THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



An Object Lesson 



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Tick Eradication 



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T%e IfhutToHon* given below, and the accompanying particulars, are taken from an OfficieJ pohlieatlon »f tha United 



Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 498, 



b liu (>aa» 

 caJcnlaled that licks may, 

 in ihe course of a year, 

 deprive an animal ol 

 lOi gaQoDt of bloo<L 

 Some ticks absorb M 

 much as 2 cc ci 



blood eacki 



TICK INFESTED: B'^FORE DIPPING, August 12th, 1911. 

 WEIGHT 730 POUNDS. 



A case » OB 



record of a horse which 

 died from anaemia re- 

 sulting from gross tick 

 infesUtion, and from 

 which no less than 

 '/8 lbs. of ticks were 

 collected. 



THE SAME BEAST TICK FREE: 2 MONTHS AFTER DIPPING, 

 October 12th, 1911. WEIGHT 1015 POUNDS. 



The atove iDustrarions afford an example of the benefits afforded by Tick Eradication. The aniinal shown, when infested with licks, weighed only 

 7K pounds on 12th August, 191 1. On this date the beast was completely freed from Ticks by dipping. Two months later (12th October), its weigbi 

 Wl increased to 1015 pounds, the feed in the meantime remaining the same as before. The total gain aftsr being freed btm lidn wi» f 



285 pounds in 2 months, or a daily average gain of 4f pa 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 

 Hat received the official approval of tha fellauring Countri—t 

 llllon ol South Africa. Northern Rhodesia, Brazil, BasutolaM, 



Nyagaland. Suazi'aad, Southern Rhodesia, Madagascar, 



Brilliih East Alrlca. (ierman East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, 



Portuguese West Africa, Egypt, Argentine Republic. QoeenslaaC 



I niled Stales of America, New South Wales, 



Northern Territory ol Australia. 



M.ni.fadurers : WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, England. 



l|.IO,Nv.l(lS Toroalo, Chicago. Syi».,, UeihaVM, AaatUtti. Bneaos Aires. Mo«lt Vidto, Pwla Artnaa, East London, OJcw 



WEST INDIAiN AGENTS ; 



• r, KITTA: .'■■ L. Hnrslord & Co. ANTIGUA: Bennett, Br. »<>" * C«. 



JAMAI>:'\: D. Htrnderson & Co., Kingston. 



OktNADA: Tticmson, Hanl4e> * Co. 



BAKBADO.'^ Barbados Co-operative Cotton Co., Ltd. 



BAliA.MAS: W. \. Twjnam, Nas.iau. 



TRINIDAD: T. OedJe5 Grant. Port ol 5paln. 



BRITISH GUIANA: iandbach. Parker & Co. 



BT. VINCENT: Corea & Co., Kineatown. NEVIS: 5. D. Malane. 



DANISH WtiST INDIES: A. .Schmlegelow, St. Croii. 



MONTSBRRAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. DO.MI.MCA: Hon. H. A. PramptoB. 



ST. LUCIA: Barnard Sons A Co.. Ca.^trle9. f 



