18 THE CATTLE FEVEB TICK. 



The fever and the loss of the blood that the ticks 

 suck out weaken many animals so that they can not 

 stand winter storms. They die of exposure or starva- 

 tion. Many of these would not die if the fever ticks 

 had not weakened them. 



Many cows are made so weak by the fever and the 

 loss of the blood the ticks suck that they can not 

 care for their baby calves in the spring. Many calves 

 die at this season. 



It is called "spring loss," and costs cattle raisers a 

 lot of monev. 



Cattle owners could save these losses bv killing 

 the fever ticks. 



AN ENEMY OF FINE CATTLE. 



Cattle brought into the South from places where 

 there are no fever ticks get tick fever very easily 

 and are almost sure to die from it. This is why 

 good, tick-free breeding animals can not be brought 

 to a ticky farm to improve the breed of the cattle. 

 The fever ticks are almost sure to kill good milch 

 cows, good bulls, or good beef cattle brought in 

 from tick-free places. Fine animals are so valuable 

 that a farmer can not afford to keep them if ticks 

 suck out their blood and keep them from being- 

 healthy. 



This is why we see so many scrawny cattle where 

 there are ticks. In ticky country we do not see 

 herds of fine, fat, grade, or pure-bred stock. But 

 where the tick has been killed in the South you will 

 see fatter and better cattle on almost every farm. 



