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Show WHITEWASH A FIRST RATE DISINFECTANT The best way to apply whitewash is, first to have it perfectly free from lumps, and then use a sprav pump. Thoroughness is important in all kinds of disinfecting work. It is of no use to disinfect the walls of a barn unless you also disinfect the floors and mangers. i One good point about whitewash 13 ; h that Its color tells you when you have thoroughly covered a surface. . Some of the coal-tar disinfectants not only destroy germs but also kill 5' lice, fleas, parasites and, in addition v' heals cuts and wounds. tT "The best ways to disinfect yards, such, as after a hog-cholera epidemic, s are: First rake up all the trash and I- burn it. Then cover the yard three inches deep with straw and burn i that. If you are not able to secure '& straw, sprinkling the ground with jfu lime is a second choice. To disinfect K posts and fences, whitewash or paint them. ; "Disease germs shorten. the average f . span of life by about two years. About 'I 90 per cent bf the common diseases lb are Infectious, or 'catching.' Disin- W- fection after disease is the first step for healthfulness, both for persons R and live stock. " K, no BU |