. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. 976 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. Lloe. There should bo no excuse for iufestinent by these parasites. They will soinctiines make thi'ir appearance on new fowls, and setting
. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. 976 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. Lloe. There should bo no excuse for iufestinent by these parasites. They will soinctiines make thi'ir appearance on new fowls, and setting hens will 8omotinies contract tiiem. They arc of two kiiidM • the coiuinon lien louse, and minute ''hen spider," so-called. The latter very minute aud infesting every part of the house, and often the horse stables, if the hens are allowed to run there. To rid the house, take out every movable art. icle and wash thoroughly with (tarbolic acid and water, or with the anniio- niacal water of gas factories, which is cheap. Wash also every portion of the house with the same. Or, fumigate by closing every crevice, and burning in an iron pot containing a burning hot stone, half the size of u man'f head, a pound of roll brimstone, keeping the house closed two or three hours. Then wash every part of the house with lime-wash in which u pound of potash has been dissolved to each quart of water used in thin- ning the wash. Wash also the furniture, nests, perches and all else with the potash solution, one pound to a (ptart of water. Put back the furni- ture, place fresh hay in the boxes, plenty of dust baths near, and the lice will leave the fowls and die. In case the stable becomes infested, or other places that may not be fumigated, wash with the potash solution, or the lime-wash, containing one part in twenty of carbolic BACK OF THE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorati
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