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Remedies. Tobacco water, kerosene emulsion and similar 

 materials often hardly appear to have any effect when th-e lice 

 are very abundant, as the leaves curl up and protect the lice, 

 so that they are not easily reached and the waxy covering of the 



Fig. 38. Hoop tent in place over tree. 



lice sheds water. At such times it will be found that tobacco 

 smoke is a most valuable and certain remedy. In applying it, 

 a tent made of unbleached cotton, large enough to cover the 



