The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-07-24

those found dead upon the hogs the
next morning were sufficient evidence
of the effectiveness of the application
in killing AL that are wet by it. With
pair of shears handful Of hair con-
tanning many eggs or i'nits' was cut
from the neck of one of these pigs the
day following the treatment. The eggs
have been kept in moderately warm
place ever since, but no young lice have
been Matched from them, which conyinces
me that the application killed the eggs
also. When pigs are treated they
should be removed to other quarters If
possible, and the old straw should all be
taken from their former nests and
burned. The walls and floor of the pen
and all places frequented by the pigs
should also receive a thorough treat
ment with the emulsion, which with
good force pump can be driven into all
cracks and creviees that might furnish
hiding places for theulice. The objec-
ton to any treatment for the destruc-
-tion of lice is THAT it will ffss#e TO be-re-
peated to be perfectly etfectual. With
the most careful application few lice
or eggs will escape either upon UNI
treated parts of the animal or about the
pen or nest. The above remedy, which
seems to be second to none in effective
ness, is so cheaply and easily applied
that one can afford to make several APP
plications if needed.
In order to make the application some
kind of force pump is necessary, as
we'll as few feet of rubber tubing.
kx 81 ir.1f
expense, and if a spraying nozzle is not
at hand the thumb held over the end of
the tubing will be found a very good
substitute-one which the writer very
often uses in preference to-any nozzle.
A half-grown louise much magnifed is
shown in accompanying Cut. AT A is
shown portion of the leg OF mature
louse% 1t differs from that or the half
crowns specimen by showing plainly a sec
ond joint in the claw. full-grown louise
is three-sixteenths OF an inch long The
color is dirty BLUSH gray. The sharp
claws seen in the illustration are not
used to hurt the pig but are for the pur-
pose of clasping the hairs eighty, from
which 1T is not easy TO remove them.
The food is taken through u sharp ros-
trum or beak which. is thrust into the
skin of the host. The bcak is not shown
in the illustration, as 1t is always re-
treated when not in use.
Brepresents three eggs. From one
to a half-dozen eggs may be found in
this way fastened toa single hair. They
are three sfxty-foHrths OF an inch in
length, and the lower or inner end is
always attached by means of a tough
gluey substance that usually entirely
encloses the hair. TIE Upper or outer
end Of the egg is the one from which
the louise makes its exit. This end has
a somewhat darker colored cap, which
is pushed of by the young louise before
coming forth. The egg is white in
color and is covered with small REGULAR
ly arranged pits or puncbures giving the
surface honey comb appearance.
At Bthree eggs are represented nat
ural size.
II it is not thought best to use kero-
sene emulsion strong tobacco decoc-
ton, strong soap-suds or an oiling
with kerosene and lard mixed in the
proportion Of one part O. kerosene to-
three or four parts OF lard would prob
ably prove eifectual and would not be
harmful,to the animal. Breeders Ca.
zette.