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Show TO ERADICATE CATTLE TICKS Department of Agriculture Will Co- M Operate With State or County H Authorities In Battle. H "Ticks tako as much ns 200 poundu jH of blood a yenr from ti 1-000-pouiul H steer; cut tho milk production or jH cows nearly GO por cent; rcduco thee H homo prlco ot meat animals from ono- H half to ono cent n pound; prevent H hankers from lending money to pro-' H moto tho llvo stock Industry; koon jH down fortuity nnd production of H farms; and mnko the southern farm-- H ors pay $50,000 n year to supply tho H nover-ccnslng hnrbccuo ot blood."1 H Thus Carl Vrooman, assistant secro- H tnry of ngrlculturo ot tho United H 'States, remarked In tolling of tho now-' H tick campaign tho government hna H "Dip tho tick" is tho slogan which H tho department of agriculturo has H ' T 9fi iJIBMKA JEJ. J. BBBBBBBBBBll Dipping Tlok-lnfested Cattle. H adopted for a apodal campaign against M the cattlo tick. Dlozoncd in big lot- H tors this legend will stand out In star- H tllng roHcf upon a two-colored postor M which tho department proposes to dls- M play in overy post office in tho tlck-in- H fostcd country. M "It costs loss than GO conts a head) H to dip tho cattlo of a county and fruq H that county from quarantine," Mr. M Vrooman said, "and enablo its cattle M to compote with frco cattlo at tho H stockyards. Dut before tho ticks can- H bo clcanqd from a county tho people M in that county, by thomsolvcs or with M tho aid of tho stato, must build dip; M ping vats which cost from $50 to $100 H each, and must supply arsenic, which H costs about flvo cents per head, to H mnko tho arsenical bath that kills tho M tl6ks. Tho peoplo must thon join in H aoolng that overy Btoor or cow la H dipped a sufficient number of times M to kill all tho ticks Infesting tho cat- H tie. and provent tho seed ticks 'n tho M grass from finding a now boarding. M houso." H Tho department will co-oporato with M a county that is ready to dip ticks by M sending its export flold men to supor- H vise tho building of vats, to proparo- H tho arsenical bath and to take chnrgo M of tho dipping of cattle. Tho people M ot a county and stato, howover, huvo M o provldo tho small amount of money M necessary for tho actual dipping. H |