THE AGIUCULTUKAL XEWS. 



Some Tick Facts 



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A sfngJe Female Tick fog t<9 oa man\> as 5,000 eggt. The progeny of one single 

 Female Tick may, in the coune <4 teven months, come to number 6,750,000,000 indioiduah. 



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I. If gorged ticks are cnuhed, it will be found that tliefr 

 intestines are completely filled with a dark, thick mas 

 of blood which has been sucked from the animal host: 

 this blood should have gone to the formation of milk, 

 flesh, and the laying on of fat 



1 A Female Tick, when fully gorged with blood, may 

 weigh as much as 30 times more than before it began 

 to engorge. 



3. A beast, badly infested with ticks, weighed 730 lbs. It 

 was freed from ticks by dipping, and two months 

 later — its food and general treatment remaining th» 

 same as br fore dipping— it had gained 285 lbs.— a daily 

 average gain of 4} \\». 



4 No less than 28 lbs. of Ticks were taken from a horse 

 which died from anaemia resulting from gross tick 

 infestation 



5. A large number of tick bites <i\ -^ .i limited area of skin 

 may be followed by infection with pus-producing 

 organisms, giving rise to small abscesses which may 

 develop into ulcers. The discharge from such sores— 

 or even the mere oozing of blood serum through the 

 lick punctures— keeps the hair moist and matted : in 

 such areas fly eggs are laid and hatched, resulting in 

 infestation with destructive maggots, causing ulcers 

 and other' complications tliat will require medical 

 treatment. 



(l In the United States, the death rate amojigst cattle in the 

 Tick areas is threiC tunes higher than in the areas free 

 from ticks. 



7. Ticks only stop on an animal for three weeks; dipping 

 or spraying must therefore be done not less often than 

 every three weeks in order to catch ticks before they 

 drop off. 



%. The perforations of the skin caused by tick bites 

 facilitate the entrance of various kinds of disease germs. 



9. Ticks prevent caltl-e maturing normally and this 

 necessitates Beef Cattle being kept until they are 3 or 

 more years old. Cost of two years extra feed and care, 

 and interest on capital tied up, involves a heavy 

 additional outlay, the necessity for which can be 

 entirely avoided by the adoption of thorough tick 

 destruction measures. 



lOi The total annual loss sustained in the United States 

 as a result of ticks is enormous. f 100,(i00.000 

 (;f 20,000,000) is the amount named by the I'nited States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



11. If ticks are not kept under control, young animals may 



never become fully developed, but remain thin, weak, 

 and stunted, and thus the more easily succumb to 

 diseases, as a result of lowered vitality. 



12. Newly-hatched ticks can live as long as eight moi.ths 



without food, even during the colder season. 



13. Hides from animals that have been infested with titks 



are graded as No. 4 quality : the same hides if free 

 from tick marks would grade as No. 2 quality. The 

 difference in price between these two qualities is three 

 cents a pound. Therefore, on an average hide, weigh- 

 ing 42 lbs. the loss due to ticks would be more than $1.26. 



14. It has been calculated that a single beast may, as a result 



of Tick infestation, lose as much as 500 lbs of blooil in 

 a season. 



15. In a carefully conducted le^l it was found tliat tick- 



infested co^vs lost an average of 9J lbs. in weight, 

 while the cows free from ticks gained during the same 

 period an average of 44 lbs , both lots of cows be:ng 

 fed exactly alike. 



16. The presence of ticks on cattle is a serious drain on the 



animals' systems, one consequence of which is that the 

 amount of milk produced by oows is diminished. In one 

 experiment, cows badly infested with ticks producci'. 

 42% less milk than cows kept free from ticks. 



COOPER'S CATTLB TICK DIP 

 Hmt rtemivad Iht tftititJ approval of tha following Coantrhoi 

 9alM of SoBtb AfrfM, Nortfcera Rbe4<«it, Brazil, BiiutoUi4 



NriMliid. Swaztltid, SMtbera Bbo4MU, Mada(a*car. 



•rltlih East Africa, Qeraaa East Afrka. P*rtii(a«ae Eaal Africa, 



fartufueie Wcit .'frlca, Efypt, Arieatlac Repabllc, QBMiulai4, 



Ufllted Stc ei of Anerica, New Sonth Walea, 



Nortkcri TerrHorr of Antralla. 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM COOPER & 



BtANCMU: Tanato, Ckiof^ 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS 



<T. KITT5: 5. I.. Mor<ifor(l & Co. ANTIQUA: Rennctt Brr*«a A Cfla 



JAMAICA: D. Hender.wn & Co.. KIniraton. 



(lkl;NADA: Thomson. Hiinkey & Co. 



BARBAUO.-^: Darb<ido.< Ca-»iK'ratlve Cotton Co.. L4d. 



BAMAMA5: W. N. Twvnam, Na.vinu. 



TRINII) All: T. Ordilei <irant. Port o« 3paln. 



BRITI.SII (iUIAINA: ^andbach, Parker & Co. 



rr. VINCr.'NT: Cnrea ft Co.. KInirstown. NEVI5: *. n. Malona, 



DANISH \\ H.sT INDIK5: A. .'^i.hmleKelow. St. Cruln. 



MONT3J;hRAT; W l.lewellynWall. OOMIMC A: Hon. H. A. rramrlM, 



ST. 11 CIA: Barnaul .•<una ft Co., Castries. 



NEPHEWS, Berkhanr^ted, England. 



Bmbm Airct, Moott Vidro, Pusla Ar<o», Ea<l I ooJon, Odaaaa. 



