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A Practical Experiment 



IN 



Tick Eradication 



IN 



Antigua 



•ATTLK note 



The following extracb from " The Weil Indian Bulletin." No. 2, Vol xio., /rem a report hy Mr. P. T. Saunders, M.R.C.V.S„ Veterinary Officer M 



the Staff o/ the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, show conclusively the value of systematic mark in Tick Eradication, ani 



incidentally prove how easily and cheaply the great economic waste caused by "Cicks can be ohoiaied in the West Indies and other tropical countries. 



The question of Ticks and their eradication is one that has played an 



important part in the economy of the stock industry in ihe West Indies 



for many years. It is feared, however, that in many islands no attempt 



has 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 



effect on the animals is very 



marked from the anaemia con- 

 sequent upon the mechanical 



loss of blood from the sucking 



of the ticks, and many herds 



look poor and miserable from 



their effects. Diseases may 



ako be propagated through 



the agency of Ticks ; so there 



at once appears every argument 



'or iheir systematic eradication. 



This conclusion was forced 

 upon die . representatives of 

 Messrs. Henckell Dn Buisson 

 & Co,, and the firm imported 

 a fprayiag machine to deal 

 wnk Ihe herds of cattle used 

 on the coiapany's estates in 

 AntigBk. 



Aher nearly twelve months* trial, it is gratifying to be able lo record 

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



THE IMPROVED 



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

 preparation, manufactured by the proprietors as a result of 

 yean* experiment and investigation in South Africa and elsewhere. 

 Hm draetions fer nse are easy to follow, and the preparation of the 

 toloiieo is accomplished simply by the addition of the dip to cold 

 I iboroughly mixing, in the strength required. As the surplus Dip 

 t le di* lank, and at each animal carries away on its skin something 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 



Has received the official approval of the following Countries : 



Union of South Sfrica, Northern Rhodesia, Brazil, Basutoland, 



Nyasaland, Swaiilam), Southern Rhodesia, Madagascar, 



British East Africa, German East Africa, Portyguese East Africa, 



Portuguese West Africa Egypt, Argentine Republic, Queensland, 



United States of America, New South Wales, 



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

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

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



The results obtained from spraying have (ully justified the most 

 sanguine expectations, h should first and foremost be recorded, that on 



sprayed cattle it has resulted 

 a complete absence of ticks : 

 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 thrift}' ; 

 they are seldom hide-boimd — 

 a condition which was formoiy 

 common — and their skins arc 

 softer and more pliable, while 

 the coat is alto impraved. 



Once the cattle hwc 

 become accustomed to iIm 

 Machine, there is no diScnlty, 

 and the spraying may be 

 performed in very short time. 

 COOPER- CATTLE SPRAYING MACHINE On one occasion, seventy-lhrt. 



(Erected ready far u,e) ^^,j^ p^^,^j ,^_.^j^^ ^ 



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



The success which .^as attended this innovation shonld be suAocnt 

 encouragement to those owners who have the interests and the ecoaony ol 

 their stock at heart, lo fol' v the lead of Mestrt. Henckell DuBoiisonflcCo. 



The erection of spra\ ng machines is a matter which is well w t irl llj cf 

 the attention of slock c wneii genenDy, and the wrilv very stm|^ 

 advocates their erection in different parts of the seranl islaads ci tb« 

 West Indies, li may be possible, in naay JMlMHii. fcir yaf rf »■— i 

 lo combine to secure this end. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS : 



ST. KllTTS: S. L. Horsford & Co. 



ANTIOrA : Bennett, Brvson & Co. 



•JAMAICA : P. Henderson * Co., Kingston. 



GRENADA : Thomson, Hankey & Co. 



BARBADOS : Barlmdoe Co-operative <:!otton Co., Lt<l, 



BAHAM.^S : W. N. Tw^■nam. Njissau. 



TRINIDAD T. Geddes Grant. Port-of-Spain. 



BRITLSH i.lTANA : Sandbaeh. Parker* Co. 



.ST. VINCKXT : Corea A C.,., Kingstown. 



NF.VIS : S. D. Malone. 



DANISH WEST I .VDIES : A. Schmiegelow, ,5t. Croix. 



MONTSh !;RAT: \V. Llewellyn Wall. 



DOMINI. V : Hon. H. A. Frampton. 



ST. LT'f'rA Barnard Suns A' Co.. Castrief. 



Northern Territory of Australia. 



Manufacturers : WILLIAM' COOPE.R & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England, 



BRANCHES : Toronto, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourrte, Auckland, Buenos Aires, Montt 'ideo, Punta Arenas, East London, Odessa. 



