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Show REMEDY FOR LICE ON CATTLE Application of Crude Petroleum Will Kill Theae Petta Same Treatment Treat-ment Good for Swine. Calves and yearlings with bald spots round the head, neck and along the pine and under the stomach are Infested In-fested with animal lice. I. Ice prevents (rowth and weakens the strength of Ihe animal. Give each one a good wnshlng with warm water and carbolic car-bolic soap. I'tie a good, stiff brunh to cleanse t!:e akin. Take time so that thorough work can be done; wipe dry, then rub lu crude petroleum. One tpplicatlon, If the work Is well done, sill be sufficient. Strong cider Vinegar may be used in place of the tro!eum.. Crude petroleum can be had for 12 cents per lallon. It Is valuable for healing cuts ind sores on stock. The same treatment treat-ment should be given to sows and plea. IJre hatch In the woodwork of (tables and pens. Give the stable a thick coat of hot lime wash; mix one junce of carbolic acid In each bucket it wash. Get the wash well Into the :racks. Clean out the pen snd 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 it night and during hot days. If you anat 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 j a week. Give fresh, pure water and charcoal or burnt wood. |