DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



INSECT ENEMIES 



Our various domestic animals frequently suffer 

 from the attacks of LICE. Three of the commoner 

 species affecting horses and cattle are shown below. 

 Animals affected by them lose flesh and are weak- 

 ened. The lice generally deposit their eggs or "nits" 

 on the hairs. 



Remedy The best method of destroying lice is 

 to spray or wash the infested aninials with a well- 

 prepared kerosene emulsion. If this is well made it 



Lice 



a, l>, sucking ox-lice; c, biting horsc-loute. Magnified. (After Osborn) 



can be applied to cattle and horses, hogs and sheep, 

 with no danger of injury to them, while it will destroy 

 all the lice with which it comes in contact. Professor 

 C. P. Gillette, who first gave this method a thorough 

 trial, recommends applying it with a force-pump and 

 spray nozzle, rubbing it in thoroughly with the 

 finger tips at the same time. It kills the lice, and 

 leaves the hair of the animal in good condition. The 

 lice may also be destroyed by treating with a strong 

 tobacco decoction a .pound of tobacco being boiled 



