THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



History op 

 Cooper's Cattle Dip 



FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF TICKS 



Cooper's Cattle Dip is the! result of 5 years continuous research work, nbt only by chemists working ia • 

 l^bonUory, bot by Practical Cattlemen working under practical conditions in badly Tickiinfested areas. 



It wa» in 1905 that our searcii for the Perfect Cattle Dip commenced, and the method we adopted wa» to purdiMC, 

 pordjr for ezpoimental purposes, a large farm right in the very heart of the Tick-infested Coastal Area of South Africa. 

 This farm i> called Qonubie Park, and is close to E^t London, m the Cape Province. 



What we aimed at was the co-opwration of- the trained Chemist and tJife practical SljockiAan' ; so a Laboratory was erected 

 on the Fcinn in charge of our Head Chemist, and the practical Manager in charge of the Stock was told that his first, aad 

 indeed his only duty, was to assist and further, to the full extent of his power, the research work of the Chemist. 



It should be mentioned that, previously to its purchase by us, the Farm had been practically abandoned owing to ihe 

 Tick infestation being so bad as to preclude absolutely the raismg of either Large or Small. Stock — for ticks in South Africa 

 are the cause of many other diseases besides Red-water «r Texas Fever, which is the only Tick-borne disease of economic 

 importance met with in most Tick-infested countries. One cannot conceive of a more grossly Tick-infested area than was 

 Gonubie Park. It was impossible to keep sheep there for any length of time, as they died from Heart-water, transmitted by 

 Ticks, within a few weeks. About 80 /» of the calves born there also died from Heart-water or some other tick-borne 

 disease ; whilst dairy farming was in such a deplorable state, due to the ravages of Ticks, that a cow with a sound udder and 

 teats was a great rarity, and it was not an uncommon occurrence to be compelled to sell 'to the butcher, owing to their udders 

 being completely ruined by Tick bites, what had been really first-class milking cows. Stock raising, as an economic (arming 

 proposition, was impossible under such conditions. Here, then, was excellent material for us to work upon. 



Our next step was to equip the Farm fully with Dipping Tanks, and there are four of these on the property — this number 

 being necessary to permit of simultaneous comparative tests of various experimental mixtures, of which hundreds were tested 

 before Cooper's Cattle Dip was fina|ly evolved. ,,. 



It is a principle of the " Cooper " business not to put on the market an article upon which the reputation of Ae Fifm 

 cannot be staked, and so these lengthy and very costly experiments were persisted in until the Perfect Cattle Dip was arrived 

 at, notwithstanding the fact that, at a very early stage of the researches, a Dip was found which was superior to any Cattle Dip 

 then on sale. But this Dip was not the Perfect Dip, and thus did not satisfy us ; and so the experimental work went on for 

 Kveral years, vor rather than offer the public a dip which was not completely satisfactory, we preferred to see the business going 

 to other firms offering inferior dips, until we had a Dip really worthy of the " Cooper " reputation. 



And thai policy of restraint has been rapidly and corr>pletely vindicated, for at the present time practically no odtcr 

 Proprietary Cattle Dip is used in South Africa, and the success the Dip has met with since it was first offered for sale 4 yean 

 tigo cannot be more strikingly emphasised than by the list of the Governments and Administrations by which the Dip has bees 

 approved, and, by which, with but two or three exceptions, it is being actually used in Official Cattle Dippiag Opa r > t ie«* 

 The Hat is given below. 



We submit that this lat it ikt OMMt conyiBcing eridence thai coold possibly be produced o( ttw aerita •( 



COOPER'S CATTLE DIP 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 



Hai received ihe official approval of the following Countries: 



Uoioa of ScTUlh Africa. Norlhero Rhodesia. Brazil. Basutoland. 



Nyasaland. Swaztlind. Southern Rhodesia. Madoj^OAcar. 



British East Africa. German Eaift Africa. FortugucHc East Africa. 



Portugueiie West Africa. Ef.'ypt. Argmtin'- Rejiublif . Quf^cnsland. 



Hoited States of America. New South Wales. 



Northern Territory vi AuKlriUla. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS ; 



ANTIOUA: Bennett, Bry.^on & Co.. .St. Johns. 



BAHAMAS: H. T. Uricc, Nn.«au. N.P. 



BARBAI)05: Barbado.i Co-operative Cottnn Co., BrIdRetowD. 



ilKITISH OL'IANA^ 1. lieddcs (irant, Ltd. 



DOMINICA: Hon. H. A. Fnimpton. UKIiNADA: Thniii.son. Mankcy & C«. 



<iIIADI:luI I'L : 1'he .Station AKronoinlMuc dc la Ouadeloupe. 



I'oinl-A-Pltre. .lA.MAICA: I). Iltndcr.son & Co.. KinR6ton. 



MAKTIMOLi:: I.. Duplun & Co.. l"ort-di--FrHnce. 



IWONT.SfkRAT: W. I.k-wcllyn Wiill. NliVl.s: .s. n. Malone. 



5T. KITTS: .s. 1.. llor«(ord & Co. ST. LUCIA: Barnard .Son.* & Co.. 



Cu.Mries. ST. \INCENT: Corcu & Co., KinKStown. 



, 'TRlN(I)AI) fi roDAOU: T. (ieddc.-i Ornnt. Ltd. 



An-!-I/ICAN \|k<il\ ISI.Ai.M>S: (). II. Schmii-Kllow . .St. Croii. 



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WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



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