60 COMPLETE INSTRUCTION IN 



MOUNTING MILLERS. 



In order to have millers perfect when mounted, 

 it is necessary to prepare them as soon as possi- 

 ble after they have accomplished their life's 

 work, by coupling, and the female depositing 

 her eggs. Have ready a quart fruit-jar, or a 

 perfectly close wooden or tin box. Tie up in a 

 rag a piece of iodide of potassium, and put it in 

 the box or jar. It is well to have the least moist- 

 ure on it, so that it may give off odor. Drop the 

 millers into the box or jar. They will not live 

 an hour. There is another way, which seems 

 more cruel, but does not let them live so long to 

 suffer. Select the millers always in pairs, male 

 and female. Have those you want to operate on 

 in a box convenient. Take one at a time. Have 

 the hypodermic syringe ready and filled with the 

 medicated water used for the worms. Place the 

 miller on a piece of pasteboard, and hold it in 

 place by pressing on it very lightly with one 

 finger of the left hand. Take the syringe in the 

 right hand, and inject a few drops of the fluid, 

 inserting the needle in the anus. Lay it aside, 

 and take another and treat it in the same man- 

 ner, and so on till all are operated on. By that 

 time the first will be dead, if directions have 

 been followed. It is best to handle with the 



