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The free graain^ of ,COO head of 'sh^op \tpcn -the Bit- 

 terroot rational forest, in the &-Uvte OL' Montana j has bsen an- 

 thorized "by the secretary of agrlculturo as part of a navel ex- 

 per5;v.^i-it 'vi trapping the deadly spotted f^rer tici: the forest' 

 e^-rvice- and the public health eervioe arQ working together in 

 cooperation with local sheep growers ;Lis tills new canp^,ign 



It is the general belief of the leading medical au- 

 thorities that the mysterious and frequently fat-el ^.ieasre c.,u~ 

 inonly knor^t as spotted fever is spread by the tick $*&8&Q6&t<Hr 

 G-nd9rs?oni vrhich, in parts of the Bitt-erroot forest, occurs In 

 such Xv,t;^r.d5>r>ee tl^.t it constitutes & ren.1 raenace .to rssvn and 

 beast. SuiM-eon Jto Clint ic of the public health service died 

 lest year o-f spo.tt-sd fever contracted during hin study of the 

 disesse-ftnd its control* 



Tae plan proposed cpntenplr.tes the grazing of t'*ro 

 bands of slieep upon the parts of the forest where the tick Is 

 s^ct abundant., v/ith tha idcg, t^mt large nur^era of thfc ticks 

 7* ill attach thc'.rr,5"i"-.Tes to the shaep. Then, aa poca&lott re- 

 q.uirt^ ? the shsop will be freed of the ticks, "by being. dipped 



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