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that by this plan of treatment and management it is quite easy 

 to save over 90 per cent of Northern cattle. This is now a 

 demonstrated fact and can be accepted with confidence, and 

 positively shows that breeders are justified in buying strictly 

 first-class animals to improve the native stock. 



Extermination of Tick — There are two ways of dealing with 

 the tick: Either exterminate him by simply starving him to 

 death while he is in the larva stage, which requires only four to 

 six months, or destroy him while on the body of the cattle. The 

 former is the simplest, cheapest, and most efficient method. It 

 seems too simple to be of real value. A review of the life his- 

 tory of the tick suggests the thing to do. ■ It is this: Simply 

 turn all cattle out of pasture A, into pasture B. From B move 



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Same steer free of ticks— October 12, 1911. Weight, 1,015 pounds 



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them into C, from C to D. Now time this so it will be about 

 six months before you return to A. A moment's study will show 

 that you leave the ticks behind to perish of starvation before you 

 return the cattle to them. Every one who is at all familiar with 

 the tick has noticed that there are times when there are very 

 few or almost no ticks on cattle. This is important, as this is 

 exactly the time to move to a clean pasture. Cattle men are 

 very reluctant to disturb their animals at such times, but this 

 is the time to move. 



A great many suggestions have been made about feeding 

 cattle sulphur and other things to cause the ticks to fall off. 

 These are of little or no value. There are several types of 

 medicines to be applied to the cow's skin to kill the tick: 



1st. Grease or oil of any kind is very fatal to ticks. Lard, 



