24 THE CATTLE FEVER TICK. 



HORSES AND MULES ALSO MUST BE DIPPED. 



Fever ticks sometimes hide on horses and colts 

 and mules. They do not cause fever in these ani- 

 mals. The few ticks that are on horses and mules 

 must be killed or the seed ticks which hatch from 

 their eggs will get on cattle. Therefore, it is neces- 

 sary to make horses and colts and mules, as well as 

 cattle, swim through the medicine. 



IT PAYS TO DIP CATTLE. 



It does not cost anyone much money to dip the 

 animals. All the people of the county help pay for 

 the vats, the medicine, and for the dipping inspectors. 



Where people want to get rid of the ticks the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, without 

 cost to the county, will send trained men to help 

 the county build vats, mix the medicine, and dip 

 the cattle. 



The extra money the people will make from their 

 cattle will pay them back many times for the money 

 they spend for dipping. The extra money will pay 

 farmers well for all the time they use in driving their 

 cattle to the vats. 



MANY COUNTIES ALREADY FREED FROM TICKS. 



The people in hundreds of counties in the South 

 already have gotten rid of ticks by using this medicine 

 in dipping vats. 



Study the little map on the next page. Get your 

 teacher to help you find the spot on this ma}) where 

 you live. 



