Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-11-02
TIE STATE CAN BE MADE EN-
TiRELY TICk-FREE IN ONE
SEASON.
EVERYONE MUST COOPERATE
Louisiana Is the Only State Using
the Twenty-one Day Dipping
Periods.

Why Is II necessary to dip cattle
every II days during the season to
get rid Of the tleksf
Answer. During the warm season
Of the year, the average time reQuir'
ed by the tick to develop. from the
small larval, or seed tick. after at
taching to cattle. until the large fe-
male tick natures and drops to the
ground to lay her egg, Is about %
days. But while % days may be the
average, many ticks mature earlier
than that time. Consequently it has
been found that the 21-day dipping
periods do not catch the earlier-ma-
turing ticks, which drop of and keep
on making more ticks, thereby delay
ing the final results. On the other
hand, by dipping cattle every IA days.
all of the ticks that become attached
to them in the intervals are killed,
because none Of them mature and
drop OF before IA days.
How has thIs information been OBJ,
taIned7
Answer. II has been observed by
those engaged in the work Of tick
eradication that. towards the end Of
he season, under the 21-day method,
there are always number Of cattle,
or herds, still remaining tick-infested.
While with 14day dipping there may
be none. or only very few, with ticks
on them.
Then the dipping periods are based
upon the time required for the ticks
to develop on the cattle and fall Off
Answer. Precisely so. The adop.
ton Of the 14-day periods is to do
stroy all of the ticks that have be.
come attached to the cattle In the in.
tervals between dippings, without any
Of them having dropped of.
How long, relatively, will It take ia
clean parish, or section, Of ticks un-
der the 14-day and 21-day dipping pc.
riods7
Answer. With the full co-opera,
ton of everyone interested, the ticks
may be cleaned up in one season un.
der the 14-day periods; while under
the 21-day periods it may take two
or three or more seasons, as has been
the case in number Of parishes.
Do ticks have any effect on milk
production7
Answer. Federal experts have test.
ed this question, and they report that
cattle which have been freed Of ticks
have given an increased milk pro-
duction Of from Is to AZ per cent, de-
pending on how grossly they had pre-.
viously been infested. II we should
strike an average of Is per cent, II
would mean that the dairyman who
continued to feed ticks on his COWS
was throwing away an equivalent of
one bucketful Of milk out of every
four which his COWS would produce
under tick-freedom.
What effect do the ticks have, II
any, on the development Of beef
cattle7
Answer. They prevent develop
ment, because a great deal of the
blood which the feed makes, and that
should be used to nourish the animal
Is appropriated by the ticks, and the
benefit Of the feed is, therefore, lost
to the animal.
Are all the other states dipping
their cattle every IA days?
answer. Yes. Some of them
adopted the 14-day periods at the
beginning Of the work, and others
that had commenced with the q days
have since abandoned the longer in
tervals for the 14-day method, as the
results have been found SO much
more satisfactory.
II 10 believed, then, that II 10 Doe
sloIe to eradicate the cattle tIeks
from parsh, or even the state, ~ I'll
tne cattle arr dipped In the STANDARD
arsenlcaI solution every IA days TO,
one season.
Answer. Yes. It is being done II
other states, and parts Of thiS state
at the present time. However, to be
able to accomplish it satisfactorily II
VIII require cooperation on the part
or everyone concerned and interested
in the work.
When once the state is fIck.fr.e
will there be any danger Of ee-lnfes.
tatIon7
Answer. None. The federal eov
eminent and the state will see that
rigid quarantine is maintained aeains,
the Introduction Of any tick.infested
cattle. That is provided for now In
Act No. Is Of the General Assembly
OF 1916. and by federal regulation.
What 10 condition Of tiek.freed ION
expected to mean 10 the state?
Answer. It will mean that Louis
lana VIII be in position to pro
gress agriculturally, and otherwise.
as the more progressive states have
done that have never suffered from
the benighting effects of federal
guarantees. on account of Texas, or
ttck fever. and the presence Of cattle
ucks, which is surely worth conscien.
rously work ing for for one season. or
even more. to bring it about
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