The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-12
l4DAY DIPPING MEANS !
PROMPT ERADICATION
THE eTATE CAN BE MADE an
TiRELY TiCK-FREs IN ONE
SEASON.
EVERY ONE MUST COOPERATE
Louisiana 10 the Only state usina
the Twsney-sns Day Dipping
Periodic

Some OF the QNssuom msst fire.
Quently asked on tok eradication are
answered below By DIR. W. II. Da!ryn-
pie, of the Department Ct Veterinary
Science. Louisiana State University:
why 10 Il necessary to dip cattle
every - days during the season TO
| get rid Of the ticker
Answer. During the wsrn seasen
Of the year, the average time reQuiF
ed by the tick to develop. from the
small iarval. or seed tick. AFTER at
taching 70 cattle. until the large To-
male tick natures and drops 70 the
ground TO lay her egg, II about ~
days. But while 22 days may DO the
| average many ticks mature earlier
than that time. Consequently It has
been found that the 21-day dipping
periods DO not catch the earhsr-mar
turing ticks, which drop OIL and keep
on making more ticks, thereby delay
ing the final results. On the other
hand. by dipping cattle every IA days.
all OF thu ticks that become attached
20 them In the intervals are killed.
because none OF them mature and
drop of pefore ID days.
How has this information been CD
tainsd7
Answer, II has been observed By
those engaged in the work OF tick
eradication that, towards the end OF
tbs season, uaaer tbs 21-day method,
there are always number Of cattle.
or herds, still remaining tiekinfested.
While with 14-day dipping there { ~
be none. or only very few. with ticks
ON them.
Then the dipping perteds are based
unen the time required for the ticks
60 develop on the cattle and fail sf7
Answer. Precisely so. The sdoP.
ton OF the i4-day periods is to DO
etroy all Of the ticks that have be-
come attached to the cattle in tia In
tervals between dippings, without any
i Of them having dropped OF.
How long, relatively. Will u eaiss 10
clean q parish, o. section, 81 ticks w.
der the t4day and 2f-day dipping Pc
rlodsf
+ Answer. With the full coopsra
ton OF everyone interested. the ticks
may Dc cleaned UP Ia one season un-
der the 14day periods; while under
the FL. day periods 1t may take two
! or three or more seasons, as has been
; the case in a number Of parishes.
+, Do ticks have any effect en- milk
proauctlonf
| Answer. Federal experts have test
ed this question, and they report that
cattle which have been freed OF t;css
have given IN Increased milk Sre-
ductton Of from Is to AZ per cent DC
pending on how grossly they haa pre-
viously been infested. II we shsul6
strike an average Of rs PER cent It
would mean that the dAryman who
continued to feed ticks on hts cows
was throwing away an equivalent OF
one bucketful Of milk out Of every
four which his cows would produce
under ttck-freedom.
What effect do the tlcks have, II
any, on tho development Of beet
eattie7
= Answer. They prevent develop
nent, because great deal OF the
blood which the feed makes, and that
should be used TO nourish the animal
ls appropriated by the ticks, and tie
benefit Of the feed is, therefore, lost
to the animal.
y, Are all the other statss dipping
, their cattle every ~ days7
II Answer. Yes. Some OF them
adopted the 1A-day periods at tn,
beginning OF the work. and other:
that had commenced with the 81 day!
have since abauGnned tho longer In
tervals for the "a Day ma'hod, rs th'
results have been foG:ti so much
more satisfactory.
II Il is believed, then, that 's pos
sIbIs TO eradicate the cattls tick
, / from q parish, o. even The STATE, /. al
the cattle arc cippcd IN rs STANDARD
arsenicai solution every ~ says to
, one season?
Answer. Yes. II is being lone Il
other states, and parts =! thh5 stat
NJ the present time. How''r"-, 70 b.
> abie to accomplish II sctisc4-. oily /
, will require cooperation on The par
, bf everyone concerned anc interested
In the work.
. When once the state Is tck-fr.
will there be any danger Of resshfss
katicn7
Answer. None The federal go,
' .rnment and the state will see tina
: rigid quarantine ia maintained agains
;. the Introduction Of any tick-infeste
. cattle. That is provided for now Ii
Act No. IS Of the General Asesnbl
, d 1915, and by federal regulation.
: What Is a condition Of tIekirssdor
r expected to n1een to the state?
z Answer. II will mean that Loui.
y lana will be In q position to pr,
+ gress agriculturally. and othervts,
70 the more progressive states hav
lone that have never suffered froz
e the benighting effects Of fedsss
g suarantines, on account OF Texas, {
e ack fever, and the presenes Of eattl
q SchS which Is sureiy worth cona4fa