THE CATTLE TICK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 12

THE CATTLE TICK.

APPEARANCE IN WAiKATO. EFFORTS TO > COMBAT PEST. [BY TELEGBAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TE AWAMUTU, Monday. There is conclusive evidence that cattle tick has made its appearance in this district, as well as the cattle disease, known as blackleg. Speaking at a meeting of the Te Awamutu branch of the Dairy Farmers Union, the president, Mr. F. Quia, urged all farmers to assist the stock inspector to their utmost in • his efforts to check the spread of the tick. • The pest he said, was not previously known in the district, but within the past two or three days, cattle at Mangapiko, five miles from Te Awamutu, had been found infested. Inspector Melrose was doing good work in his efforts to stamp it out, but ho could not succeed without the heariy co-operation of all stock-owners. Mr. Quin said that some of the department's regulations might seem harsh, but they were well worth observing, as otherwise the pest would spread, and be verv costly to combat. Prompt united action * would probably be effective, and the regulations would then not be necessary for more than a few weeks. \ _ The meeting approved the chairman s remarks and decided to telegraph the Minister for Agriculture, asking that the local inspector be given an assistant in the emergency. ________________