. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Some Tick Facts -$<- ^ single Femak T1d( maif laf «t mmrf as 5,000 eggi. The progeny of one ahgle 'f—lo/f Tick "nay, in the coune of team month), come to number 6,750,000,000 CATTLE TieK -«^ I. U gorged tides are crushed, it will be found that ilnb intestines are completely filled with a dark, thick mam of blood which has been sucked from the animal host: this blood should have gone to the formation of milk, flesh, and the laying on of fat X A Female Tick, when fully gor
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Some Tick Facts -$<- ^ single Femak T1d( maif laf «t mmrf as 5,000 eggi. The progeny of one ahgle 'f—lo/f Tick "nay, in the coune of team month), come to number 6,750,000,000 CATTLE TieK -«^ I. U gorged tides are crushed, it will be found that ilnb intestines are completely filled with a dark, thick mam of blood which has been sucked from the animal host: this blood should have gone to the formation of milk, flesh, and the laying on of fat X A Female Tick, when fully gorged with blood, may weigh as much as 30 times more than before it began to engorge. 3. A beast, badly infested with tides, weighed 730 lbs. It was freed from ticks by dipping, and two months later—its food and general treatment remaining the same as before dipping—it had gained 285 lbs.—a daily average gain of 4| lbs. 4. No less than 28 lbs. of Ticks were taken from a horse which died from anaemia resulting from gross tick infestation. J. A large number of tick bites over a limited area of skin may be followed by infection with pus-producing organisms, giving rise to small abscesses which may develop into ulcers. The discharge from such sores— or even the mere oozing of blood serum through the tick punctures—keeps the hair moist and matted: in such areas fly eggs are laid and hatched, resulting in infestation with destructive maggots, causing ulcers and other complications that will require medical treatment. 4^ In the United States, the death,rate amongst cattle in the Tick areas is three tinifs liigher than in the areas free from ticks. 7. Ticks only stop on an animal for three weeks; dipping or spraying must therefore be done not less often than every three weeks in order to catch ticks before they drop off. The perforations of the skin caused by tick bites facilitate the entrance of various kinds of disease germs. 9. Ticks prevent cattle maturing normally, and
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