THE AQUlCliLTURAL XJ£.\W5. 



The Many Benefits of 

 Cattle Dipping or 

 Spraying 



•ATTLa TIOK 



The Dipping or Sproying of Cattle Jt ordinarily currird ojI solely to deilroy Ticltn. at. by the Destruction of Tick*, all Tick- 

 born? diseases {such as Texas Fever, Rsdwater. H'.;artv,ater» GaUsicknsas and E«9t Coatit Fever) are effectually prevented. 

 But many ether benefits are incidentally secured by dppinj, as will be »e«. > by the foHowiog notes. 

 Indeed, so numerous and so important are these inciJenta! benefits as almost to justify the prophecy that, i^ time. Cattle Dipping 

 ^ or Spraying will be systematically carried on even in countries where no Ticks exic 



RINGWORM. Dipping prevents and cures this higUly contagious 

 disease by »letJtroyini; the fungus which is the cause of it. 



WARTS. These are also caoecd by a micro-organism whicb iw de- 

 stroyed by dipijiiig. 



OPHTHALMIA. Tins is due to the prownce of n wo'-m earriod by 

 a fly. Dipi'iDtr destioyH llio fly. and thus prevents the disci m-. 



HAIRBALLS. Tiy alhiyinj? ;ill -Jkin irritation eau'^ed by parnnitio 

 altacktf. flipp!"^ tXf^-H lar tn prevent uulves licking their coa,tK. and ihus 

 prevents the fonnaliuu of liairballs. 



BLACK LEG OR QUARTER EVIL. Many farmers nlaim (hat 

 itippin^ hat* eI)nii!i:iU.'d Qii.trter Kvil from their liei-d'^. which. pre\ ioiisly. 

 hid nevi;i b-L-n free from il ; but in view of the nature ol this disoaao, iLiis 

 ••laim must be r- ;^,irded, as requiring confirmation. 



V^HITE SCOUR. ThisdiscasR is iiuickly rTadtrated by di pinj? In 

 )icrd8 regularly dipped, a dt^ath from Whil.- Scour is now alni.i^t imln'ard 

 <n wb^ rcaa befor ■ syst.*niatio Oippini^ came into voj^ue. thi- iiiinliil:ty of 

 i. lives from this disease often rau ujj to 00% or 70^, and even hitJh4;r. 



LICE. Regular Dipping destroys these pests and guardo the cattle 



;ii»iiinst further :itt:H-ks. 



BOTS. The tiot-lly lays its pg-!-^ on the -•l\in of the hor'^e. 'A'hcn the 

 Ja^-vae emiTK'e from the e'tjgs they are \, \t-A from the skin :ind tlinn 

 transferred to tb.* stomach. Dipping/ kills these larvae whilst on the skin. 

 Il wiU also kill ni-iuy of the flied. 



■ WORMS IN CALVES. Dipping' ha>5 been proved tn prevput worm 

 iTiCectioii ii. eitlvt-;. Tliis is expliinel liy tin- fa'-I thai dippinL* dr-sTcoys the 

 w.irm^, t.T :heir cgK'. which are i rodent on Ihe tents :intl udders ;ind 

 possibly on other parts of the hodifs of the mo her cow, whenec they 

 become tr..nsf*'iT«^l to the calves by sucking or licking. 



HORSE-SICKNESS. This disease, which is fp^p^nsildc for n high 

 rate of mortality .imoni?-! hordes in South Africa, has been shown to be 

 prevent** 1 hy dippin;; Tlocse-^ickne-s is ransed by an orj^ m am intro l.u'ed 

 into the blood bv a mo-niuiio. and hy diTtpini-'. the skin of Ihr horeo ail the 

 blood /cs-cN inrn-iliately heu Mth if. h !co ne unprejiiiated with arsenic. 

 BOtor.lv IN kinc the .skin !«Iood poi*>';n is to the mo^iuilo. hut dostroyinir 

 any 0'".<i,'ii--iid which may be introdiiced into the blood by ll e mosquito lo 

 the aci oi hiding. 



