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THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. 



A Practical Experiment 

 Tick Eradication 



IN 



Antigua 



CA i • L-b T 1< 



The faUnuwg extracts from "The Wesl Indian Rulklin." No. 2, Vol. xio., from a report by Mr. P. T. SaunJers. Hf.R.C.l'.S., Veterinary Officer on 



the Staff of the Imperial Deparlmenl of Agriculture for the West Indies, show conclusively the value of systematic work in Tick Eradication, and 



incidentally prove how easily and cheaply theigreat economic waste caused by 'Uicks can be obviated in the West Indies and other tropical countries. 



The question o( 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 feared, however, that in many islands no attempt 

 iias been made to deal with the question in an efficient manner, and, as a 

 natural consequence, the Tick has always had, more or less, the upper 

 hand in the struggle. 



In a bad tick season, the 

 iffecl on the animals is very 

 marked from the anaemia con- 

 sequent upon the mechanical 

 loss of blood from the sucking 

 of the licks, and many herds 

 look poor and miserable from 

 iheir effects. Diseases may 

 also be propagated through 

 I he agency of Ticks ; so there 

 at once appears every argument 

 for their systematiceradicalion. 



Thl.s conclusion was forced 

 upon the representatives of 

 Messrs. Henckell Du Buisson 

 & Co., and the firm importer! 

 a spraying machine to deal 

 with the herds of cattle used 

 on the company's estates in 

 Antigua. 



After nearly twelve months' trial, it is gratifying to be able to record 

 an entire satisfaction, both in its working and in its results. 



The spraying solution used is Cooper's Cattle Dip — an arsenic- 

 containing preparation, manufactured by the proprietors as a result of 

 many years' experiment and investigation in South Africa and elsewhere. 

 The directions for use are easy to follow, and the preparation of the 

 spraying solution is accomplished simply by the addition of the dip to cold 

 water and thoroughly mixing, in the strength required. As the surplus Dip 

 drains back to the lank, and as each animal carries avray on its skin something 



THE IMPROVED "COOPE?. ' CATTLE SPRAYING MACHINE 



(Erected ready for u;-e) 



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

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

 mated that the cost of spraying would not exceed 18d. per head per annum. 



The results 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 ticks 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-bound — 

 a condition which was formerly 

 commoiv — and their skins are 

 ofter and more pliable, while 

 'tic coal is also improved. 



Once the cattle have 

 become accustomed to the 

 Machine, there is no difTiculty, 

 and ihe spraying may be 

 performed in very short time. 

 On one occasion, sevenly-lhree 

 cattle passed through the 

 machine in seven minutes, each one bemg effectively and completely sprayed. 



The success which has attended this innovation should be sufficient 

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

 their stock at heart, to follow the lead of Messrs. Henckell DuBuisson & Co. 



The erection of spraying machines is a matter which is well worthy of 

 the attention of stock owners generally, and the writer very strongly 

 advocates their erection in different parts of the several islands of the 

 West Indies. It may be possible, in many instances, for groups of owners 

 to combine to secure this end. 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Ha* rteeivtd the official approval of the following Countries : 

 UtloD ol South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, llritzll? I5nsutolaiiil, 



Nyasalaad, Swaziland, Southern Rhodesia, Madns-tscar, 



Brltlah East Africa. German East Africa. Portuguese lUsI Africa. 



Portutuese West Africa, Hgypt, ArRcnline Republic. (JucenslanJ. 



United Stales of America. New South Wjilcs. 



Northern Territor\ of Auslraliii. 



Maiufaclurers : WILLIAM COOPER & 



BRANCHES: Toroito, Cticago, Sydney, Melbourne, .'.utkltnd, 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS ; 



ST. KITT..S: .<. I.. Ilorstonl & Co. ANTKil'.*: liennctt. Bryson & Co. 



JA.MAICA: I). Mcnder.ion & Co.. kini:.''ton. 



iiKI;NAI)A: Thomson, Hankey .& C>p. 



BARI<At)05: Hjirliailo.'i Co-ciperaliM' C"It.'ii Co., Ltd. 



ll\ltAM.\.<: \V. N. Tw.vn.im, Nassau. 



IRIMIIAI): T. Gfddcs llninl. Port of 5paln. 



IJKITI.SII (illANA: .'iandbuch. ^Parker & Co. 



ST. >1VCI;M : Corea & Co.. KIncstow n. Nl:>l>: -•». 1). Malone. 



DAM.'^M \\i:.ST INOIE^i: A. .•«cliniicKel«w. St. Croix. 



.M0NT51:kRAT: >V l.li»ell\nN\all. DO.MINICA: Hon. hi. A. Prampton. 



.•' 1. I.ICIA: 11.11 nuril ."^iin.* & Co.. Castries. 



NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



Duenoi Aires, Monte Video, Punta Arenas, East London, Odessa. 



