. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 1 THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. A Practical Experiment Tick Eradication IN Antigua. CA i • L-b T 1< The faUnuwg extracts from "The Wesl Indian ; No. 2, Vol. xio., from a report by Mr. P. T. SaunJers. '.S., Veterinary Officer on the Staff of the Imperial Deparlmenl of Agriculture for the West Indies, show conclusively the value of systematic work in Tick Eradication, and incidentally prove how easily and cheaply theigreat economic waste caused by 'Uicks can be obviated in the West Indies and ot
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 1 THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. A Practical Experiment Tick Eradication IN Antigua. CA i • L-b T 1< The faUnuwg extracts from "The Wesl Indian ; No. 2, Vol. xio., from a report by Mr. P. T. SaunJers. '.S., Veterinary Officer on the Staff of the Imperial Deparlmenl of Agriculture for the West Indies, show conclusively the value of systematic work in Tick Eradication, and incidentally prove how easily and cheaply theigreat economic waste caused by 'Uicks can be obviated in the West Indies and other tropical countries. The question o( Ticks and their eradication is one that has played an important part in the economy of the stock industry in the West Indies for many years. It is feared, however, that in many islands no attempt iias been made to deal with the question in an efficient manner, and, as a natural consequence, the Tick has always had, more or less, the upper hand in the struggle. In a bad tick season, the iffecl on the animals is very marked from the anaemia con- sequent upon the mechanical loss of blood from the sucking of the licks, and many herds look poor and miserable from iheir effects. Diseases may also be propagated through I he agency of Ticks ; so there at once appears every argument for their systematiceradicalion. conclusion was forced upon the representatives of Messrs. Henckell Du Buisson & Co., and the firm importer! a spraying machine to deal with the herds of cattle used on the company's estates in Antigua. After nearly twelve months' trial, it is gratifying to be able to record an entire satisfaction, both in its working and in its results. The spraying solution used is Cooper's Cattle Dip—an arsenic- containing preparation, manufactured by the proprietors as a result of many years' experiment and investigation in South Africa and elsewhere. The directions for use are easy to follow, and the preparation of the spraying solutio
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