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class, which are usually in low condition, finding their 

 way to the feed grounds. One year ear ticks were so 

 bad that we put the whole feeding bunch through a 

 chute, and squirted coal oil into their ears, with good 

 results. 



In closing this chapter I am constrained to pay a 

 tribute to the splendid work done by the Federal Bu- 

 reau of Animal Industry, through trying circum- 

 stances and against much opposition, in the matter 

 of obtaining individual and state cooperation. Its 

 painstaking, patient methods are saving the world 

 many times the cost of the whole bureau every year. 

 Eventually, due to the bureau's initiative and per- 

 sistent, constructive work, America will be free from 

 fever ticks. 



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