tHE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 



The Many Benefits of 

 Cattle Dipping or 

 Spraying 



OATTLB TICK 

 rSMAba 



The Dipping or Spraying of Cattle i* ordinarily carried out solely lo destroy Ticki, M, by the Destruction of Ticks, all Tick- 



borne diseases (such as Texas Fever, Redwater. Heartwater, Gallsickness and East Coast Fever) are effectually prevented. 



But many other benefits are incidentally secured by dipping, as will be seen by the following notes. 



Indeed, so numerous and so important are these incidental benefits as almost to justify the prophecy that, in time, Cdttle lapping 



** or Sprajang will be systematically carried on even in countries where no Ticks exist. 



RINGWORM. Dipping prevents and cures this highly contag.oiis 

 ■■..aease by destroying the fungus which is the cause of it. 



WARTS. These are also caused by a micro-organism which is de- 

 stroyed by Apping. 



OPHTHALMIA. This is due to the presence of a worm cajried by 

 .i. fly. Dipping destroys the fly, and thus prevents the disease. 



HAIRBALLS. By allaying all skin irritation caused by p.^rasitic 

 I'licks. dipping goes far to prevent calves lickinti their coats, and thus 

 ! ■: (-vents the formation of hairball>. 



BLACK LEG OR QUARTER EVIL. Many farmers claim that 

 • lipping has eliminated Quarter Evil from their herds, which, previously. 

 ■ had nsver been free from it : but in view of the nature of this disease, this 

 laim must be regartied as reijuiriug conflmiation. 



WHITE SCOUR. This-- disease is quickly eradicated by diiping. In 

 i iierdt rt-j^olarly dipped, a death from Whittj Scour is now almost milliard 

 ' 'if, whtreas before systematic Uippini? came into vo^jue, the mortality of 

 'alvee from this disease often ran up to 60S or 70*, and even higher. 



LICE. Regular Dipping destroys these pests and guards the cattle 



j lyainst lurther attacks. 



BOTS. The twt-fly lays its eggs on the skin of the horse. When the 

 . i.irvao emerge from the eggs thev are lifked from the skin and thus 

 I transferred to the stomach. Dipping kills these larvae whilst on the skin. 

 ; It will also kill many of the flies. 



' VI^ORMS IN CALVES. Dipping has been proved to prevent worm 



iiifection in calves. This is exiihiincd by the fact that dippini: destroys the 



' wnrmf^ or their eggs, which are liresent on the teats and udders .and 



, possibly on other parts ol the bodies of the mother cow, whence they 



• herome transferred to the calves by sucking or licking. 



' HORSE-SICKNESS. This disea.^e. which is responsible for a high 



rate of mortality amongst horses in South Africa, has bcin shown to oe 



! prevented by dipping. Horse-sickness is caused by an organism introduced 



• mto the blood by a mosquito, and by dipping, the skin of the hoise and the 



• Mood vessels immediately beneath it. become inipregn.iifd with arsemc, 

 ! not only m.aking the skin bloo-l poisonous t<i the mosaur., but destroying 



adty organisms which may be introduced into the blood by the mosquito lo 

 ' tte act of biting. 



WARBLE FLY. The action of dipping in preventing this pest is the 



• same .-. B desorihed under the heading ■Bnts." That is to say. dipping kills 

 ' many of the fliej thcmselve-: and it will kill the larvae wliich h.ili'h out 

 i from the eggs deposited on the skin by the flies. In addition, the arsenic 

 i In the dip would assuredly n-aeh and kill many of the mature maggots In 

 I the stage when they arc ju-t ready to euuTKe from the skin. 



1 PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO HIDES. The market value of 

 ' hides Is greatly redu( ed bv the perfor.itions caused by the warWe-fly larva 

 , and the Cattle Tick. Bv di|.|.ing, this damage can bo stopiieil and serious 

 ' !<)*•'!» prevented. Tick-b tien hides are worth IJd. per pound less than 

 I uninjured hides. 



' DECREASED FECUNDITY. A further loss to be recordel against 

 lUic Tick is the rc<lnetion of the fecundity of female cattle : perhaps .Iso in 

 i Ac gre-aU- liabdily ol Tiek-infested cuttle to disease or ahnorm.il conditions 

 of the reproduet:ve organs. 



LOSS OF CONDITION IN CATTLE. Apart from quealions of 



disease. 1 lie presence el Ticks on cattle reduces their condition. Dil>pir,t'. 

 by destroying the Tick.^. not only prevents this loss of condition, brf. Rf :■ 

 result of the well-known tonic action of arsenic on the skin, causes ' i 

 animals to put on weight and thrive. 



During the period of an experiment made specially to test this p"!; 

 heavily infested cattle lost an average of 9 lbs. in weight, whllstOie tick 

 free cattle gained an average of 44 lbs., both lots of cattle being fed aliV. 



