Revolution does indeed cover a lot of ground, but like many products that promise to do everything, it only does some things well. It’s not that good for fleas. Advantage works well for fleas but does nothing for ticks. Your best choice is going to be Frontline (some flea populations are developing resiitence, but you seem to be in a fairly rural area and I doubt you’ll have that problem). There are some newer products that have become available in the last year or so, but why go to the big guns if tried and true will work?
The overwhelming advantage of these products is that you do not see toxic side effects like you often do in the use of over-the-counter insecticides (TopSpot, for example). These products tend to work on the nervous systems of insects exclusively and do not affect mammels at all.
Apply the product to the back of Milos neck, high enough so that he cannot turn around and lick it off. It needs to be reapplied once monthly. If you have a lot of ticks in the area, you may still see some on Milo, but they will die andeventually fall (or be groomed) off.
Take care – make sure that whatever product you use is labeled for cats. There is a saying in veterinary medicine, “Cats are not small dogs”. Many products and doses that are fine for little dogs are lethal to cats.