Show ERADICATE MITES S AND ILiCE LICE r t. t PdT A T- T Pd Two Principal Kinds of of External ilal Parasites parasites Para para- sites Are Injurious to All Cl Classes Classes i J e 0 of Hods Hogs 1 I Lice Ice and and mange mites are the two wo principal kinds of external parasites parasites' affecting hogs say experts of tho the United States Stales Department of at A ture lure They are Injurious to all aU classes pf t f hogs but the greatest losses occur occult occur In pigs and poorly nourished hogs hogs' kept ept in n unsanitary quarters The losses are caused cause b by irritation unthrifty condition functional disturb arrested growth gro low vitality and increased death rate Only one species ot of lice commonly affects hogs hogs' and this parasite obtains Its food rood by puncturing the skIn skin t the hog and sucking su blood It can be eradicated by hand band application spraying spray spray- sprayIng spray spray- y Ing medicated hog wallows and dipping dip dIp- ping Dipping Is the best method of ot applying treatment Crude petroleum and land tar far creosote dips are effective remedies Two species les of ot mange mites mites' commonly com corn affect hogs The nature and habits of ot these thesa mites the symptoms caused by each ench species and the methods methods methods meth meth- of control and eradication are discussed discussed dis dis- cussed in Farmers' Farmers Bulletin 1085 10 Hog flog Lice and Mange Methods of of C Control and Eradication Issued the bythe by the departS depart department ment meat and sent free on request Crude petroleum and lime sulphur dips are effective remedies for common or sin sar- r f of hogs coptic man mange e I Plans for hog wallows wallows wallows' and ond dipping plants together with directions for tor building them them and for tor dipping hogs are ore given in tho the bulletin |