Show Lice Bother to I Heifers CalvesT Calves I T r Early Endy Attention Attention on Is s Advised I to Save Animals From Losing Weight By Dr Ried M M. M Hil HI Hair Professor ol of Animal Hu husbandry k mil and Non Carolina Suit Stara College t. t Ice Cattle lice lire are art a serious tall rap to 10 the development ilp of calves and heifers When Infested wills lice the young o ng rub against posts end and trees wearing uway oy their hair I and lu Inflaming their skin Sometimes the lie calves become became thin and weak I from tram lo loss i of n weight eight I In the Hie early spring dairymen I should Inspect their calves to see whether they are Infested with lice lct I The insects are found mostly II around rOil the necks unit und shoulders of i 1 the animals but the they also Infest other parts of or the body Tho The first step In eradicating lice I Is to clean a and disinfect the stalls stall thoroughly After removing remo the bedding bC and sweeping the still stalls disinfect them with a 6 G per cent solution so lotion lution of nn any good gOOlt con coal conI I tar disinfectant nt Allow the stalls to dry then I whitewash the Im h Interior When the whitewash Is II dry place plenty of or straw bedding or other clean mn In the tile stalls Meanwhile apply to 10 the calves n R solution of one ono ounce of at sodium flu flu- undo In a gallon of ot water Brush Drush It In thoroughly so 10 that It will wilt r reach cb every ery part of the body OIK and penetrate loose folds of ot skin Tie the animals In to a sunny runny place protected from tram drafts until they are lire dry The Tho calves are then lien ready to be placed back In the newly disinfected disinfected dis dis- infected stalls and nud a second treatment treatment treat trent ment will hardly be bt necessary unless un tin- less they be become ome Infested again from oilier animals |