 ... only a momentary effect, and it not unfrequently poisons the dog. Innumerable other means I have tried to drive away fleas, but the only tolerably certain one I have discovered is to make dogs sleep on fresh yellow deal shavings. These shavings may...  Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England - Page 37by Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1865Full view - About this book
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...fresh yellow deal shavings. These shavings may be made so fine as to be as soft as a feather bed ; and, if changed every week or fortnight, they make...it will be found useful to rub or dredge the dog's bide, once or twice a week, with very finely powdered resin : if simply rubbed in, add bran — Brown... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...so fine as to be as soft as a feather bed . and, if changed every week or fortnight, they make th« most cleanly and wholesome one that a dog can rest...obnoxious to the fleas. But, where it is absolutely imSopping the skin with tobacco water has . bran. — Brown — Blaine. been recommended , bat it has... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1865 - 860 pages
...on fresh yellow deal shavings. These shavings may be made so fine as to be as soft as a feather bed, and, if changed every week or fortnight, they make...to employ deal shavings, it will be found useful to nib cr dredge the dog's hide, once or twice a week, with very finely powdered resin; if simply rubbed... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1866 - 478 pages
...on fresh yellow deal shavings. These shavings may be made so fine as to be as soft as a feather bed, and, if changed every week or fortnight, they make...dredge the dog's hide once, or twice a week with very finely powdered resin ; if simply rubbed in, add some bran." Besides the means recommended by Blain,... | |
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