Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1878 — To Rid a Dog of Fleas. [ARTICLE]

To Rid a Dog of Fleas.

The American Agriculturist says: “If a dog infested with fleas is made to lie for a tew days upon a bed of fresh litter from a horse stable the fleas will leave him. He must then be washed with soap and water, and supplied with a clean bed. A common cocoa-fiber door mat makes a good clean bed for a dog, and is repulsive to lice, especially if the bottom of it is occasionally smeared with common pine tar. Soft soap and water used frequently is the best preventive of fleas.” From a Western journal we clip the two following: “ A weak tincture made with Persian insect powder and alcohol is safe and effectua. when applied once a week with a sponge.” “Mix one-sixth of its weight of spirits of turpentine with soft soap ; rub the mixture well iuto the dog’s skin, and, after remaining an hour, wash all out. The fleas will be all killed, but the process must be repeated in a week or two.”