Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-11-24

all of the ticks that become attached
10 them in the intervals are killed,
because none of them mature and
drop off before Ia days.
How has this information been OBJ
tained7
Answer It has. been observed by
those engaged In the work OF TICK
eradication that, towards the end OF
the season, under the 21-day method,
there are always a number OF cattle,
or herds, still remaining ttck-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 clippings, without any
of them having dropped off.
How long, relatively, will II take to
clean a parish, or section, of ticks un-
der the 14day and 21-day dipping pc
RODS?
Answer. With the full co-opera.
! ton of everyone interested, the ticks
may be cleaned up in one season UNI
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 a number Of parishes.
Do ticks have any effect on milk
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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-
Tiously been infested. II we should
strike an average of 25 per cent, Il
would mean that the dairyman who
continued to feed ticks on mis- 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, n
any, on the development Of beer
cattle7
Answer They prevent develop-
ment, because a great deal of the
blood which the iced 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 II days2
Answer. Yes. Some OF them
adopted the 14-day periods at the
beginning of the work. and others
that had commenced with the 81 DAYS
have since abandoned the longer in.
tervals for the 14-day method. as the
results have been found so much
more satisfactory. I
Il is believed, then, that Il Is DOS.
sIbe to eradicate the cattle ticks
from parish, or even the state, n ali
the cattle are dipped In the standard
arsenical solution every IL days for
one season7
Answer. Yes. 1t is being done IN
other states, and parts Of this state
at the present time. However. 10 be
able to accomplish it satisfactorily n
will require cooperation on the part
of everyone concerned and interested
in the work
When once the state Is tick-fr.s
will there be any danger Of re.infes.
taton?
Answer None. The federal gov.
eminent ard the state will see that
rigid quorartine is maintained against
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 is condition Of tIck4reedorn
expected to mean 70 the etate?
Answer. It will mean that Louis-
lara will be in position 20 pro.
gTess agricuiturally, AID otherwise.
rs the more progressive states have
done that have never suffered from
the benightng effects Of federal
guarantees, On account Of Texas. or
tick fever, ana The gress-ca Of cattle
t;cks, which is sUro'r worth consciea.
tiously working fo- f3r one season, o..
even more. 10 bring i; about.
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