Information Concerning the North American Fever Tick

Download or read book Information Concerning the North American Fever Tick written by Walter David Hunter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Information Concerning the North American Fever Tick: With Notes on Other Species Undoubtedly the popular idea. Of the damage caused by the cattle tick concerns itself with the actual death of cattle from the disease transmitted by the tick. Although this is a very important matter and would fully justify the most energetic attempts toward the eradication of the tick, it is really unimportant in comparison with the other losses. Mr. August Mayer, a practical cattle breeder of Shreveport, La., and Dr. J. R. Mohler, of the Bureau of Animal Industry of this Department, have made most careful, comprehensive estimates of the losses caused by ticks. The following summary is taken largely from their writings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.