The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-06-08
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i4-DAY DIPPING MEANS
PROMPT ERADICATION
THE eTATa CAN Is MADE IN
TIMELY TtCk-Fnaa IN ONE
SEASON.
EVERYONE MUST COOPERATE
Louisiana 10 the Only state os'~s
tn. Twenty one Day Dipping
Periodic.

Some of the questions most fire.
auentiy asked on tich eradication are
ans wersd below by DIR. W n. Dalrym
pie. of the Department Of Veterinary
Science. Louisiana state University:
Why 10 u necessary 10 dip cattle
every - days during the sesson to
Get rid Of the ticker
Answer During the warm season
of the year, the average time reau'r'
cd by the tick to develop. from the
small Isrval, or seed tick, after at
tachins to cattle, until the large To-
male tick natures ard drops tn the
around 10 lay her sas, II about ~
days But white ~ days may be the
average, many ticks mature earlier
than that time Consequently II has
been found that the 81 dsv dipping
periods do not catch tho earlier una.
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 II days.
all of the ticks that become attached
TO them In the intervals are killed
because none Of them mature and
drop OF before IL days.
How has this information been OBJ
tsinsd7
Answer N has been observed By
those engaged In the work OF tiok
eradication that, towards the end OF
the season. under the DAY method.
there are always q number Of cattle.
or herds, stiil remaining tick infested.
While with l&day dipping there may
be none. or only very few, with ticks
on them.
Then the dippirs periods are based
upsn the time required Cor tks ticks
10 develop ON the cattle and fall en-
Answer. preslsely so. The adop.
ton Of the i4-day periods IL to DO
etroy all Of tho ticks that have be-
coms attached to the cattle In the IL
tervals betwees clippings. without any
Of them having dropped on
How long. relatively, will II take Il
clean \ parish. Or section. ~ tisks un.
der the t<.dsy and at-day dipping pc.
riedsf
Answer With the full co-opera
,tIon Of everyone interested, the ticks
may be cleaned up In one season uR-
der the 14dsy periods; while under
the 21day periods II may take two
or three or more seasons. ~ has been
the case in q number Of parishes.
Dc tlcks havs any swect on milk
prsductIonf
Answer Federal experts have test
ed this question, and they report mat
cattle which have been freed Of ticks
have given an Increased milk pro.
iductica OF from ls 10 ~ per cent, de.
pending on how srossly they had pre-
viously been infested. II we should
strike Al average Of 70 per cent, II
would mean that the dairyman who
continued to feed ticks on HE cows
was throwing away an equivalent Of
lsns buokstfyl Of milk ont Of evsrv
fcur which Me COWS would produce
under tich-fveelom.
What eMsct DO the tIcks have, n
any, On the development ~ hsss
eattle7
Answer. They prevent develop
msat, because . great deal of the
blood which the feed makes, and that
should be used to nourish the animal.
II appropriated by the tichs. and the
beneat Of the feed II. therefore. lost
to the animal
Ars eli the other states dippInu
ehsir cattle every - daysY
Answer. Yes. some OF them
adopted the l<-day periods at the
Resinning Of the work. and others
that had comm sncsd with the II days
have since abandoned the longer In.
tsrvals for the l4.day method. A. tina
results have been found 10 much
more satisfactory.
+, u 10 believed. then, thst u d pss.
slsis 10 eradicate the cattle Wok,
frsrn . psrsh, ~ even the ststs, II I'll
the cattle are dipped In the standard
,srssnlssl solution every n days for
enc ssaesnf
Answer. Yes. II Ia being done IN
other states, aad parts Of this state
at the present time. however. 10 he
able to accomplish II satisfactorily II
will require cooperation on the mart
OF everyone concerned and interested
In the work.
When enes the stsAs 10 tjch.srss
viii There be any danger ~ rs.,ns,s.
tationf
Answer. None. The federal sov.
eminent and the stats viii see tia.
risid quarantine il maintained asainst
the Introduction u any tich-infested
cattle. That II provided for now in
Act No. IL Of the General Assembly
~ 1918. and BY federal regulation.
What 10 = condition u sIshsvesdom
expeoted 10 mean - the state'
Answer. II will mean that I<.,,..
lana Will be in position to pro.
gress agrsculturally. and otAerwise.
~ the more progressive states have
done that have never suffered from
the benishting effects Of federal
guarantees, on account OF Texas. or
tick fever. and the presence Of cattle
ticks. which Ia surely worth eonscleu.
tiously workins for fes oae ssases, Or