CATTLE PESTS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6887, 17 April 1929, Page 10

CATTLE PESTS

HOW TO RID STOCK OF LICE. Many farmers discover that their cattle -are affected with lice and are perplexed to know just how to rid them of this pest during the cold months. It requires a great deal of labour, and if any of the details are neglected the results will be unsatisfactory. Cattle generally get the lice from the stable or sheds where they arc kept. Therefore it is always necessary to eliminate the source of contamination, or, even though the lice that aie on the animal are successfully removed, they will become reinfested in a short time. Lice on live stock usually arc to be found in greatest numbers where the skin is thinnest—under the front legs, along the l.eilv and inside the thighs. Therefore in treating cattle for lice it is necessary to pay particular attention to these areas, or all of the lico will not be killed. A very satisfactory treatment, which can bo applied with a small brush or a cloth .consist:; of equal parts of oil and kerosene. This should be applied evenly and not in too great amounts. It should be repeated in two weeks if necessary. Where only a few animals arc to be treated they can be treated by hand very successfully. The above should nut be useu in extremely cold weather, but in moderate weather. If used when the weather is

warn the animal should not be turned out into the direct sunlight. A powder that is very effective in removing lice consists •of powdered pvretiiruni flowers one part, talcum three parts. This should be dusted into the hair and worked about with a stiff brush. It must bo well brushed into the hair to reach ail the lice.