Show CATTLE LICE ARE SERIOUS NOW CO AGENT SAYS cattle lice are becoming a more serious problem in our area with the arrival of colder weather points out ray thatcher county agent these pests pesta generally become a serious problem on many farms and ranches each winter the cattle lice breed in greatest number during cold winter weather heavily infested cattle become anemic the county agent warns control of 0 cattle lice Is chiefly a late fall winter and early spring program the agent reminds farmers in morgan county where beet beef cattle are dipped in a proper dosage of an effective insecticide such as benzene DT chlordane or this one treatment may take care of tile the lice all winter however fe fest atlon will occur if insecticide treated cattle are allowed to mix with infested animals where dairy cattle and beet beef animals are sprayed in tall fall or early winter a second spray treatment might be advisable toward spring spray dairy cattle only with rot 1 enone or for cattle lice control mr thatcher advised |