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Mix and shake well and there will be enough in this to go 

 over a cow twice. Before applying it give the animal a good 

 brushing with a stiff brush; pour the wash into a flat dish where 

 you can get at it, and with a brush or sponge, dipped in the wash, 

 rub it all over the animal. Do this twice a week until the lice are 

 all killed. Twenty cents will buy enough creolin to kill the lice 

 on twenty head of cattle. 



MANGE IN CATTLE. 



For this disease refer to mange in horses, for the causes,, 

 symptoms and treatment are the same. 



RINGWORM. 



This is a common disease in young cattle and calves. 



Ca.USes. — From a parasite, or germ, getting into the skin and 

 working around the bottom of the hair, causing it to fall out in 

 round patches. This disease aff^ects young cattle more than older 

 ones, but may affect them at any age. 



Treatment. — The cheapest and best remedy for this is crude 

 petroleum oil painted over the spot and a little over the edges of 

 the ringworm, in the sound skin, to keep it from spreading. 

 Paint this on with a feather every day, or every second day until 

 the ringworm disappears. Be careful in handling ringworms on 

 cattle, as you are liable to get them yourself from the cattle. 



HORN FLY. 



These are also called Austrian flies and are a small, black,, 

 hard fly. They first started on this continent in the Eastern states 

 in the year 1887, and since then have spread all over the coun- 

 try. They start to bother the cattle during the warm days of May 

 and continue bothering them until the frost comes in the fall. 

 These flies become very numerous on the cattle, and they pierce 

 holes in the skin and suck the blood. While they are resting 

 they light on the horns, and sometimes the base of the horn is 

 literally covered with with them. 



Treatment. — Apply wagon grease, tar, or some oily substance 

 around the base of the horn every few days to keep them from' 

 resting on the horn. Wash the animal's body twice a week with, 

 creolin wash, which is very cheap and effectual. 



Creolin 2 ounces or 8 tablespoonf uls. 



Water 1 gallon. 



Mix, shake well and rub them over twice a week with a 



cloth or sponge dipped in this wash and it will keep the flies frorrt 



botherinsf them. 



