SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
A Committee of experts which, in 1916, inquired into the pest 
estimated that from tick fever alone Queensland has suffered a monetary 
loss of at least £7,000,000. From loss of condition, and consequent 
exposure to infection by other diseases, such as tuberculosis, as well as 
diminished milk production, the loss has been largely augmented. 
Approximate figures covering these headings are difficult to arrive at. 
— MAP SHOWING~— 
TICKINFESTED AREAS OF THE 
MAP OF TICK AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING AMOUNT FREED FROM 
TICK IN TEN YEARS, 
From tick infestation, as distinct from tick fever, large numbers of 
cattle have also died. There can be no question that the advent of 
the cattle tick has seriously affected the meat production of the Com- 
. monwealth. So long as the pest is allowed to infest cattle and multiply 
there will be a constant drain on the revenue of the country, amounting 
to hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling annually. 
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The future of our civilization depends upon 
the widening spread and deepening hold of the 
scientific habit of mind. 
—PROF. JOHN DEWEY. 
