The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-28

The farm woman mashed one on the
,, floor. "See, it's full of blood!"
But where does blood come fromT
"Why, the COW makes it out of the
feed she eats.'
"And where does milk come from p
"Why, out of the feed, too, OF
course"
''Then the ticks are getting lot OF
that feed?"
Eyes, ma'am."
Feed that ought to be going to
make blood and milk and butter fat?
The ticks, then, are drawing milk-mak-
ing material from that cOw?"
Eyes, ma'am. And l guess about
three quarts day.
"JOhn," the woman called to her
husband, 'come here and meet a
stranger"
John Farmer ran over to where his
wife was milking. He looked at Pros
perity rather dOubtfully and shaded
his eyes from the unaccustomed CLEAN
Of her golden garments.
V1dl yOuI DuSluCSSS we uOA :
cotton to your kind hereabouts."
II have come to kill our worst en-
emy-yours and mine." She held out
a tick. Look at your cattle"
John looked.
"HOw much do those steers weigh?'
"'BOut seven hundred and fifty
pounds"
"How old are they"
'Two-year-olds."
"Why, they ought to weigh at least
one thousand pounds"
"They ought to weigh ton, ma am,
judging from my feed bills. Them
steers eat their blamed heads off and
don't gain none to speak Of"
'YOu don't try to store feed in q
chicken coop, do your
'Of course not. TwOuld run out
of the cracks like water out Of sieve.
That's foolishness."
ANY leaks in the hides of those cat
tle?"
"What do you mean?"
"HOw about those ticks? The steer
turns that food into blood and that
blood is leaking out through thou
sands of ticks. Those ticks are tax
ing two hundred pounds Of blood
year from those steers, and it takes
q lot Of corn and pasture and feed
cake to make that much blood. That
blood is making so many pounds of
ticks and so many pounds less of
meat"
"Guess you're right"
Prosperity left the ticky farm and
walked back to town. She went to the
ocal bank and asked for the presi.
lent.
Good morning, madam" he said. i
We've heard a lot about your visits |!
but we haven't seen much /
# you in this county lately. Hope
Iou1l settle among us permanently"
'That, sir, depends ON yourselves. I /
imply can't stay where there are cat
lie ticks. Ticks are my natural enc
MES. They kill the cattle with tick
ever. They won't let me raise good
attic and establish the thriving
lairies which are so essential to my
"And the ticks do more. BY keep
ng cattle of of farms, they make it
to get manure needed to
eep the soil rich and prosperous. BY
interfering with cattle, they prevent
arm help from working probably all
INTER-"
Eyes, madam, I've noticed that our
counts with farmers In ticky dis
ricts begin to 60 down just after the
ash crop money Is banked. First,
hey try to pay off the years debts
or food bought on time at the local
torres. And then we are kept busy
notes and financing the ,
ing credit the local stores have to
rant"
"Of course the tick hurts business.
hats natural, IL you only figure how
any pounds of meat and how many
larts Of milk that ought to be sold
r cash and bring hard money to
ores and banks are now wasted in !
eding soft, Gravity ticks"
Madam, do stay with u.s."
"Yes, If you'll drive out the tick.
e can't exist together"
1T we can drive out the tick, we
III. Wed rather have Prosperity
an ticks"
You can. Dip those ugly witches
an arsenical dipping vat. The peo- q
e Of the South already have ex-
minated ticks in three hundred and i
'elve thousand square miles. Wher- b
er tick has been dipped out, better
tile have come In, milk and butter !
elds have increased, and beef animals
We become heavier and worth more :
,ney. Cattle stop dying Of tick fe.
+. The cattle and not the tick are
ting the feed. Why, with the tick t
pped out, figures show that cattle on 8
e average are worth seven dollars q
d half more per head. It costs a
tie to get rid of the tick and take
, profit. J.
Write today to the United States =
Of Agriculture, Washing '
l. D. c. They will help you." Il
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