The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02
LICE ON ANIMALS.

pertinent station follows;
These wingless insects are found
parasitic ON all animals. Cattle are
unfortunate IN being the most
common victims of iousiness. Sheep
are rarely affected. We meet with
this disease most frequently, during
the winter months, in neglected, half
starved, dirty aniamls. Young \
animals are especially liable to be
infected. Sometimes, however, even
we'll kept cattle suffer severely.
So-called lice are either true lice
tHaematopinusl or bird lice (tri- |
chodectes). The former have n
slender, often spiRdleshAped body,
a pointed head, grayish blue color
and suck blood The trichodectes are
broader, have squarish head, brown
color. and have biting mouth parts.
living on hair and epidermical scales.
TrichdOcetes are usually found ON
neglected, unthrifty animals, with
long shaggy hair and dirty, scaly
skin. They usually disappear as
soon as the animals condition i'm
proves. True lice, ON the othsF
hand, occur also on thrifty animals.
Every species Of domestic animals
has its own specific louise, or lice
horse louise, OK lice, two kinds, pig
louise, goat louise, dog louise, etc. and
trichodects of the horse, OK, sheep
and dog. The louise OF one species
of animal can not exist permanently
Oh another species
symptoms always give rise
to Troublesome itching, causing the
animal to rub or scratch the infested
portions of the body The hair Is
rubbed OF. or drops out, the exposed
skin becomes infiamed. scaly, and
large raw, bleeding surfaces. giving
the animals an extremely distressful
and unsightly appearance
Lice seem to prefer the region Of
the neck and name, the back, root Of
tail, and, in cattle, base of the
horne, in pigs the region between the
hind legs.
The presence of lice and their nits
attached to the hair is sufficient
evidence regarding the nature of the
trouble.
Treatment-There are many RENE
dies for destroying life, Q. x,
arsenic, mercuFial ointment, belle
bore, tobacco decoctions, the seeds OF
delphinium staphysagria lstayesaerel },
caeolin, carbolic acid, lysOl, train OF
fish oil, etc.
The following are of especial merit
l. Mercurial ointment. diluted
with little oil, is very effective OF
horses and pigs. Ii is applied in
small quantities to the affected parts
only. 1t must be used On cattle.
=. 4 tobacco decOction pound
tobacco and three gallons boiling
water, allow to stand for half al
hour with or without tho addition
of two pints of vinegar, is verl
effective; but often produces nsOse'
in horses and cattle.
3. Five per cent solutions lthre'
teaspOOnfuls to the pint of ereoliI
or lysol, in water containing 90 Pc
cent of alcohol, we'll rubbed in will
a stiff brush, is very effective.
4. The remedy which has giveI
the most satisfactory result to tn
writer Is kerosene emulsion, made a
follWos: Kerosene, gallons
common or whaleoil soap, /! pound
water, gallon Heat the Solution
of soap aud add it boiling hot to tn
kerosene; then churn the mixture TO
ten minutes. Dilute the emulsion
with twenty GALLONS of water anC
apply with a spray pump. II NJ
spray pump is at hand, drive th'
animals, If many are to be treated
into a narrow chute and apply thG
emulsion with common watering
can, being careful to treat all part.
of the body.
Slecst a mild, sunshiny day for
the operation. In the course of fouI
days or a week repeat the application
in order to destroy those lice that
have, in the meantime, emerged from
the nits. Where the animals have
been kept in stables or pens do not
neglect to give these places the same
treatment; they are just as lousy a
the animals; and il not treated they
will soon reinfect the animsls.
Finally, avoid conditions favorable
to future infections by giving animals
proper care and keeping them IN a
vigorous, thrifty condition. For long
haired animals calves, shearipR
might be recommended. Weak, run
down animals may require special
nursing TO recover completely from
an attack Of lOusiness.
SEED FOR SPRING CROPS.
During the fall and winter IL the
time for the selection Of seed for
BprinR crOps When the rnsh for