THE AGEICULTUBAL NEWS. 



The Many Benefits of 



Cat'^le Dipping 

 Spraying 



or 



CUTTLC TICK 



The Dipping or Spraying of Cattle| i* ordinarily carried out solely to destroy Ticks, mt, by the Destruction of Ticks, aB Tick* 

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



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 theit, in time, Cattle Dipping 

 ■^ or Spraying wriU be systematically carried on even in countries where no Ticks 



RINGWORM. Dipping prevtnts and cures this highly contagious 

 lisea&e by destroying the fusgus which is th^ cause of it. 



WARTS. These are also cause*! by a micro-organism which is de- 

 troy ed by dipping. 



OPHTHALMIA. This is due to the presence of a woi-m carried by 

 I fly. Dipping destroys the fly. and thus prevents the disease. 



HAIRBALLS. ,By allaying ;ill skin irritation caused by parasitic 

 tiackB. dipping goes 'far to prevent calves lickinj,' their coats, and thus 

 i't* veuts the formation of hnirballs. 



BLACK LEG OR QUARTER EVIL- Many farmers claim that 

 'lipping has eliminated Quarter Evil from their herds, which, previously, 

 had never been frue from it ; but in view of the nature of this disease, this 

 '■laimmust be regarded as requiring conflrniation. 



■WHITE SCOUR. Thisdiseaseisquirfkly eradicated by di'iping. In 

 lierds regularly dipped, .a death from Wliite Scour is now almost unheard 

 of, whereas before systemattc Dippirtj came into vogue, the monalityof 

 . alves from this disease often ran up to 60% < J- 70%. and even higher. 



LICE. Kegular Dipping destroys these pests and guards the cattle 



against further attacks. 



HOTS. The bot-fly lays its eggs on the skin of the horse. When the 

 larvae emerge from the eggs thev are licked from the skin and thus 

 transferred to the stomach. Dippiiig kills these larvae whilst on the skin. 

 It will also kill many of the flies. 



WORMS IN CALVES. Dipping has been proved to prevent worm 

 tufectaon in calves. This is explained h\ the fact that dipping destroy-^ the 

 worms, or their eggs, which are prt.-sent on the teats and udder^ and 

 V>09Sil»ly on other parts of the bodies of the mother cow, whence they 

 become transferred to the calves by sucking or licking. 



HORSE-SICKNESS. This disease which is responsible lor a high 

 rate of mortality amongst horses in Soutli .Africa, has been shovm to be 

 prevented by dippmg. Horse-sickness is caused by an organism introduced 

 into the blood by a mosquito, and by dipping, the skin of the horse and the 

 bloodvessels immediately beneath it. hecdiiie inipregnat<-rt with arsenic, 

 not only making the skin blood poisonous to the mosquito, but destroying 

 •ny organisms which may be iutrodiieed into the blood by the mosquito in 

 the act of Wting. 



WARBLE FLY. The'action of dipping in preventing this pest >» ttie 

 same as described vmder the heading - Botsl" That is to say. dipping kais 

 maaryof the flies themselves: and it will kill the larvae which hatch ant 

 bom the eggs deposited on the skin bv the flies. In addition, the arsenic 

 fei&e dip would assuredly reach and liili many of the mature maggots in 

 fbe Rtage when they are just ready to emeree from the skin. 



PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO HIDES. The market valueof 

 ki*es is greatly reduced bv the perforations caused by the v,'arble-fly larva 

 and the OatUe Tick. Bv dipping, this damage can bo stopped and serious 

 l^ses prevented. Tick-b:tten hides are worth lid. per pound less than 

 uniulu red hides. • 



DECREASED FECUNDITY. .\ further loss to be recorde 1 against 

 the Tick is the redncf ion of th.' feeunOit v of female cattle ; perliaps also in 

 Ifceereaterliabilityof Tick-infested cattle todiseas* or abnormal conditions 



«f Ike reproductive organs. 



LOSS OF CONDITION IN CATTLE. Apart from qnerttoni of 



disease, the prcbenee of Tii.'ks on cattle reduces their condltkin. IXMnDE. 

 by destroying the Ticks, not only prevents this loss of condition, Woi, as a 

 restilt of the well-known tonic action of arsenic on the skin, caoses the 

 .animals to put on weight and thrive. 



During the period of .in experiment made specially to test thlB poitit 

 heavily infested cattle lost an average of 9 Iba. in weight, whilstthetick- 

 (rce cattle gained an average ot4«rbs., both lots of cattle being fed alike 



There is another in^tanceof a Tick-infested steer which weighed Wi !b^.. 

 and which, .after being dipped, weighed 1015 lbs. two monthslater. tbe i. ■ 1 

 remaining tlie same as Iiefore dipping. 



