A Practical Experiment 



IN 



Tick Eradication 



IN 



Antigua 



AATTCK TiOK 



7m following extract! from " The West Indian Bultelin." No. 2, Vol. xlo., from a report hy Mr. P. T. SaunJers, M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Officer on 



Ihc Staff 0/ the Imperial Department of .Agriculture for the West Indies, show conclusively the value of systematic vorl( in Tick Eradication, and 



incidentally prone hou> easily and cheaply the great economic waste caused by Vicks can be obviated in the West Indies and other tropical eounlrla. 



The question of Ticks and their eradication is one that has played an 

 important part in the economy of the stock industry in the West Indies 

 for many years. It is fearedL however, thar in many islands no ailempt 

 fill! been made to deal with the question in an efficient manner, and. as a 

 r>ii;ura] consequence, the Tick has always had, more or less, the upper 

 h<ind in the struggle. 



Id a bad lick seaton, the 

 ^6ec: on the animals is ver^ 

 marked from the anaemia con* 

 .*-e<iuenl upon the mechanical 

 ios! of blood from the sucking 

 <'f the ticks, and many herds 

 iuok poor and miserable from 

 their eficcli. Diseases may 

 <iko be propagated through 

 the agency of Ticks ; so there 

 .-.! once appears every argument 

 • their systematic eradication. 



This conclusion was forced 

 tipori the representatives of 

 fv^eun. Henckell Du Buisson 

 A Co., and the firm imported 

 e tprtyinf machine to deal 

 hilii the herds of cattle used 

 •t the oc]flic>any'' estates in 

 An 



THE IMPROVED 



Aher fkcarly twelve rsor.lhs* trial, i: is gratifying to be af>Ie lo record 

 uf> «a(irr l a ri i f i c iion. both io its working; and in its results. 



^n spniyirif soluiion used is Co<»f<er% Cattle Dip -an arsenic- 

 c^MMUt preparabon. manufactured fiy the proprietors as a result of 

 waif y^tf' experiacnt and invr«iigation in South Africa and elsewhere. 

 TW daacOeu iar at* arc easy to follow, and the preparation of the 

 tlatiaa ia i miap lished simpiv by the addition of the dip to cold 

 r tad ttaroafUv mixiog, id the strength required. As the surplus Dip 

 ikadk !• ikt taak. and a* each aDioja) carries away on its skin something 



less than {-gallon, it will be gathered that the cost of spraying per head if 

 very small : the actual cost per head works out at about jd., and it is esti- 

 mated thai the cost of spraying would not exceed I8d. per head per annum. 



The resulis obtained from spraying have fully justified the most 

 sanguine expectations. It should first and foremost be recorded, that on 



sprayed cattle it has resulted 

 a complete absence of licks : 

 no licks whatever have been 

 seen on the animals since their 

 second or third spraying. 



It may also be observed 

 'that, as a result of spraying, 

 the animals look more thrifty ; 

 they are seldom hide-booixl — 

 a condition which was fonacrly 

 common — and their skios are 

 softer cind more pliable, while 

 the coat is alto improved. 



Once the cattle have 

 become accustomed to tke 

 Machine, there is no difficulty, 

 and the spraying may be 

 performed in very shoft liae. 

 On one occasion, sevenly-ttiree 

 cattle passed through tisc 

 machine in seven minutes, each one being effectively and completely sprayvd. 



The success which has attended this iimovation should be saCcsciit 

 encouragement to those owners who have the interests and the ecooofliy of 

 theii stork at heart, to follow the lead of Messrs. Henckell DuBoissoo h Cc. 



The erection of spraying machines is a Batter whidi i< wcD warthy ti 

 the attention of stock owners generally, and iJic wrilar T«ry straagly 

 advocates their erection in different pafts at the wraral idaads al tin 

 West Indies. It may be possible, in aaay mttimom. hr fmpa al •anam 

 Ic combine to secure tfiis eod. 



COOPER" CATTLE SPRAYING MACHINE 



iErrclmti ready for u«e) 



COOPERS CATTLE TICK DIP 

 fliit teemitmJ the official approval of the follou>ir>a Counfriaa 



Hmon €* Sooth Alnca. Northern RhodcaiK. Draiil Baiiuloland. 



N^HitaliLijf]. Sm'MEilaml. Souttterrr Ftttf4]<tf,iii. Mndn^RM^ir. 



brltml tJ."! AJrii.. lirrniun f.M-i Afn h. Pi.rtujruise F.h.s1 Atri.a. 



P«iH«j|fuMir ^Mtt AtniH. F.|fy|il. Aricenline R«|>ut>li( . Que^-OHliuicl. 



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WEST INDIAN AGENTS : 



ANTIGUA: Bennett. Bryaon 4 Co.. At. John*. 



BAHAMA5: H. T. Bricc. Nas.tau. N.P. 



nARBADO.'': Barbadoi Co-opcratlvc Cotton Co., BrIdKctowfl. 



BHITISH UUIANA: T. Qedde.* Cirant. Ltd. 



IKIMIMCA: Hon. H. A. Framplon. OKENADA: Thomson, Hankay * C«. 



til Al>l:l.<)lll'i: : Tlie ."ilatlon Aeronomiyue de la fluudeloupe, 



I'oinl-i-fiirt:. .lAMAUA: D. Hendrr.»on & Co., Kinraton. 



MAKI INIOl'li: I-. Duplan & Co.. TorHle-France. 



MO^T.•.l;HKAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. NKVl*: A. U. Malona. 



•n. Kl|■|^: >. L. Morsliird & Co. .*T. LIICIA: Barnard 5on» * Co.. 



Cu.<trle> ST. VINCBNT: Corea & Co.. Klnsatowa. 



TKIMDAII * lOBAOO: T. Geddrf. (Irani. Ltd. 



AMl-.HCAN VIWlilN I.SLANDS: O. IL Schmicrelow, St. Croll 



Manufrirtmm : WJLLIAM COOPER c: NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



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