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Show SHEEP WILL KILL W00DTICK Grazing of Animals on Infected Grounds Would Rid Them of Plague, Says Government Expert. That shoep aro suro death to tho woodtlck, cause of tho dreaded spotted spot-ted fovor, tfeoins to bo borno out by an experiment conducted by Dr, L. D. Krlck. n government oxport. Doctor Prick placod about 1C0 woodtlcka on bIx sheep, dividing them equally among tho nnlmnls. Of tho ticks placed on tho sheep all but six were found dead 48 hours later, and tho six aro bellovod to havo dropped to tho ground.- Tho grazing of shoop on infected in-fected grounds, It la suggested, would rid thorn of this plague. Twentieth Century Farmer. |