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were- observed but it was noticed that bj' the time they 

 assumed the size of a pin's head a small sore would start 

 to form at the point of attachment and the tick would dry 

 away. Clover was in fairly low condition on arrival and 

 although she was milking all the time and never dipped, 

 picked or sprayed during the five months she was at 

 Wetheron, she left in good condition. Mr. Corser's own 

 herd with which Clover was running, became very heavily 

 infested with ticks and would have been in extremely poor 

 condition had they not been dipped at intervals. 



On March 14th, 1914, Mr. Pound wrote re Clover : " I 

 have the honour to re])ort that Mr. Munro Hill's cow 

 Clover was untrucked here yesterday from Wetheron 

 where she had been under the care and observation 

 of Mr. B. H. Corser, M.L.A., since September. Imme- 

 diately on her arrival, in very good condition, she was 

 run straight into the crush and examined, and as a result 

 Mr. Thorn and myself found numbers of cattle ticks in 

 various stages of development, some of them past the second 

 moult which takes place on the fourteenth day after first 

 attachment." (R.S.C, 1915, p 64). Later Mr. Pound 

 wired to Mr. Corser asking him to visit Brisbane and stating 

 there was one developed tick on the cow. Follo%\'ing Mr. 

 Watson's investigations, Mr. Corser visited Yeerongpilly 

 and saw a number of developed ticks on Clover as well as 

 on Tinkerbell and other cattle. Mr. Corser also saw a calf 

 of Clover's with fully developed ticks on it. 



Tinkerbell. Mr. Walker had an independent committee 

 formed consisting of five or seven local people who had 

 authority to go into the farm at any time and examine her. 

 They met every Sunday and discussed the matter and 

 " during the whole period I do not think you could discover 

 ticks on her." (Walker, R.S.C, 1915, p. 16). Mr. Pound 

 (R.S.C, 1915, p. 14) admitted that three days before the 

 cow was returned to Yeerongpilly he visited Traveston 

 and after a half-hour's examination failed to find any ticks 

 on Tinkerbell, but he was not, however, satisfied that the 

 animal was free from them. 



On arrival at Yeerongpilly she was put into the crush, 

 and examined bv' Inspector Carmodj^ who stated that he 

 could have picked off 500 ticks up to a fortnight old 



