10 HOW TO GET THE LAST TICK, 



Occasionally, however, it is feasible to employ the 

 "starvation" or "pasture-resting" method in elim- 

 inating the tick from a pasture. 



"PASTUEE RESTING." 



This is no doubt one of the simplest methods of 

 eradicating ticks when the local conditions are right 

 for its proper use. To be successful it requires close 

 attention to details and the thorough cooperation of 

 the cattle owner. The pasture to be "rested" must 

 be inclosed with good fences or natural barriers 

 impassable for cattle, horses, or mules, and care must 

 be taken to prevent these animals from getting into 

 the pasture during the resting period. If, in inclosing 

 a pasture for this piirpose, it is necessary to build 

 fences, these, as far as possible, should be made to 

 traverse rough, inaccessible land where feed is short 

 and where cattle will consequently have little tend- 

 ency to stray directly up to the fences surrounding 

 the resting area. When the pasture has been rested 

 for the required length of time, -determined by refer- 

 ring to the table "Time required to free pastures from 

 ticks by starvation," it is ready to be stocked with 

 tick-free cattle. The only precaution necessary to 

 keep the area free is to see that all cattle, horses, or 

 mules entering the premises are tick-free. 



DIPPING. 



Ticks upon cattle may be destroyed by the use of 

 various agents, such as oils, arsenic, etc., which may 

 be applied by hand, by the use of a spray pump, or 

 by means of the dipping vat.' Long experience 



' For directions for constructing a dipping vat, see Farmers' Bulletin' 1057, 

 "Cattle-Fever Ticks." For methods of preparation of arsenical cattle dips, 

 see Farmers' Bulletin No. 603, "Arsenical Cattle Dips." 



