UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Bl'KKAr OF ANIMAL INDLSTHY 



Dkar Ciiirj)iti:x of Tin: SorTii: 



Tliis story book tells yon why so many cows aiul steers and calves 

 in the Soutii <ret sick and die. J know that yon Avoiild rather see 

 fat, healthy cattle than thin and sick ones. .\Iost cattle that die of 

 sickness in the South die from the bites of cattle-fever ticks. The 

 ticks carry tick fever from sick animals to healthy ones. Other names 

 for tick fever are "redwater" and " murrain. '" Some cattle that 

 the ticks bite do not die. but the fever ticks prevent them from <riv- 

 iiii? as much milk or ^a-owin<^ into as good meat animals as they 

 (jtlierwise would. 



This story book tells how to <ret rid of these r()l)l)('r ticks that bite 

 cattle and suck their blood. The best way to light ticks is to build 

 dipping vats and make the cattle swim through a medicine thai 

 kills the ticks. The medicine <loesn*t hurt the cattle at all. In many 

 counties people have got rid of ticks that way and now are sending to 

 market tlie milk and meat that the ticks used to steal. 



Get your father and mother to read this stoiv book and to helj) 

 fight cattle-fever ticks. I hope you will like this little book and 

 show it to your friends. 



J. R. MolILMt, 



CJi'nf, Jiuiraii. of Aii'nnal Indu,stry. 



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