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Dogs, Cats, Hogs and Horses, To Drive Off Fleas on.
The Scientific American gives us the following for this purpose. The pennyroyal flavor is very strong and offensive to these "gentry, " although many people, of which I am one, are very fond of it. The herb makes an effective tea, drank hot, to break-up colds, by starting perspiration. It says, under the head of •• Pennyroyal for Fleas: " "The oil of pennyroyal will drive these insects 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 beds of
pigs once a mouth. I have seen this done for many years in succession. "Whera 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 the ears of hogs troubled with fleas, which you can do while they are feeding, without touching them. By repeating this application every 12 or 15 days the fleas will flee from every quadruped, to their relief and improvement, and your relief and comfort in the house. Strings saturated with the oil of pennyroyal, and tied around the necks and tails of horses, will drive off lice; the string should be saturated once a day. "
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