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FITS. — Some horses are subject to fits, and with 

 them it is incurable. These should not be driven, 

 because, when the attack comes on, injury may 

 result to the animal itself and to the occupants in 

 the carriage. The cause of the difficulty may be 

 overfeeding, bad circulation or indigestion. When 

 an attack occurs the best treatment is to throw 

 cold water over the head. If this attack is repeated 

 you had better consult a veterinarian. 



FLATULENT COLIC— See Colic. 



FLEAS. — Fleas are always a nuisance and always 

 disagreeable. They live in dry, filthy quarters and 

 associate with dogs, hogs, and chickens. To keep 

 fleas away or to destroy them when at hand, clean 

 the quarters occupied by the animals, destroy the 

 bedding and add lime and disinfectants. Dogs may 

 be washed in a creolin solution of, say, 2 table- 

 spoonfuls of creolin to each pint of water. To dis- 

 infect chicken, hog, and horse pens use in a hand 

 spray any of the so-called sheep dips or other 

 preparations manufactured for lice, itch, mange, or 

 insect troubles. 



FLIES. — These pests are a nuisance on every 

 farm. While they do not directly cause death they 

 greatly worry and irritate farm stock, especially in 

 summer, and in this way greatly affect the results 

 whether along dairy or beef lines. It would be 

 impossible to estimate the misery these pests inflict 

 on the stock of the country during a single year. 

 Aside from the pain that flies inflict on domestic 

 animals, they are carriers of disease, both to the 

 human family and the beast family. A great many 

 common infectious diseases are spread by flies, in- 

 cluding such serious diseases as typhoid fever and 

 tuberculosis. The only treatment is in way of pre- 

 vention. As the breeding places are in filth and 



