CAT HE TICK.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1923, Page 4

CAT HE TICK.

AO !?1(. I’I.TURA L 1)IHK('1011 X addhhss. l)r C. J. liuakos, Director of Agriculture. ill the course ol it brief addicts before the Farmers’ Conference, stated tliiit the tick question hail been occu- ( pyinjr a good deal of attention. Thenstudy ias been one of the closest in the world for a number oi years, and had provided some very valuable information. The tick had three distinct stages, the larva stage, in which it had to eel upon an animal; a stage eii the ground, and another on an irj'iial, during which it gorged it>c!i tv it h blood, dropped off, sought shelter. ,u:d laid its eggs. The period at which the ticks were at full growth v.as about midsummer, in December and January, and every tick killed during that period meant so many fewer. Unit being so, they had decided to amend their regulations concerning the pest, and were putting the cattle farmer into the saiu■ * pc-.ili; nas the man who had rabbits on his land. It would he the duty of the farmer in ,|... . . i vo keen his cattle as jj.v, ... !>!'_' !;v flipping or sproyiiiy:. and t lie compulsory three-weekl.v dippji.; would no l - continue. The department . however, would continue lo administer the rogulations stringently as far : s th.- movement of tattle from one ;ir .., and her ami other precautionary measures were concerned. It would al.-.o continue its ellorts to loe-'Ui me grio of the mi. T;:r:.MKXI).O!-S MOHTAI.ITY. In ih; ir -traw.;!" for existence ticks i 1 i cm -elves lo any animal ~ ~ ~|. „g. They had been j,,.: j up .a h;,ro- : . lords, and heads and |.. . ... ..b, .p. ii n--d evident, that Ib . . !.,. 1 Yu mortality . ' ,! ;i ing i 1 "ir i hi) d pei :od. i , . -e on the ground siar- :• n 1 mb iiFd killed a gro; 1 : it em, and lies nccniiiiled for ib.. (act 1 lift they he I not sp.read so g \V 0 S illOUght 11l IS Wllllld lillho Oc"sti( ucd by Mr H. IX Uitxfiold (Auckland!, Ur lleaketi slated that the on. :.;ion of the erection of further dins -.!; ..,!d depen-1 very largely on their experience this season. The question of be’-ih-!- dips was a most important one. and on ■ which the department won,-.] |,ave in go into straight away. j) r Henkes was, ext ended a hearty Vl! l ( . |.|- (hanks for the informalion he had given. Mr A. !•!. Harding i Mangaw hare) \:i ived : -T a: the -n,r r.lgy tile (uivornmclil to con! ..i.e a \.s policy to prevent the -p-oad ol i j ( .';s in dean areas, and. if possible, It m.ik" ihe regulations more drastic in J| r .!. Carioii \!nlignum 1 seconded. .... 1 tin i • dip. i n was (rrried tmnnie.v.l..