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ment of tick eradication work, ii amounted to 25*28 dollars 

 105s. Id.). In comparing these two amounts, however, allow- 

 anoe has to be made for the genera] advance in the price of 

 cattle, Init even when this is done, the price shows an appre- 

 ciation of 40 per cent, which can be properly credited to the 

 absence <>f the tick. 

 Two more questions and their replies may be quoted :— " Is 



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t here any difference in the average weight of the cattle now and 

 before tick eradication was started ? How much ? " Answer : 

 " Yes. Average increase 22 per cent. Average weight in- 

 crease, 116 lbs." Taking the value of the animals at lfd. per 

 lb. (the average for three -year-old steers in U.S.A.), the average 

 gain thus works out at about 16s. 8d. per head. Finally, the 

 reply to the question : "Is there any improvement in the 

 grades ot cattle in your country since the work of tick eradica- 

 tion was started ? " was practically a unanimous affirmative. 



