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Show SPRAYING CATTLE FOR LICE One Per Cent Solution of Any Standard Stand-ard Coal Tar Dip Used at Pennsylvania College. It Is a good practice to spray cattle for lice in case they have found a lodging place In the shagjry winter growth of hair. The spray used on the cattle at the Pennsylvania Stute college is a 1 per cent solution of any standard coal-tar dip. The spray application Is made with a long no:.zle to avoid Injury to the eyes of the one applying It Modifications Modi-fications of this method Include the use of a spt Inkling can, a brush, or dipping the animal in the solution. For convenience, animals should be driven Into a stall or other enclosure and sprayed a number at a time. While the entire body of the animal should be sprayed, special care should be given to application along the hack-bone, hack-bone, the shoulders and directly back of the horns. A second application should be made about 10 days after the first to destroy Insects which may have hatched from the eggs during that time. |