_ MenPast 40! id’? == Do you say you're “old” Thursday, October 9, 1953. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 7 Gov't. To Seek Approval tettimaterra: (Of PGE Southern Extension Want Normal, Younger Feeling? > whe for at £0, 80, Co? Ehousanse aoe ; : . delgbied with’a ute aeatn The Provincial Legislature next)sion of the Pacific Great Bastern Contains iron, ald to norm: aaah ; é ; anes Sgetnequainted” size ony pring will be asked to provide $10,-| Railway from Squamish into Van- Tablets to regain pep, vim and normal, younger )00,000 for the long-awaited exten-| couver. The Social Credit government says e it is determined to go ahead with the PUBLIC MEETING extension. It les, not yet settled on the route. We The Annual Meeting and Election cf Officers of the Willams Lake Branch. - Canadian National Institute for the Blind . Will take place at 8 p.m. at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, Friday, Oct. 17 The Public is cordially invited to attend. Will Organizations Please send representatives as we wish to arrange for the Annual Canyass the following week Best bet, however, is a coastal route which would bring the line from Squamish, on Howe Sound, along the shoreline for 40 miles to a terminus in North Vancouver. This is the route favored by Rail- ways Minister Ralph Chetwynd, who for 10 years was with the provincial- ly-owned PGE. At the moment, workmen are put- ting finishing coats of paint on | DANCING bridges and generally tidying up in preparation for an inaugural run over the new northern extension of the line from Quesnel to Prince EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT 7 | Gaotee- —s Columbus Hall Robert Fulton was a_ portrait painter before he becaie an inventor. MODERN AND OLD TIME MUSIC Taste is the least developed of the five senses among the lower anitnals. EXTER THE ANNUAL PULP & PAPER IRDUSTRY CONTEST NOW! YOU MAY BE A WINNER! Look at these prizes then act! Send us your name and address on the coupon below and wei rush you entry form, complete. list of prizes, and plenty of material to help you write S a winning 250 word essay. The Annual awarding five sets of six prizes instead of just six prizes as formerly. Fill out the coupon yand send it in—now! eas PULP: BAPER IN IN BRITISH COLU DUSTRY MBIA CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER ASSN., estern Division: 805 Dominion Bldg., Vancouver 3, B.C. Please send contest information to: Pulp -and Paper Industry Essay Contest is * =H] Agriculture Today A Column written by Federal & Provincial Agricultural officials as a service to ranchers and farmers WINTER AND SPRING TICKS AND THEIR CONTROL Of the 20 kinds of ticks occurring in British Columbia, only two are of importance to ranchers, says J. D. Gregson, Livestock Insect Labo: tory, Kamloops. These are the win- ter ticks and the spring, or paralysis tick. The winter tick passes the win- ter months on horses and deer and may infest them in such large num- bers as seriously to weaken or even kill them. The spring tick is a com- mon pest of cattle and sheep in the interior of British Columbia during April, when it frequently paralyzes its victims. Not only may numbers of animals be killed by this tick, but also valuable spring pastures may be sacrificed because of its presence. Studies at the Kamloops laboratory have lately indicated that protection from these ticks may be obtained by the use of certain insecticides. Distributions in Canada The winter tick occurs across the whole of Canada and is particularly plentiful in northern areas, where it is a natural parasite of deer and moose. The spring tick is most abun- dant in the drybelt of British Colum- bia and in southern Alberta, but it occurs as far east as southern Sas- katchewan. Descriptions The stage of each of these ticks most familiar to ranchers is that of the engorging female. At this time the tick is grey and When fully engorged the female may be a little more than an eighth of an inch long. It is then reddish-brown with a white patch at the head end. The male, which never engorges, is a mottled gray. Both the flat and the engorged forms of the immature bean-shaped. Notice to | Ratepayers A meeting of the Ratepayers will be held Fri., Oct. 17 ELKS HALL To discuss the proposed sewer installation. All ratepayers are requested to attend — Board of Commissioners Village of Williams Lake added to warble spray and the two applied at one time, warble treatments are earlier than the tick seasons this places an even greater powers of the tick powder. but because demand on the lasting stages are smaller and resemble the adult ticks. Life History The spring tick is found on grass slopes and scrub-covered rangeland trom March to June, depending on the climate of the area. There the adults wait on grass and twigs for passing cattle, sheep, man, and dogs. After being brushed on to a host they craw rapidly up to the head and shoulders, giving the false idea that they have dropped from trees. After painlessly puncturing the skin with a small mouth part, they remam attached and feed for about seven days. It is towards the end of this period that they may paralyze their host. Though this paralysis may pro- gress until it kills an animal, the effects usually disappear rapidly as soon as the ticks are removed. The engorged female drops from the! host and lays several thousand eggs. These later hatch into tiny larvae, or “seed” ticks. Control Until recent years there was no satisfactory control of these ticks. It has now been shown that UHC (ben- zene hexachloride) is very effective for this purpose. The spring tick can be killed by dusting infested animals with a BHC dust containing 0.5 percent of the gatima isomer’ (the powder that is used for the control of the carrot rust fly), or preferably a BHC spray con- taining 0.3 per cent gamma isomer. This strength may be obtained by adding 6 ounces of 50 per cent wet- table BHC (7 per cent gamma isomer ) to each gallon of water. The spray is best applied to the head and shoul- ders of each animal before the stock are turned on to infested range. The spray is preferable to a dust because it is easier to apply to the larger number of animals that are often involved in spring tick control. Furthermore, the greater lasting ef- fect of the spray compared with that of the dust is desirable, since stock may be exposed to fresh adults of this tick for as long as four weeks. If desired, the BHC powder may be This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or @ Government of British Columbia. 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