IHK AUiaUU L.TUKAL NEWS. 



The Importance of Killing Ticks 



ON 



Working Cattle 



lit many eoantria* the main ase for cattle it for haulage or other working purpo»es, and the object 

 tt the** notmt i» to emphaaiaa the fact that in the cate of working cattle, it it especially true that 

 tka pretence of tickt meant a constant money lott to the ouinKr. A consideration of the following akiTLc tisk 



factt will make it abaadantly clear that it it cheaper to kill ticks than to feed them. 



TICKS ARE BLOOD-SUCKERS. While maturing, each tick abstracts a definite amount of blood from an animal, and to 

 that degree injures it. The quaptity of blood abstracted is many times the weight of the ticks when grown, for these represent 

 only that part of the solids and fluids which may be converted into the tissues of the tick, the remaining solids and fluids 

 being rejected. 



The amount of blood taken by a single tick may be relatively small, but the total amount drawn by thousands of ticks 

 oo one animal cannot fail to be injurious. * 



If each tick represents but a dram of blood, a few over 1,000 would represent 8 pounds of blood ; it is possible that each 

 tick absorbs more than a dram of blood. 



Hence it is no matter for surprise that according to the statement of a reliable authority, blood up to 500 lbs. in weight 

 may be taken by ticks from the body of a single animal in the course of a year. 



A CONSTANT DRAIN ON THE SYSTEM. The presence of any considerable number of ticks on cattle is clearly a great 

 drain on the animal economy, increasing the amount of feed required by each animal, and demanding a greater expenditure 

 of energy on the part of the animal in obtaining, digesting, and assimilating this additional amount of food. In consequence ei 

 ibis drain, the rate of putting on flesh in the case of beef cattle is reduced, and the amount of milk produced by dairy cattle 

 is diminished ; and in the case of working cattle the only result can be a greatly reduced working power. 



EVIDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES. The following figures illustrate very clearly the effect upon the constitution 

 and general welfare of cattle of long-continued exposure througii many generations to tick infestation. Although these figurs 

 lefer to beef cattle, the facts they illustrate apply equally to working animals. 



AVERAGE WEIGHTS OF BEEF CATTLE: 



Tick-free Slates : Wyoming 985 lbs. Idaho 966 Ibt. Montana 938 Ibii 



Tiek-lnfestci Slala : Florida 340 llw. Georgia 419 Ibt. Louisiana 471 lbs. Alabama 500 Ibi. Mississippi SSOIIm. 



TICKS MEAN REDUCED WORKING POWER. Cattle whose vitality is reduced by tick-inkstation cannot give the same 

 returns in work ais clean healthy cattle. It is as if one had a 5 horse-power engine and allowed it to get so dirty that at least 

 t out of the 5 horse-power is required to'overcome the friction of tlic working parts, leaving only 3 actual horse-power available 

 for performing work. 



The cattle have to eat sufTicient to feed the ticks before their own bodies receive any benefit ; if the ticks are numerous, th« 

 feed will not suffice for both animal and ticks, and loss of condition will result. In an experiment designed to secure information 

 on this point, a herd of cattle were divided into two lots, one of which was infostod with ticks ;ind the other kept free front 

 ticks. Both lots were fed in exactly the .same way. yet the tick-infested rattle lost an average of 9 lbs. in weight, whilst iht 

 tick-free cattle gained an average of 44 lbs! 



TICKS MEAN SHORTER LIFE. .Mthough no definite experimental evidence on the point is available, it is certain 

 that working cattle, if their vitality is kept at a low point by gross tick-infestation, not only do less effective servio^ 

 t>ut would also be much more susceptible to diseases of all kinds, and would thus be shorter- lived. In the tick-infested area at 

 the United States the denth-rate amongsl c.ittle is nearly three times greater than in the tick-free area. 



"' IN TIMES OF DROUGHT. In the West Indies there are times when green f<jod and even molasses are not available m 

 cattle food. The pastures arc at their poorest, and not only are unable to maintain in condition the animals intended for tlM 

 butcher, but also are inadequate for supporting the general herd. 



In the face of such conditions, largely unavoidable, it becomes all the mcni- uc^cessary to free the cattle from ticks, whM^ 

 as already stated, drain their bodies of blood and seriously reduce their vitality. When food is scarce, none can be spared Iw 

 the feeding of ticks and it must all bit u.sed lor the benefit of the cattle < 



TIm cue for keeping working cattle free from ticks may be summed up in three lines : — 



TIcka consume the Blood of Cattle. Docreaaed Blood Supply mean* Doeraaaad VnaUtfb 



Decreased Vitality meana Decreased Working Power. 

 IT IS CHEAPER TO KILL TICKS THAN TO FEED THBM. 



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