INTRODUCTORY 



The area .Infected with the cattle tick includes 

 Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Arkansas, two-thirds of Texas, half of Oklahoma, 

 half of IS'orth Carolina, nearly all of South Carolina, 

 a few counties in Tennessee and also one or two 

 counties in California. 



It is estimated that the annual loss due to the 

 cattle tick is approximately $100,000,000. 



The facts relative to the cattle tick set forth in 

 the following pages should be known to every South- 

 ern farmer. By united effort the tick pest can be 

 destroyed, and its destruction will save the Southern 

 farmer millions of dollars. Everyone who owns 

 cattle in the infected area is interested in knowing 

 how to destroy the c-attle tick. 



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