There is another instanoeof a Tick-infested steer which weighed 73f> 11 - 

 and which. ;tfter being dipped, weighed 1015 lbs. two months later, the :ee.: 

 remaining.' 1 he same as before dipping. 



EARLIER MATURITY OF SLAUGHTER STOCK. In lie 



reariiip of ^toek for the buicher. the freedom from parasites which res.ilt- 

 trom difipiu^' enables the young cattle to mature more quickly. This 1 lav 

 mean a saving of 12 or iti months' feed and attention, and also enables ti ■ 

 cattle owner to turn over his capital much more quickly. 



MILK YIELD, Great losses occur by Ticks on Milch cows, reduinr 

 the milk yield, and in some cases so injuring the teats and udders as i.- 

 render thcin useless. Dipping has proved a preventive of all such troul-li 



A very fine series of experiments on this point was carried out by II ■ 

 United Stiites Department of Agriculture, and it was shown that: — 



O) Cows lightly infested with Ticks produced IJ pints less per cow j r 

 day than Tick-free cows : 



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

 per day than Tick-free cows. 



CONTAGIOUS ABORTION. It is reported by the Vetenu 11 > 

 Bacteriologist of the Southern Uhodeslan Department of Agriculture tb; t 

 Ooopcr'3 Cattle Dip destroys the organism of thisdisea-e. He has thertMoie 

 prescribed Dipping as one of the measures toln^employedin dealing with an 

 outbreak. Regular dipping rnust have great effect in preventing outbreaks. 



LIVER DISEASE IN CALVES. Insfcinces are on record of leriK 

 In which, as a result of regular systematic Dipping, losses from th's dis. ;,w,- 

 have been reduced from as much as 80^ to nit 



MANGE. This disea-se, as is well known. Is of parasitic origin. Dippir.;; 

 destroys the mange mite and cures the disease. Spraying and dipping with 

 Cooper's Cattle Dip is oSinally strongly recommended by the Nyasal.,xd 

 S'eterinary Authorities as a preventive of the spread of Demodectic Cnltle 

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



FLIES. The continual torment caused ti stock by flies must inevit- 

 aHy react unfavourably upon tholrsiatcof health. Flies also act as carriers 

 of manv diseases of stock lUld ef human IxJings. Innumerable flie* nre 

 killed, directly or indirectly, by cattle diiipiug. 



EPIZOOTIC OR ULCERATIVE LYMPHANGITIS.— The CI iet 

 Veterinary Officer of Bi itish iilast Alrica states in his 191i-l& Annual Beport 

 that "Dipping has been proved to be an efficient preventive against tlili 

 Disi-a*e. 



HORN FLY. The ravages of this very serious post can be very gTeaiiy 

 minimised by means of a simple adjustmont at the entrance to the dlppli^ 

 tnnk. 12 in. boards ,1 re at tachod to the upright splaah hoarding, and thea» 

 project Into the tank on either side, and c^tch and break the wave mods \m 

 cattle when Jumping' into the Bath. In tills way a heavy spray Is sent o»^ 

 the backs of the cattle, which precipitates Into the poisonous wash tto 

 cloud of Flies which rise from .an animal when It plunges Into the dlpptnv 

 solution. 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Mat received the official approval of the following Countri—t 



, Union of South Africa. Northern Rhodesia. Brazil. B,i;iuli.;jad. 



NyasaUnd. Swaziland. Southern Rhodesia. MadagaHcar. 



British East Africa. Gorman East Africa. Portuguese Fast Africa. 



Portuguese West Africa. ItoP'- Aiiientinc Hepublle. Queensland. 



United SUtes of America. New South Wale-i. 



W.Indies. Northern Territory of Auilr.i I i a. Suil.in, 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS i 



Ml, KITTA: S. L. Mor.Mord & Co. ANTiaUA: Bennett, ai fM BaOi 



JAMAICA: D. Henderson ft Co., Klngsteo. 



ci:.':.\.\n.\: Thomson. Mankey & Co. 



BARBADOS: Barbsdo.i Co-operative Cotton C«.. LjMk 



BAHAMAS: W. N. Twynam. Nauaa. 



TRINIDAD: T. Oeddes Ornnt. Port ol Spsla. 



BRITISH OUIANA: iandboch, Parker « Co. 



trr. VINCENT: Cores & Co., Kingstown. NEVIS: S. 0. Maleak 



IPANISII \\rST INDIES: A. .<«chmleBelow, St. Crolz. 



M0NT5l;Kk'A1: W. Llewellyn Wall. DOIMINICA: Hon. H. A. Praaptaa. 



.<T. I.UCIA: Barnard Son* & Co., Castries. 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, Endand. 



BRANCHES: Tg.i,i.Ic. CI,.,. 



!^-.tJuev. f'vlLauiiic, AutkboJ. I''- 



IVk: Ir Viilfp, Punt* Arcs**, Esal lAodon, OduM 



