The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-14
To Get Rid Of the Pests They
Must Be Attacked in Their
Breeding Places.
washington. Aug.

sons whose houses, pet animals, or
live stock are INFESTED with meas are
warned in new pdb1fcatIon Of the
United States department OF agrtcu1-
ture. Bulletin No. 243. that tits all
most hopeless to get rid OF the pest
If no attention Is paid to the breeE-
ing places Of the insecLs. It =, OF
course. Important to destroy the
adult IDEAS but this should be accom-
panied by thorough cleaning out OF
all places in which their eggs may pc
laid. Since it takes from two weeks
to many months for the eggs OIL heas
to develop adults there is always Gan
ger OF reinfestation unless the
6reeding places are thoroughly des-
troyed.
It is a! we'll known fact thaMt GER
tain kinds Of heas are responsible Tor
tha spread Of the bubonic plague and
this alone would make their destruc7
ton a universal duty. Tney are,
however, responsible for other dis
eases as well as the plague, ana en-
tfrely apart from their shase IN
spreading conragion they are great
nuisance to human beings, and may
annoy live stock to such. an extent en-.
that they seriously injure the heal Etsta
OF the animal. The .nea can eA z V
practically Everywhere that man nan can an
and IL the condition are permaeleo
to be favorable 1T VIII mnltipiy Will -
great rapidly.
Most Common Varieties.
OF the approximately 100 specses
of fteas known to exist the human
Zee, the dog flea, the rat nea-wnlcn
carries the pIague-anu the sIleh-
tight flea are the varieties ,Hn .i.
most commonly Affect hn hun . 2eins
and domestic animals the st1cKIlsnlI
flea diners from the others IN that
when 1t has once attached itsen 70 . g
host It remains with its mouth parts
INN ovably in1bedded in the hesh-
Chickens suffer in particular from
this pest and for this reason It IS
sometimes called the chicken flea ~
IL frequently seen in dense masses
also on the ears of dogs and cas-.
ii is difficult to loosen 1t from It's
hold and its destruction thereIoTe
presents some difficulties. Fairly
good results are obtained from the
local application. of kerosene anu laru
in the proportions of one part Zero
sene and three parts lard, but II useo
to freely this may fnjure poultry
In the case of other species the IN
sects hop about much more freely and
NAV or may not, therefore, be iouno
at any given time on their NOSES
When dogs or cats, however, are
found to b suffering, bath IN z
three per cent solution OF creolin Will
probably be found to be erectfye. a
suffcfentIy accurate method OF max
ing such solution Is TO add -FOUR
ia blespoonfuls of creolin to each gal
lon of water. Warm water shouad
be used and the animal placed IN
tub with the solution in II. SUN
brush should then be USED TO WorK
the solution into the HAIR. particular
care being taken to wet the fas On
the head of the animal. The oarn
should last five or ten minutes, after
which the creoIfn should be rnsed
off and the animal washed with warm
atsar ana SOAP This trearmenc 80
desirable for cats and Will prevent
the, skin of the most delicate animal
from being burned. Finely puIverlzed
moth balls worked into the 1ar Of, tae
cat are also useful. The naptnaiene z
in the moth balls drives the Eeas o ~
of the hair. They emerge IN 2 s9au u
fed condition and can then easily pc
3eilled. Insect powder, sometimes
called pyrethrum, buhacn, or DANA
tfan insect powder, may be used N
the same way Fresh, unaduIteraNed
nvrethrufn IS necessary 10 secure sat
isfactory results.
It has already been said, howevez.
that 1T is useless to attack the adult
Tea If no attention is paid to It's
breeding, but in the case OF the zu-
man flea most of the eggs are prob
aby. deposited while the insects are
IN their nests somewhere In the vicfnf-
". IN houses the cracks of floors or
under maeting or carpets are favor
tie places. The conditions under
buildings are often favorable FOR the
breeding. For this reason 1t Is de-
sirable that dwellings. stables, and
sheds should be SO arranged that cats
dogs. chickens. and other animals That
harbor the pests can not go Beneath
them. to sleep Dirt floors in chicken
houses and sheds, furnish more raw
oralble conditions than wooden doors,