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Show REMEDY FOR LICE ON CATTLE Application of Crude Petroleum Will Kill These Pests Same Treatment Treat-ment Good for Swine. Calves and yearlings with bald spots around the head, neck and along the spine "and under the stomach are infested in-fested with animal lice. Lice prevents growth and weakens the strength of the animal Give each one a good washing with warm water and carbolic car-bolic soap. Use a good, stiff brush to cleanse the skin. Take time so that thorough work can be done; wipe dry, then rub in crude petroleum. One application, if the work is well done, will be sufficient. Strong cider vinegar may be used In place of the petroleum. Crude petroleum can be had for 12 cents per gallon. It is valuable for healing cuts and sores on stock. The same treatment treat-ment should be given to sows and ?igs. Lice hatch in the woodwork of stables and pens. Give the stable a thick coat of hot lime wash; mix one ounce of carbolic acid in each bucket Df wash. Get the wash well into the cracks. Clean out the pen and dust the floor of the pen and also the yard with dry air-slacked lime. Hogs and pigs should have a grass pasture with a low shed to go under at night and during hot days. If you wnat to see a pig grow, give him plenty of clover and freshly made mill-fed mill-fed slop, mixing one handful of linseed lin-seed meal in the slop once or twice a week. Give fresh, pure water and charcoal or burnt wood. |