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(flesh-fly). To prevent their attacks wet, filthy hair shoukl be removed 

 and wounds kept clean, and rendered antiseptic by a lotion of carbolic 

 acid 1 part, water 50 parts ; by a mixture of 1 ounce oil of tar in 20 

 ounces sweet oil, or some other antiseptic. If the grubs are already 

 present they should be picked ofif and one of these dressings freely 

 ajiplied. 



FLIES. 



A number of flies attack horses and suck their blood, producing great 

 annoyance, and in some instances death. These insects not only suck 

 the blood, but also often instil an acid poison into the skin, and in ex- 

 ceptional cases transfer infectious germs from animal to animal by inoc- 

 ulation. 



Various devices are resorted to to prevent the attack*, as to sponge 

 the skin with a decoction of walnut or elder leaves, of tobacco, to dust 

 with Persian insect powder, to keep a light blanket or fly-net on the 

 horse, to close doors and windows with fine screens and destroy by pyr- 

 ethium any flies that have gained admission, to remove all manure 

 heaps that would prove breeding places for flies, to keep the stalls 

 clean, deodorize by gypsum and to spread in them trays of dry chlo- 

 ride of lime. For the poisoned bites apply ammonia, or a solution of 

 1 part of carbolic acid in 20 parts of sweet oil or glycerine, or one- 

 fourth ounce bicarbonate of soda and 1 dram of carbolic acid in a quart 

 of water may be used. 



STINGS OF BEES, WASPS, AND HORNETS. 



These are much more irritating than the bites of flies, partly because 

 the barbed sting is left in the wound, and partly because of the amount 

 and quality of the venom. When a swarm attacks an animal the result 

 may prove fatal. 



Treatment consists in the application of wet clay, or of a lotion of soda 

 or ammonia, or of carbolic acid, or of sugar of lead 2 drams, laudanum 

 1 ounce, and water 1 pint. The embedded stings should be extracted 

 with fine forceps or even with the finger nails. 



FLEA — PULEX. 



The flea of man and those of the dog and cat, when numerous, will 

 bite the horse and give rise to rounded swellings on the skin. To dis- 

 pose of them it is needful to clear the surroundings of the grublike 

 larvae as well as to treat the victim. The soil may be sprinkled with 

 quicklime, carbolic acid, coal tar, or petroleum; the stalls maybe del- 

 uged with boiling water and afterward painted with oil of turpentine 

 and littered with fresh pine sawdust, and all blankets sbould be boiled. 

 The skin may be sponged with a solution of 1 part carbolic acid in 50 

 parts water. Dogs, ciits, and pigs should be dressed with the same 

 lotion, or, better, removed from the vicinity of the stable. 



