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sion which of course must be well shaken while being applied. The milk 

 counteracts any blistering of the skin that might arise from the application 

 of the oil alone. This kills everything living and saturates the eggs which 

 are the source of course of future trouble, and the reason some people 

 find it impossible to get rid of lice while the dog lives. This treatment 

 is not only death to lice, but life to the coat, bringing it out in glossy 

 profusion. The milk must be very hot, but not boiling or it will curdle 

 in the oil. When the emulsion has dried in, it is well to wash the dog, 

 though this is not absolutely necessary unless the odor of kerosene is 

 offensive. 



However many cures one may make the best one is prevention and 

 the measures to be adopted will occur to any intelligent dog owner. At the 

 same time if it is a case of the home dog as above, it is very difficult to 

 handle and unless periodic treatment is given the dog the trouble will get 

 ahead before you are aware. In the kennels one may adopt heroic 

 measures in the way of burning partitions and the like nests, but in a 

 kitchen, however clean, it may be kept, there are little nooks and cracks 

 that cannot be so strenuously treated, for the dog may lie around in many 

 places. Applications of strong disinfectants like 'Standard Disinfectant' is 

 very good for this purpose." — See their ad. in this book. 



Naturally dogs that are kept in clean auar* Q rs and groomed every 

 day do not have lice unless, as we hinted above, they touch some dog that 

 has lice or come in contact with some place where lice dogs frequent. This 

 may seem superfluous advice to the wise owner of dogs, but it is just this 

 ignorance on the part of novice owners of dogs that breeds lice and kin- 

 dred parasites, that start skin troubles and all sorts of derangements sauced 

 by continual scratching and the nervous condition in which a dog infested 

 with lice soon finds itself. The emulsion spoken of above may be used 

 with safety on any dog. Should a pet dog start any such trouble, rubbing 

 with alcohol will usually put a quietus on the vermin. 



The writer has just tried, for the first time, "Standard Disinfectant," 

 on an Irish setter that came back from a show with lice he got there, and 

 in two thorough applications, using a stiff brush to apply it, I cleared 

 this dog of the lice. I put three ounces "Standard Disinfectant" in a pail, 

 then added a gallon of water to it, and then used a sponge for his head — ■ 

 then use a stiff brush for rest of his body, legs and tail, applying it liberally. 

 In ten minutes after I thoroughly dried him with rough towels. Only two 

 applications were necessary in his case, as I did not miss a spot on him, 

 but sometimes it might be necessary for more applications, if you had 

 missed a few lice. 



A special article from Field and Fancy: 



Pleurisy — Covering the lungs and reflected over the walls of the chest 

 is a very fine, smooth, delicate, glistening membrane known as the pleura. 

 This membrane is moistened by a fluid that, in connection with the smooth, 

 polished surface of the membrane, permits of the easy, frictionless move- 

 ments of the lungs during breathing. Sometimes as a result of wounds, 

 bruises or injuries, more commonly as the result of colds and occasionally 

 for no appreciable cause, this membrane becomes inflamed, and we have a 