WARBLE FLY. The action of diipinj? in preventing this pest in the 

 eame ari ilcfccribed und.T the heading' ■ IJ .ts." Tliat is lu say. dijipmu kills 

 mAny of the flies themselves: sind it will kill the birvuc which haldi out 

 from the ci,';,'sdepo-!tod on the skin hv ih«- tlies. In ad Ij1-»ii. tlie ;irscntc 

 \n the lip wou d issuro Uy rciicb and kill many of tlv; m it ure maj^tjoi-s In 

 tbto Htuye when they are ju?t re:uly to e.nerye from the skin. 



PREVENTION OF DAMAGK TO HIDES, 'i'he market valueol 

 hides ia L'rcatly redu«<-d bv the perlomtion^ c.iused by the warblc-fly larva 

 and the Ciitlle 'I'ick. Bv dipping, this damage can be nlopped and seriouft 

 lo«^!i prevented. Tick-b ttcn hides are worth lid. per pound less than 

 uainjured bides. 



DECREASED FECUNDITY. A further loss to ho rccorde 1 apainnt 

 the Tick in liicreHluction oi ihc fecundity <>{ t.-male cattle: perhaps ; I.-o in 

 Bi» X»^t. .Wonrty^i *M n.A..7tJ^<,^i^'.Lttit .odioeftdc or a-./iornial condifions 

 mavme reTvrfvlnctivrt orifuna 



LOSS OF CONDITION IN CATTLE. ApB«» ^^^ ,,«««i»e of 



dii-casf. the presence of Tick-j on citfle reduces their confioton. DIppinp, 

 by dcs royini.' llic Ticks, nut only prexents this loiis of conditioa btit, ftn a 

 result ol ihc well-known tonic action of arseoic on the bkin. causes the 

 anim.ds to put on weight and thrive. 



Durin;? the T^'fiod of nn experiment m^ide ppoclally to teM thin pohii. 

 heavily iMfe>te«i cattle lost an average of 9 Iba. in weight. w>iJlsMhe tick- 

 free c.i tile gained an .average oi 44lbs., t>othlotsof ctttllebomtf fed alike 



There is a"othor instance of a Tick-infesled. steer which weighed 730 lbs.. 

 and whi<-h. ;ifpr b-anir clipped, weighed 1015 lbs. two mom be later, the fee I 

 r^iuainiUM' the same as hefore dippinjj. 



EARLIER MATURITY OF SLAUGHTER STOCK. In the 

 reari tT'ii sto.-k in toe bulclier, the freedom from p.trasitesi which results 

 irom d I PI tiny enable'^ the young cattle to mature more quickly. This may 

 mean a ^^ivingof 11' or 18 m nthy" fcinl and Rttenfion. nod aUo enables th<> 

 cuttle o'.vner tn turn over his capital much more quickly. 



MILK YIELD. Great losses occur by Ticks on ftfllch cows, reducing' 

 the nnlk yield, and in some eases so injuring the tejits and uddora af» to 

 reudci them useless. Dippiug ha- proved .a preventive of ail Kuch trouble. 



A very fine series of experiments on this point w.i« carried out by tho 

 United Stiites Department of AKTicuUure. and it w:is shown that; — 



(1) Cows lightly :nfc-l«tl with Ticks piuducud U pints less perCOwpcT 

 diiy tli.'^n i'lek-lrce cows : 



(2) Cows heavily infested with Ticks produced 2 quarts less per cow 

 per day Ih.iii Tick-free cowr. 



CONTAGIOUS ABORTION, It is reported hy the Veterinavv 

 Bact'-rio (>;.nsi "f Ihe Southern Rhodisiian Dcparfmont of Agriculture tlial. 

 (Jooiier s Cii tie Dip dc-.tri>ys the or^amem of this<Jisea-e. lie has therefoic 

 prescnbel Dippini; as oncoi the measures to be employed in dealing wiihan 

 outbreak. ltcjful;ir dipj>inir must have groateffect in prevenlmg outbreaks. 



