Show f COOTIE b. b rl IE HAS ILlS HIGH I nl REPRODUCTIVE POWER OYER I Tho seriousness of or the tho cootie problem demanding attention fromI from I i merican mer ican army officers end scientists clon- clon in this country and abroad ii ti indicated In experiments experiment recently completed b by an ento of ot tho the United States Department of Agriculture Agri Agri- culture These experiments support the belief that the fecundity of the body louse has been greatly In a l period of 25 days ono one cootie deposited eggs eggs eggs-an an average average average av av- av- av of 11 a day with day with a maximum of 14 in 24 hours The period front from rom deposition of the eggs to the final molt was 15 days Only 16 days elapsed in the period of development nt from an egg ess to the laying egg-laying adult used The Tee wristlet method was In iii this experiment The entomologIst entomologist entomologist logist the emergence of or the larvae from crom eggs and allowed the larvae to feed from his arm through the periods of their life cycle ccle |