll From Hides.
The tick. when sucking the blood
Of cattle. lessons the value of the
hide. reducing It from q No. 2 quality
to that known as No. 1. The differ
ence In price between these two
grades OF hide is three cents a pound.
AS the hide of southern steers weigh
about AZ pounds. the presence Of the
tick In the hide causes a loss In the
hide alone Of more than $1.26 q hida.
1t has been shown that the cost OF
tick eradication is less than fifty cents
a head. so that the increased value OF
the hide of the animals would pay the
cost OF eliminating the tick, and leave
the farmer q profit of about seventy
six cents. when considering the hide
alone.
These heavy annval losses Of cattle
raisers in the infected district can be
entirely effaced, and at q cost small
in proportion to the return; for, with
enthusiastic stockmen. satisfactory
state legislation. suficient money and
a trained corps Of inspectors, the cat
tie tick may be exterminated. and ev-
cry dollar expended In this work will
be returned MANIFOLD during each
succeeding year. The United States
department Of agriculture bears part
Of the cost Of Kidding the country of
ticks by sending. without expense to
the county where the work is tc be
conducted, its field men to supervise
the building OF watts and the dipping
of cattle. The total cost OF dipping
cattle at most is so cents a head, and
in some counties It has been estimat-
ed to cost the county and It's citizens
not over 20 cents q head.
The department of agriculture has
published a number of bulletins ON
different aspects Of the tick problem.
which will be sent on application.
Among these are Farmers Bulletins
No. 500. Eradication OF the Cattle
Tick Necessary for Profitable Dairy
ing" No. $50. Texas o. Tick Fever"
No. $50. Beef Production in the
South" No. 496. Methods Of Exter
minating the Texas Fever Tick" spe.
cial Circular. Effects of Tick.Eradi.
cation Upon the Cattle Industry Of the
South" and circular on Progress
and Results Of Cattle-Tick Eradica-
tton."
The accompanying picture shows
the emaciated condition Of q steer in
tested with ticks. This animal was
} dipped in an arsenical bath on August
IL. to kill the ticks. At that time no
weighed 730 pounds. He was contin.
ued on the same feed that he had 70.
ceived before dipping, and on October
~ weighed Lis pounds. a gain Of 3S5
) pounds.
Dipping tick-infected cattle in tho
arsenical bath is being done in many
parts OF the South. The given illus.
tration shows one of the forms of din
ping vats used. Five cents worth OF
arsenic per head is all that IL re-
! quired. The vat costs from $50 to
500. Once the vat is built, the cat.
! tie can be dipped as often as needed.
The only costs are driving the cattle
to the vat and handling them in the
. bath.