. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS Some Tick Facts , i,^^ A single Female Tick ^oy I")) <is mam as 5,000 eggs. The progeny of one single Female Tick may, in the course of seven months, come to number 6,750,000,000 CATTVE T!CK FEMALE 1. If gorged ticks are crushed, il will be found that tkeir intestines are completely filled With a dark, thick mass 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. 2. A Female Tick, whe
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS Some Tick Facts , i,^^ A single Female Tick ^oy I")) <is mam as 5,000 eggs. The progeny of one single Female Tick may, in the course of seven months, come to number 6,750,000,000 CATTVE T!CK FEMALE 1. If gorged ticks are crushed, il will be found that tkeir intestines are completely filled With a dark, thick mass 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. 2. 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 dipjJing, and two months later—its food and general treatment remaining the same as before dipping—it had gained 2S5 lbs.—a daily average gain of 4f lbs. 4. No less than 28 lbs. of Ticks were taken from a horse which died from aniemia resulting from gross tick infestation. ^ 5. 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, caiisin,g ulcers and other complications that will require medical treatment. (,. In the United States, the death rate amongst cattle in the Tick areas is three times higher 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. 8. The perforations of the skin caused by tick bites facilitate tlie entrance of various kinds of disease germs. 9. Ticks prevent ca"'.e ma
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