Show sheep used to trap spotted fever ticks the nee gribina of 2500 head of sheep upon tho the bitterroot national forest in the stute of montana has beon been authorized by the secretary of agriculture as part of a novel experiment in trapping the deadly spotted fever tick the forest service and the public health service are working together in operation cooperation co with local sheep growers in this new campaign it is the gemeril belief of the leading medical authorities that the mysterious and frequently fatal disease commonly known as spotted fever la s spread by the ander son soni which in parts of the bitterroot forest occurs in such abundance that it constitutes a real menace to man and beast surgeon mcclintic McC lintio of the public health service died lust year of spotted fever contrasted contracted during his study of the disease and its control the plan proposed contemplates the grazing of two bands of sheep upon tho the parts of the forest theio the tick is most abundant with the idea that large numbers of tho the ticks will attach themselves to the sheep then as occasion requires the sheep will bo be freed of the ticks by being dipped in an insecticide solution which will kill the ticks without in any way injuring the sheep gaylord hevener who is employed near preston idaho by the phoenix construction company arrived last week for a visit with his sister mrs R J irvin ivin of black hawk |