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day for three days, of Fry's Vermifuge. After giving it for 

 three days, try them, about two weeks later, to see if the 

 worms are cleaned out of them, and you will be surprised 

 to see healthy-looking puppies, that you thought had none, 

 pass worms in great knots. These worms cause the death of 

 over three fourths of all the puppies that die. I have never 

 lost a young puppy in my life all owing to care in looking 

 well after this worm pest. 



Next, look wellto.lice and fleas. I use Thymo-Cresol, 

 called also cold water dip. It is a great disinfectant, and 

 is not poisonous. It cures all skin diseases, and I use it in 

 mange with universal success. You can get it of your 

 druggist. Use it in the following manner: 



When practical, use soft (rain, pond, or river) water. 

 Dilute to the required strength. Always pour the water 

 quickly upon the Thymo-Cresol, and not the Thymo-Cresol 

 upon the water. In winter, protect it from frost; and before 

 using, shake the can. If it does not mix well with cold 

 water, mix it with warm water first, and then add cold to 

 the required proportion. The proportions in which the 

 Thymo-Cresol should be diluted with water, for various pur- 

 poses, are indicated. A large teaspoonful of Thymo-Cresol 

 to a pint of water, or a pint of the Thymo-Cresol to twelve 

 gallons of water, makes a strength of about "one to one 

 hundred." 



This quantity will do to wash six or eight puppies; then 

 mix a new lot for any more puppies you may wish to wash. 

 When you have dipped them in and rubbed it well in, take 

 them out and dry them. After two applications, you 

 will find all the lice and fleas have been destroyed. When 

 they are eight weeks old, wean them, take the bitch to new 

 quarters, and use the following mixture, rubbing it well 

 into her breast: 



Iodide of potassium, two drams; soap, liniment, and oil 

 of camphor, each two ounces. 



Examine the bitch's breast each day, and draw off all 

 milk with the fingers that you can. In a few days she 

 will be in proper shape to work, and will be dried up nicely. 



