The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-12-15
THE STATE CAN d MADE IN.
TIMELY Tick-PH9G ~ oe&g
oeAeoA
EVERYONE MUST CO. OPERATE
levieiana y ~ only oeate OsGaO
the Twsntv-sns Day 0lpeiaO
PEERLESS.

D040o OF ~ Q0MDVD0D 01OOt ~
eusntly ASKED On tiek eradication -
answered below ~ d. ". II. DAlsyn-
pas. Of the Department q vstsrioary
Science, Louisiana susie University:
why b II necessary % W eeses
every - days during the season to
get rid o. The tleIssf
Answer. During IL vaGA season
Of the year. the average time roQus-
q By tAs tick to dsvslsp. frsu tAs
small larval, or seed Itch. after ~
taching to cattle, until ~ large t.
male tick natures and droDs to the
ground to lay her -, n about n
days. But while ~ days may - the
average, many TICKS mature earlier
than that tine. Consequently 1t has
besn found that the f1-day dipD1ag
periods DO net catch the saTlisrna-
turing ticks, which drop on and kssD
on making more ticks, thereby delae-
ing the haal results. o. the other
hand. BY dipping cattle svssy ~ Gays.
ell Of the ticks that become attaaAed
70 them In the intervals are MnsA,
because none q them netuFe and
drop on before IL days.
How has this tmfe-ma%le~ bssn -.
ta.Nsdf
Answer. II hAs bssa oAssevsd ~
those engaged N he work Of tioa
esadioation that, towards the end II
the season, under TIE 3l-1Ay nstheA
there are always . number q oabtss,
or hss1s, s&iA re0ainiag tlch@alssted.
While With 1<day diDping there ~
Be noUA. Or emily wy fsw, with ticks
- tAsD.
rhsa the dIppi~S psrieds are bassd
upsn the VINE rsQslred Ter ~ tieks
- ssvslsp - the cattle end Na,I -?
Answer. Prssissiy -. The adoH
tiel u The 1<AAy Destods 10 to o.
stesH ~ - the tcas that have -
come at1aCAed to ~ osttls h The -
tervals bStwosa dlnolAss, wltAeut Any
Of them having drseDsd -.
How IsWS. rsaasivs,y. WIN Il take -
sisa~ . par'sh. - ssstisr. - tlsks w.
~ NE i<-day and 41-day ltppias ~
rieds?
Answer. WIKI he fun coop>ra.
tlsn Of everyone Interested, the ticks
may b. cleaned up - 90 ssasea N
der the 14-day periods; whiis unlsr
Ne 11-4sy periods II may tain tvs
or three o. more seasons, a. has beea
the ease II . number sf parishes.
Do Ticks have any sfRsst On MILK
peeAvettenf
Answer. FedssAl experts have test
Cd this question. and they reDegt that
cattle which have bssa freed OF ticks
have givsn IN Increased MINK BIO
dustSoa Of from IL to - per cent. d.
pending On how sFossly they had pre-
vtously been infested. II We shosyI
strske Al average Of = per cent, Il
would mean that the dairyDaa vhe
continued to Nd tieAs "a II osvs
was thsowins away An equivalent Of
enc bueketfL Of milk out OF eysex
four which III cows wsuN produce
under tteAfresAcm.
What s<pset Dc the tjoks hsxs. 10
any, On tAs 6s~s&eemsat q bssf
cattle?
Answer They prevent dsvelop-
meat. because q great Saal Of the
blsod which the feed makes, and that
should be used to nourish the animal.
U appropriated BY the tiohs. and thu
benefit Of the feed 10, therefore. Loo,
10 the animal.
Are al the other states dippins
Shs'r cattle every - days?
Answer. Yes. Some of than
adopted the 1%day periods at IN.
beginning of the work, and othsrs
That had commenced with the n aavs
have since abandoned the leaser IN.
ssrvah for the 1<Aay method, a. the
results have besn fexnd 70 p,,,ch
more satisfactory.
II 10 believed, then, that 4 h ~.
sfbas TO eradicate the cattle ss,.,
from q parsh, Or even NE sats. N al
~ cattle are ttPped In TIE s&arSard
arssn'ea' solution every ~ days ~
enc ssassnf
Answer. Yes. 4 IL being dese :,
other states. and parts q this stat.
q the present time. however. - h.
eoss to accomplish it satisfactorily it
viii require cooperation on the nart
u everyone concerned and intsrestsA
sA the work.
When snes the staAs 10 tiek.yr..
~@l ths~s be any danger o. rs.k,Sss.
katieN?
Answer. Meme. The federal cav.
srnment and the state will see that
rigid quarantine 10 maintained ax.,..t