EARLIER MATURITY OF SLAUGHTER STOCK. In il" 

 rearing of stock for the butcher, the freedom from parasites which results 

 frotn dipiiiiig enables the young cattle to mature more quickly. This ma y 

 mean a saving of 1:3 or 18 months' feed and attention, and also enables ti;e 

 cattle owner to tui-n o\ er his capital much more quickly. 



MILK YIELD, llreiit losses occur by Ticks on Milch cows. leduc lt 

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

 render tbeni useless. Dipping has proved a preventive of all such troubl' 



A very fine series of experiments on this point wa« carried out by tlir 

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



(1) Cows lightly infested with Ticks produced IJ pints less per COW) . r 

 day than Tidi-lree cows ; 



(2) Cows heavily infested with Ticks produced 2 quarts kes per '■. m 

 per day iltun Tick-free cows. 



CONTAGIOUS ABORTION. It is reported by the Vexetini i v 

 Bacteriologist of the t^outhern Bhodesian Department 0lAgricultt»e th.^t 

 Cooper ^ Cattle Dip destroys the organism of this disease. He has tberelcri' 

 prescribed Dipping as one of tbe measures to lie employed in dealing with an 

 outbreak. Kegnlar 'lipping roust have great effect in preventing outbreak-. 



LIVER DISEASE IN CALVES. In stances are on record of ben.s 

 In which, as a result of regular systematic Dipping, losses from this dise. -' 

 have been reduced from as much as 80% to nil. 



MANGE. This dise,a.se, as is well known, is of parasitic origin. Dippia: 

 destroys the m;ijoge mite and cures the disease. Spraying and dippingwitli 

 Coopers Cattle Dip is officially strongly recommended by the Nyasalatd 

 Veterinary Authorities as a preventive of the spread of DemodecMc Oftttie 

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



FLIES. The continual torment caused to stock by flie» must inevit- 

 aWy react untovouraMy upon their state of health. Flies also aot as carriers 

 of many diseases of sixxi and of human beings. luntimerable flies sre 

 killed, directly or indirectly, by cattle dipiiing. 



EPIZOOTIC OR ULCERATIVE LYMPHANGITIS;— ThoOhiel 

 Veterinary Oflicer of British Bast Africa states in his 1914-15 Annual Beport 

 that "Dtaiping has been proved to he an efficient preventive against this 

 Disease, 



HOSN FLY. The ravages of this very aorious pest can be very vt*Uy 

 minimised by means of a ^mple adjustment at the entraneeto tbe cnpntBC 

 tajA. 12>n.baird- are attached to the uprl^t splaah boarding, and BMM 

 protect into the i ank on either side, and catoa and break the wave maJ » W 

 cattle when Jumping into the Bath. In thia way a heavy spray la KBiaoa 

 tbe backs of the jattia, which preoipUatei into the pouonoua waabi 

 cloud of Flies which liea fmn an anlinal When it plunsa into lb* t" ' 

 solution. 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Vo* received the official approval of the following Countri—l 



Union of South Africa. Northern Rhodesia. Brazil. Basutoland. 



Nyasaland. Swaziland. Southern Rhodesia. Madagascar. 



British East Africa. German East Africa. Portuguese East Afrioa. 



Ii^ttiieaese West Africa, Egypt. Argentine Republic. Queensland. 



United States of America. New South Wales. 



W. todies. Northern Territory of Australia. Sudan. 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS i 



«T. Kirrai 5. L. Horsford & Co. ANTIQUA: Benn«tt. 

 JAMAICA: D. Henderson ft Co., Klns«t«B. 

 OKENADA: Tbamsoa, Hnnluiy & Co. 

 BARBADOS : Barbados Co-operative CettMi C«., l»^ 

 BAHAMAS: W. N. Twynom, Nassau. 

 TRINIDAD: T. OeMee Qraot. Pert el Snala. 

 BRITISH aUIANA: Sandbadi, Parker A C*. 

 arr. VINCBNT: Corea & Co.. Kinavtewn. NBVIS: 5. D. M 

 DANISH WEST INWES: A. Schmiegelow, St. Croix. 

 MONT5ElfRAT: W. Uewellyn Wall. DOMINICA: Hon. H. A. 

 .<-T. LUCIA: Barnard Sons & Co., Castries. 



Manofachirers : WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



BfcANCHES: Toronto. Cbirsp. Sydory, M^lbotrot. AncliUni) Bw not Aire., MoeIj Video, Pasto ArtBii, East Undon, Odesia 



