. The farmer's veterinary adviser : a guide to the prevention and treatment of disease in domestic animals . Veterinary medicine. 284 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. the best agents to dust over tlie animals as well as over carpets, rugs, etc., on wliich they have lain; or wash with the yolks of eggs and a teaspoonful of oil of turpentine to each egg; or a mixture of an ounce of oil of anise-seed and ten ounces ohve-oil may be rubbed over the body and washed off with soap six hourswlater. Sprinkle the soil Fig. Fig. 56—Cat Flea. Enlarged.—^Verrill. where the animals roll with quicklime,
. The farmer's veterinary adviser : a guide to the prevention and treatment of disease in domestic animals . Veterinary medicine. 284 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. the best agents to dust over tlie animals as well as over carpets, rugs, etc., on wliich they have lain; or wash with the yolks of eggs and a teaspoonful of oil of turpentine to each egg; or a mixture of an ounce of oil of anise-seed and ten ounces ohve-oil may be rubbed over the body and washed off with soap six hourswlater. Sprinkle the soil Fig. Fig. 56—Cat Flea. Enlarged.—^Verrill. where the animals roll with quicklime, carbohc acid, or petroleum ; deluge kennels and roosts with boiling water and afterward paint the cracks with oil of turpentine; dip mats or rugs in boiling water, and litter the buildings with fresh pine shavings. LICE. These are degraded wingless hemipterous insects. There are two kinds: Uood-sucJcers (hcematopimcs), with narrow head and long trunk-like sucking tube; arid bird- lice (trichodectes), \vith very large, broad head, and no sucking tube, but biting jaws. Of the bhod-suckers there is one species each for :— horse and ass; horse and ox; ox; goat; swine, and dog and ferret. Of bird-lice there is a species each for :—horse and ass; ox and ass; sheep ; goat; dog; cat; duck, and goose; two for the peacock; three for the turkey; four for the pigeon; and five for the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Law, James, 1838-1921. Ithaca : The Author
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