Show costly to feed lice with present prices for milk no man dian can afford to feed lice which may be infesting his dairy cows in fact it Is not necessary to put up with them because attention given at the right time in the right way will control them there are three kinds of lice commonly found on cattle one type Is known as blue lice which get their food by sucking blood then there Is a smaller family of red lice which feed on oil skin and secretions from the skin and cause severe irritation another type sometimes spoken of as gray lice also sucks blood there are a number dumber of treatments which can be given for lice one Is to spray thoroughly every ten days with a nonirritating non irritating animal spray prepared for this purpose it Is recommended that bedding stalls and adjacent walls also be sprayed to kill any lice that may have left the cattle and that it if the weather Is cold animals he be left in the stable until they are dry american agriculturist |