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THE STORY OF THE CATTLE 

 FEVER TICK 



One warm .-ummer day an olive-^reen cattle-fever tick laid 4.()()() 

 tiny egiJ^ in the ijrass on a southern farm. The>e c<r<;s wei-e waxy 

 brown in color and were not much iarjier than a turnip seed. Here 

 is a pictui'c of the tiny e^^s: 



Tick ei:K>- hikIit iiM^iiif.v- 

 ii)>: ulass 



These little ejrjjs were kept warm by the sun. In less than a month 

 they hatclu'd out into lively, hungry seed ticks. Kach sei'd tick was 

 smaller than the head of a pin. If you had looked at the>e ticks 

 (hrou<j;h a magnifying glass you would have >een that each one hud 

 six leirs. 



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Cattle fovor Hi'cd ticks. 

 Count the legs 



58238°— 27- 



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