The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26
I4-DAY DIPPING MEANS
PROMPT ERADICATION.
TIE STATE CAN Be MADE Rw-
rlaEIF TIck-|nER ~ ONE
SEASON.
EVERY ONE MUST Co-CPERATf
L9hisiera is the Only State Ustaa
tire T~enty-ons Day otpRsns
Periods.

Some of the quertfsas most fre
4iientiy asked on tok arasieAttoh are
answered below by Dr W. X. DalryD
pie. of the Department Of Veterinary
Science, Louisiana STATE University:
T'''y Is Il neess sary to Dip cattle
every "A days during the season 20
get ''d Of enc tIcks7
! Answer During the warTs season
OF the year the average time rsQair-
Cd by io- l!ca to develop, from the
| small larrai, or seed tick. after At
! tac!l.ng to cattle, until the large fs-
male tick natures and drops to the
days. But while % days may be the
a~er2R" many ticks mature earlier
than thai time. Consequently IT has
! been found that the q day dipping
| periods 20 not catch the earlier ma
| turing ticks, which drop of and keep
Oh making mere ticks, thereby delay
| ing tie flna! results. On the other
hand, by dipping cattle every IA dayp.
all OF the ticks that become attached
! to them In the intervals are killed.
drop of before IA days
How has this information been 3D.
tained7
Answer. II has been observed b,
those engaged In the work of ttcA
eradication that, towards tho end OF
the season. under the 21-dsy method.
there are always a number OF cattle.
CT herds, still remaining tiek-infested.
White with 14-day dipping there may
be hone, or only very few, with ticks
On them.
Then the dipping pericde are hased
upon the time required for the Ticks
to develop on the cattle and ssn s67
Answer. Precisely SO. The adop
ton OF the 1+day periods is to do
stroy all Of the ticks that have be-
come attached to the cattle IN the 10
tervals between dip1iags. without any
Of them having drc> sped of
How long. relatively, will it take 70
clean parish. or section, Of tIcks vn.
der the 1<.day and 21-day dipping ps-
RODS?
Answer. With the full co-opsra.
ton OF everyone interested, the ticks
may be cleaned up in one season IN
der TIE I4-day periods; while under
The q Cay periods IL may taks I've
or three or more seasons, as has been
the case in number Of parishes.
% ticks have any effect "a s,Mk
rroducti0rf
Answer. Federal experts have test.
ed this question, and they report that
cattle which have beea freed Of ticks
have gif'ah 81 INCREASED mitk pro-
ateHdn OF isrs g 70 ~ per espt. DE-
pending on how grossly they Kta Pr
viously been infested. II we shsuld
strike an average Of 25 per cent. II
would mean rat the dairynan who
continued to feed ticis IN HE cows
was throwing away al erniveiegt OF
one brcketfxl of milk out Of s,e.y
four which hts COWS would produce
under ttck.freedom.
N1at effect do the ticks Asvs, II.
any, on the development VI beer
cattle?
Answer. They prevent develop
mert, because great deal of ths
blood which the feed makes, and that
should be us@d to nourish the animal.
is appropriated by the ticks. and tbs
benefit of the feed Ia, therefore, lost
to the animal
Are all the other states dipping
their cattle every "a days7
Answer. Yes. Some Of them
adopted the f4-day periods at The
beginning of the work, and others
that had commenced with the 81 days
have since abandoned the longer in
teTyals for the 14-day method. az the
results have been found so rluch
more satisfactory. 4.
II is believed. ths-.. shat IL "a sos
sIble TO eradicate the c7.tiS s'cks
from parish, Or epen the stats + Al
the cattle are dipped In the STANDARD
arscnicai solution every IA days fer
one season? il
Answer Yes. 1t is being dc-~ in
other states. and parts OF this STAT,
At the present time. S~~ev.r - Re
aole to accomplish = ;a'isi.c,nr,r !.
Eill require c0-oDcra'' ~ II. ~ar'
Of everyone conoer.. nd tat-re. 90 =
In the york.
When once the 's-.. = Tex sc.s