LIVFR DISEASE IN CALVES. Instances are on record of herds 

 In whieh. a."j a result ni retxul.ir dystemutic Dippiuif. losses from this disease 

 bave t»cen reduced from as much as tu)% to nil. 



MANGE. This disease, as is well known, le Of parasitic orlfriu. Dippiut.' 

 desiroys the man^o mite nnd cures the disease. Sprayinwand dippingwilli 

 Coopcr'H Cattle Dii> is oitii iaUy stroni,dy rt'ommeudcd by the NyasaUmd 

 Veterinary Authorities :i,* a preventive of the spread of Demodectlc Cattle 

 Manjje— the most difficult form of mange to deal with. 



FLIES. Til** continird torment caused to Block hy fliep must ineviV 

 ably re tct unfavourably upon their si ate of htwilth. Flies also cct a « carriers 

 of many diseases of fltock and of human Ijoiugs. Innume'"'*.blo flies lUO 

 killed, directly or indirectly, by cattle dipping. 



EPIZOOTIC OH ULCERATIVE I. YMPHANGlTIS.-Tl)et)ni«-t 

 Veterinary OllU'er of Ih-ui-h Kast Africa states in his ll'U-l:' Annual tustvul 

 that "Dipping has U^en proved to be an etUcient preveniixc 'ivAiDtft lbi:» 

 I>iBiaBe." f 



HORN FLY. The ravag^ea of this very Berlous pest can bo vury trrenviy 

 minimised by means of a simple ndjustnieul at the entrance t^o the dlpn*ng 

 tank, 12 in. ooards are attached to the uphght spla-h bnardim; and tiitw« 

 project into the tank on either aide, and caU-.h and break the wi. > ■• ff.^**» ftf 

 cattle when lumping into the Bath. In thin way a heavy spray m *-^vi f::* 

 the backs of the cattle, which precipitator into the poisoneuw wash Pta^ 

 ctrM.^1 VI filers whicci riK6 '.^vm an animal when it pluiitfei} tnto the dippiaa 



ortliit inn. 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Rai received the official approval of the following Countrie* : 



Union of South Africa. Northern Rhodesia. Brazil. Baautoland. 



Nyasaland. Swaziland. Southern Rhodesia. Mada^a.scar. 



British East Africa. German East Africa. PortuOicse East Africa, 



T^rtofiucsc West Africa. Egypt. Argentine Repuhlic. QueensluuL 



United States of America. New South Wales. 



Northern Territory of AuitraliA. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS ; 



ANTIGUA: Bennett, Bryson 4 Co., St. Jahiu. 



BAHAMAS: H. T. Urice, Nassaa, N.P. 



BARBADOS: Barbados Co-oreratlve Cotton Co.. BrtdrctawB. 



BKITISH (lUIANA: T. Qeddci Grant. Ltd. 



DOMINICA: Hon. II. A. r'rumpton. UKEIMADA: Thonison, Hankay A C*. 



UUADCI.OLI'b : Iho Station Aeronomlgue de la Quadeloup*, 



Polnt-A-Pltrc. JAMAICA: D. Henderson & Co., Klncsten, 



MARTINIOUE: L. Duplan & Co,, Fort-de-Prance. 



MONTSERRAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. NEVIS: S. D. MalOB*. 



ST. terns : 5. L. llor.sford & Co. ST. LUCIA: Barnard Son* A C*. 



Ca.-strles. ST. ViNCENT: Corea & Co., Kingstown, 



TRINIDAD * TOBAGO: T. Geddes Grant, Ltd. 



AMERICAN VIRHIN ISLANDS: O. H. Schmier«l«w, St. CralB. 



/dlanufacturers : V/ILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



MANCIIES: Taroale, Chirafo. Syintj, MdWirv tuklaaa, Baanos Airri, Moalf ViJto, PuU Anui, JoKuumsW{, Odaia. 



