Cl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29,1981
Reas are a warm weather
pest for
LANCASTER - For the
household pet, summer and early
tally means more walks in the
park, leisurely car rides and lazy
days in the back yard. Un
fortunately, summer and tall can
also mean more fleas.
You should suspect that your cat
or dog has fleas if the pet scratches
vigorously at the skin around the
ears, neck, tail or hind legs. These
are the areas most commonly
infected by fleas. You can also
part the pet’s hair and look for
small, dark brown insects that
scurry away from the light.
These small, blood-sucking pests
can be much more than a passing
nuisance. They feed on your pet’s
blood, and large numbers of them
can make a young kitten or puppy
anemic. They may also be the
indirect cause of bald spots,
redness or other types of skin
irritation that develop when the pet
scratches its inflamed skin. Pleas
are also intermediate hosts for
tapeworms. If an irritated cat or
dog snaps at an infected flea and
swallows it, the tapeworm will be
released to continued its
development in the pet’s digestive
tract.
There are a variety of products
that you can choose to relieve your
pet’s flea problem.
Flea powders are easy to apply
but messy. Some contain
ingredients that kill fleas; others
temporarily stun the insects,
which must be brushed out ot the
pet’s coat onto newspapers, and
burned.
Shampoos are the most effective
way to eliminate a heavy flea
infestation. You begin by
thoroughly wetting the cat or dog,
starting just behind the ears, and
working in the insecticidal soap
from neck to tail. It’s important to
shampoo the entire animal, in
cluding the underside. You don’t
want to leave dry spots where the
fleas can escape the shampoo. You
should also carefully soap and
rinse the pet’s ear flaps and
muzzle, keepmg the soapy water
out of the pet’s eyes and inner ear
canal.
Flea collars and tags are another
way to attack your pet’s flea
problem. These products will
slowly release insecticides for
several months, if you follow
Did you know?
Kids, as you have probably
learned in school, the United States
is slowly converting to the metric
system. It you haven’t learned the
new system in school and are still
using the customary method (the
inch, pound system), try your
skills at the puzzle below. If you
already can master the method,
give the mind teaser to mom and
dad and see if they do as well.
Remember, they’ll have to convert
too!
You and your parents will soon
have to weigh your milk in liters
and tell the weather forecast m
Celsius. To help you prepare tor
this hopefully far-off event, we will
run some games and puzzles in the
next few weeks for you to do. A
little prestudy before school starts
never hurt anybody.
your pet
directions tor use carefully. The
collars should be caretully ad
justed so they don’t rub the pet’s
coat or irritate the skin. The tags
must be close enough to the body so
pets can’t chew on them.
Treating your pet is only halt of
the solution to the flea problem.
The fleas must also be eliminated
from your home or yard. If you
don’t deflea your pet’s surroun
dings, the cat or dog will be
reinfected in a few days.
You can begin by throughly
vacuuming the entire house, with
special attention to cracks,
baseboards, and furniture where
the pet sits. Make sure you discard
the vacuum bag, or empty it
promptly and bum the contents.
You can then use a flea spray or
flea bomb, or pay a professional
exterminator to spray your home.
Outdoor areas can be treated
with an appropriate spray or dust.
Cover the driveways, walks,
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Do you
3. The legislation for
the US Metric
Board calls for a
conversion
6. The nation m which
the inch pound
system was
developed
7. The symbol for
milliliter
8. The symbol for
centimeter
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he’s whispering? It’s time for another Kid's
Korner Kontest, complete with prizes for first
and second place. Write and tell us what you
know?
9. The prefix for
one-tenth
11. One thousandth of
a gram
13. A unit of
volume
18. One thousand
meters
17. The prefix for one
hundreth.
19. The symbol for
kilogram
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Test your metric knowledge
with this crossword puzzle.
Try ten clues across and ten clues down.
think the calf is whispering. Make sure you
include your name, age, and address and the
name of your parents. We will take guesses
until September 21. See if you can write the
winning caption!
-,u.'
The word used to
describe the inch
pound system
The nation where
the metric system
was developed.
. small unit that
measures mass (or
weight)
)ne thousandth of
.liter
legree
The symbol for
VlOOO of a gram
The base unit of
length
The prefix meaning
1 0
The prefix meaning
me million
One thousand
kilograms =
1 metric