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Better check those beef or dairy cattle for lice . . this , iivlice . . . though small, this inject can really cut big profit through reduced grains or milk flow. A single treatment of either a’ rotenone spray or dust or a* lindane spray should be enough -to eradicate the lice completely. Follow directions on the container for preparing and applying this spray. Not many years ago I saw a group of steers lose from 75 to ISO pounds in less than three weeks as a,, result of lice. These cattle were on full &rain feed and consequently the loss likely would have been far greater had - they been only on a maintenance ration.
—*—* - If ydu are supplying your hens with oyster shells and are still getting soft-shelled eggs, the following suggestions should correct the trouble: (1) keep oyster hopper free of litter and -oyster „ shell powder -to a minimum, (2?) add fish oil or a dry vitamin-© concentrate to the mash. Vitamin D aids assimilation of minerals already in the animal diet. * ■y - ■* .
■ . i " Agriculture Hoys Attend
Forestry Demonstration
Caleb Pen nock of Warrenton and Charles Whitter of Charlottesville were guest speakers at a meeting of D. D. Miller’s veterans’ agriculture class, held on Tuesday, December 13. These two speakers, connected with the Vir- • ginia Forest Service, used the property of Eugene Hensley to demonstrate what trees should be cut for timber and fuel1 wood, proper cutting practices on woodland in order bo improve the woods for the future.
A talk was given on the services available to the land owner through the Virginia Forest . Service, stressing that seedlings can 'be obtained at cost through the state nurseries at. Charlottesville and Williamsburg.
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