16 MISC. PUBLICATION 2, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



THE TICK IS DIPPED OUT OF MANY COUNTIES 



The people living in many counties in the (luarantined area at last 

 •fot tired of tieks. They asked tlie United States Department of 

 A«;riciihure to help them. The department sent men to show them 

 how to build dippin<^ vats and how to mix the medicine to kill 

 the ticks. 



Wherever the peojile dij)ped all their cattle re^ndarly they «^ot rid 

 of these ticks, and their county was released from (piarantine. 



These counties have been i'rceil from the troublesome quarantine 

 rules, anil the cattle are doin^ better and brin<j:in<^ better prices. In 

 some of these released counties a few of the people have been careless 



f'uttle 111 <iuiiraiitliio pens. 



TtiiSf caiih' iiif from licky couiitiy. They are kept 

 uwiiy fioiii clriiii cuttle 



about dipping' all their cattle rej^ularly, and these people must con- 

 tinue to dip until all ticks are killed. In some sections the people 

 have not yet <:ot rid of fever ticks. The ])eople in other places are 

 now dipping their cattle t(v^et rid of ticks this year. 



GLAD THEY GOT RID OF TICKS 



The people who live in the sections where ticks have been dipped 

 out are verv {ilad now that they pot rid of the fever ticks. They will 

 not allow ticky cattle to l)e ship|)ed into their clean counties for fear 

 that the cattle ticks will <:et back on their cattle. 



They write letters to the ])eparment of Agricidture saying that 

 they get more milk from I heir cows. They say that their beef animals 



