Show safety sam says ly fly lowell low ell J FAI mer there seems I 1 to be more ticks 0 around tills year than bj betcie fore but maybe because I 1 sot set on a bush and got thirteen thirteen on oil me ills all at one time I 1 cheated ati ail thirteen iteen ot of thein bliem butof a gool good meat meal and consigned them to a fiery death death wood ticks are ais dangerous our oui tick season here lasts from nebout april 15 to tile the hist first week in ili july it if they found anybody or any anti animal rial to lo got get on by that time they retire and wait for foi next year they do not like hot dry weather and are aie cotic able only in fit the spring and early summer ticks are ara carriers carr leis of three serious diseases rocky mountain potted fever tick paralysis and tularemia the irony of it all ts Is that most ticks go through life on oil animals and those that get on us humans aro are by accident they are aio really looking for foi an all animal of some kind but it seems they do not object to human blood however it takes them quite a while to decide where they want to hitch on and that Is where we ars are fortunate in addition to the time it takes them to settle down it takes them from five to seven hours to ge get t into action with the blood stream so ordinarily we will have plenty of oc time to get them c oft ft before they infect us of 0 course all tiel ticks a dont carry the diseases disease a so it you see one that looks look like he just wants a good meat meal and mean any harm let him suck otherwise follow these simple precautions and you will not get infected by a wood tick 1 go bo over yourself thoroughly every evening or each time you have been out where there is brush or timber 2 it if possible examine every part of your body in a full length mirror or have some neutral party do it for you using particular care around the head in the hair and ears cars 3 examine your clothes to see that no ticks are clinging to them one tick has infected more than one person in the same house I 1 heard of any absolutely known cases of spotted fever nearer than marysvale Marys vale and that was several years ago but its close enough so I 1 am sure there are spotted fever ticks in this country tularemia Tular emla Is all over the west it if we get a case of 0 one of 0 these diseases carried by ticks it will be because you have been negligent about examining yourself and your children it Is only a short while until the season will be over so take these precautions at least until july first |