Agricultural news . rable fromtheir effects. Diseases mayalso be propagated throughthe agency of Ticks ; so thereat once appears every argumentfnr their systematic eradication This conclusion was forcedupon the representatives ofMessrs. Hcnckell Dn Buisson& Co., and the firm importeda spraying machine to dealivith the herds of cattle usedi^n tile companys estates inAntigua. After nearly twelve months trial, it is gratifying to be able to ri:cord:.n entire satisfaction, both in its working and in iss results. The spraying solution used Is Coopers Cattle Dip —an arsenic-coBtaintng preparation, m
Agricultural news . rable fromtheir effects. Diseases mayalso be propagated throughthe agency of Ticks ; so thereat once appears every argumentfnr their systematic eradication This conclusion was forcedupon the representatives ofMessrs. Hcnckell Dn Buisson& Co., and the firm importeda spraying machine to dealivith the herds of cattle usedi^n tile companys estates inAntigua. After nearly twelve months trial, it is gratifying to be able to ri:cord:.n entire satisfaction, both in its working and in iss results. The spraying solution used Is Coopers Cattle Dip —an arsenic-coBtaintng preparation, manufactured by the proprietors as a result of?nuj fears experiment and investigation in South Africa and (firections for ose are easy to follow, and the preparation of thetfaqriof solotioci it accomplished simply by the addition of the dip to coldVMar Had tlmrottglily mixing, in the strength required. As the surplus Dip(falM back to tiw taak, and as each animal carries away on its sldn something. IMPRTiVRi) less than i-gallon, it will be gathered that the cost of sprayinglper head isvery small : the actual cost per head v%orks out at about ^., and it is esti-maled ih?it the cost of spraying would not exceed 18d. per head per annum. 1 In; results nbuuned from spraying have fullv justified the mostsanguine expecialions. It should first and foremost be recorded, that on sprayed catde it has lesulteda complete absence of ticks ;no ticks whatever have beenseen on the animals since theirsecond or third spraying. It may also be observedthat, as a result of spraying,the animals look more thrifty :they are seldom hide-bound—a condition which was formerlycommon—and their skins aresofter and more pliable, whilethe coat is also improved. Once the cattle havebecome accustomed to theMachine, there is no difficulty,and the spraying may beperformed in very short one occasion, seventy-threecattle passed through themachine in seven minuies. each one being effectively a
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