Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1871 — How to Banish Fleas. [ARTICLE]

How to Banish Fleas.

The Maryland Farmer gives the following useful recipe for exterminating flfeas: “ The oil of pennyroyal will certainly drive these- pests off; but a cheaper method, where the herb flourishes, is to throw your dogs and cats into a decoction of it once a week. Mow the herb and scatter it in the beds of the pigs once a month. Where the herb cannot be got, the oil may be procured. In this case saturate strings with it and tie them around the necks of dogs and cats, pour a little on the back and about theeare ofhogs, which you can do while they are feeding without touching them. By repeating these applications every twelve or fifteen days, the fleas will flee from your quadrupeds, to their relief and improvement, and your relief and comfort in the house. Strings saturated with the oil of pennyroyal and tied around the neck and tail of horses will drive off lice; the strings should be once a day. Which side of a horse invariably has the most hair on ? The outside.