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turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, and other feathered animals, but 

 also on the dog, cat, sheep, cow, horse, etc. Among them are the 

 four species: Menopon pallidum, Goniocotes hologaster by Nitzsch; 

 and G. bumettii Packard; and Lipeurus variabilis. Some of these 



FIG. 342. Chicken scab on foot of fowl. (Lugger.) 



(Fig. 344) are found on our domestic poultry and are very much 

 in evidence when one is "dry-picking" a chicken or turkey. 



These insects are flat, yellowish or pale colored, and somewhat 

 broad in proportion to their length. They are approximately 



about one-tenth or one-twelfth 

 of an inch long, and are easily 

 seen with the naked eye. 



FIG. 343. Chicken mite. (After Lugger.) FIG. 344. Feather louse or biting louse of 



chicken. (After Packard.) 



Control. Provide a generous dust bath for fowls at all times. 

 Keep the hen-house clean; whitewash liberally. Spray with crude 

 petroleum in feathers of adult fowls. Do not build the hen-house 

 against the barn, lest these pests annoy other stock. 



The Cattle Tick and Spotted Fever Tick. Not only are a 

 number of insects guilty of transmitting disease either directly 



