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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1934, Page 22 (Supplement)

“Lice and fleas cause considerable irritation to pigs, and if present in numbers must impair vitality,” states Mr. D. Marshall M.R.C.V.S., in the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture. “Lice are readily controlled by regular oiling, and the pigs may be allpwed to carry this out themselves, if a rubbing post is provided, "wrapped round with sacking which is kept soaked with waste engine oil or whale oil. Fleas may be dealt with by a 1 to 4 mixture of kerosene and oil, but houses must be cleaned put and sprayed to get rid of the larval forms, and in sandy runs’ during the summer eradication of fleas may be very difficult.” Mr. A. McWilliam, Eltham, who managed the Mangatoki factory 40 years ago, when detailing his recollections of those difficult days, said he remembered calling at a settlers* home to discuss some business, but the children made such a noise that one could not hear oneself speak. “This,” said Mr. McWilliam, “did not prove at all disturbing to the proud Irish father who, seeing my discomfiture, merely waved it aside, saying, ‘Never mind, Mr. McWilliam’ ‘these are the joy birds of matrimony.”’