THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. 



Practical Experiment 



IN 



Tick Eradication 



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IN 



Antigua 



0*TTLE TIOK 



The fdlowlng extrach from "The IVesl Indian bulletin," No. 2. Vol. xlo., from a report by Mr. P. T. SaunJera, M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Officei on 



the Staff of the Imperial Department of .Agriculture for the West Indies, show concliIsiTiely the value of systematic Tsork in Tick Eradicatiom, and 



ii-Jdentally prove how easily and cheaply the great economic waste caused by 'Cicks can be obviated in the West Indies and other tropical countries. . 



The question of Ticks and their eradication Is one that has pljyed 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 

 has been made to deal with the question in nn efTicietil manner, and. as a 

 natural consequence, the Tick has always had. more or less, liie ii|jper 

 hand in the struggle. 



In a b<-id tick season, the 

 effect on the animals is very 

 • marked from the anaemia con- 

 sequent upon the mechanical 

 loss of blotid from the suckmg 

 of the ticks, and many herds 

 look poor and miserable from 

 their effects. Diseases may 

 also be propagated through 

 the agency of Ticks ; so there 

 at once appears every argument 

 fnr their systematic eradication 



This conclusion was forced 

 upon the representatives of 

 Messrs. Hcnckell Dn Buisson 

 & Co., and the firm imported 

 a spraying machine to deal 

 ivith the herds of cattle used 

 i^n tile company's estates in 

 Antigua. 



After nearly twelve months' trial, it is gratifying to be able to ri:cord 

 :.n entire satisfaction, both in its working and in iss results. 



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

 coBtaintng preparation, manufactured by the proprietors as a result of 

 ■nuj fears' experiment and investigation in South Africa and elsewhere. 

 TW (firections for ose are easy to follow, and the preparation of the 

 tfaqriof solotioci it accomplished simply by the addition of the dip to cold 

 VMar Had tlmrottglily mixing, in the strength required. As the surplus Dip 

 (falM back to tiw taak, and as each animal carries away on its sldn something 



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less than i-gallon, it will be gathered that the cost of sprayinglper head is 

 very small : the actual cost per head v%orks out at about ^., and it is esti- 

 maled ih?it the cost of spraying would not exceed 18d. per head per annum. 



1 In; results nbuuned from spraying have fullv justified the most 

 sanguine expecialions. It should first and foremost be recorded, that on 



sprayed catde it has lesulted 

 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 thrifty : 

 they are seldom hide-bound — 

 a condition which was formerly 

 common — and their skins are 

 softer and more pliable, while 

 the coat is also improved. 



Once the cattle have 

 become accustomed to the 

 Machine, there is no difficulty, 

 and the spraying may be 

 performed in very short time. 

 On one occasion, seventy-three 

 cattle passed through the 

 machine in seven minuies. each one being effectively and complete!)^ sprayed. 



The success which has attended this innovation should be sufficicni 

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

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



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

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

 advocates their erection in different parti o( the sercral islands o^ iIm 

 West Indies. It may be possible, in many initaimw, lor grtm»i ill nwn 



to combine to secure this cad. 



MACHINE 



COOPER'S CATTLE TICK DIP 



Ka* received the official approval of the following Couiitrfui 

 0aioii of South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Brazil, Basutolaai, 



Nyasaland, Swazilaod, Soultacrn Rhodesia, Madagaicar, 

 British East Africa, Oerman East Africa, Portagneie East Africa, 

 Partaguese West Africa, Egypt, Argentine Republic, Qoeenslaad, 



United States of America, New South Wales, 



I Northern Territory of Australia. 



fWanufactiirers : WILLIAM COOPER & 



! BRANCHES : rorcito, Cbica(o. Syijaey, Mclkaara*. Aad.lud, 



WEST INDIAN AGENTS ; 



Kt, Kirra: 5. I.. 'rlnrstord & Co. AN ilOUA : Bennett. Br *"" * *-•■ 



JAMAICA: D. Henderson & Co., King:»tan. 



QRENADA: Thomson, Hankey & Co. 



BARBAUO.S: Barbados Co-operative Cotton Co.. LtJ. 



BAHAMAS: W. N. Twynam, Na.s.sau. 



TRIMDAD: T. Geddes Grant. Port of Spain. 



BRlTIStt GUIANA: Sandbacli, Porker & Co. 



BT. VINCENT: Corea & Co., Kinsstown. NEVIS: S. D. IVIalone. 



DANISH WEST INDIES: A. SchmJeRelow, St. Croix. 



M0NT5ERRAT: W. Llewellyn Wall. DO.MINICA: Hon. H. A Hramii.tniv 



ST. LUCIA: Barnard Son.* & Co., Castries, t 



NEPHEWS, Berkhamsted, EnglanrJ, 



BocftOl Ajret, Ittoote Vidro. Pur.ta Arroat. East London. OilruB 



