. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 42 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 8, INSECT NOTES. should be made Ijy slaking (juick-liine in water to make a thick wash. Crude carbolic acid at the rate of 1 pint for each gallon of the wash should be added and thoroughly stirred in. When used for the purpose of disinfecting a fowl-house or other out-buildings, lime wash, crude petroleum, etc., may be sprayed or api)lied with a brush, but care must be taken that every crevice is penetrated and every portion of the surface covered. Cattle and Fowl Ticks. A
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 42 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 8, INSECT NOTES. should be made Ijy slaking (juick-liine in water to make a thick wash. Crude carbolic acid at the rate of 1 pint for each gallon of the wash should be added and thoroughly stirred in. When used for the purpose of disinfecting a fowl-house or other out-buildings, lime wash, crude petroleum, etc., may be sprayed or api)lied with a brush, but care must be taken that every crevice is penetrated and every portion of the surface covered. Cattle and Fowl Ticks. A small collection of ticks was recently from the Imperial Department of to Dr. George H. F. Nultall, of Cambridge University, England, for identification. These have been studied by Dr. Nuttall, and he has lately furnished the following information :— The common cattle tick of the Lesser Antilles is determined as Bijapliihix nustraJh and is closely related to the cattle tick of the Southern (rxxtphilw nrnuilaius) the well-known agent of dissemination of Texas fever among American cattle. The gold tick of Antigua, sometimes called the St. Kitt's tick, is AinhJi/ominn varicijatum. This is closely related to the ' Bont' tick of South Africa. The common fowl tick which is found in several of these islands is Ari/as jieisicus, var. minidtus. This insect is distributed throughout tropical and sub-tropical America. The remedies for cattle ticks have been given in previous immhers oi thti Ai/n'cii/iniril Keirx, and in a recent number {Vol. VI, p. 186), an account was given of successful treat- ment of a cow badly infested with ticks. These consist of dipping, and spraying with any of the recognized tick washes. The Department of Agriculture and the State officials in the tick infested States have devised a scheme of rotation [lasture as a result of which entire farms and country districts may be freed from this pest. Recently a correspondent of the L
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