THE TICKS STEAL MILK. 



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The ticks got a lot of the blood that the milk cells 

 of the udder needed for making milk. The cow's 

 milk fell off nearly two quarts a day. 



Ticks steal milk. 



Many ticks on a cow may reduce her milk two 

 quarts a day. 



The ticks also got a lot of the blood that should 

 have gone into meat and fat on the cow. 



She was so thin that the butcher would not buy 

 her to kill for meat. 



Her owner wondered why she ate so much costly 

 feed and gave so little milk and did not grow fat. 



*M|fe'V, 



The fever ticks have kept this cow from turning much of her feed into 



milk and flesh. 



