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Show LICE FATAL TO POULTRY. V, W, Brow nine, Ogden, The two bet months for hntchlnj chickens nre April nnd Mn) An) of the medium sled breeds of chUUens hitched during April with proper enre will begin tn la) nbmit Oclnlier and If propetl) housed 11 nil e-nred for will lay most of the winter Tor leghorns Mn) Is the lime to hntvh the winter layers June hitched leg-horns inn also be full) mituied nnd begin to Is) b) eirl) winter The onl) wi) to get rhlikens to la) Is to have them In propel health ind the onl) method nf keeping 1 hlckens health) Is to keep them fre, from vei mine as possible A chicken that Is fiee from lice nml miles will geneiatl) be healthy If prorly housed then with proper feed the egus will eonio whether nr not the hens wish tn la) Snme people wonder wh) cnlckens lay In the spring-time nnd do nut lay during dur-ing the autumn nnd winter llena will lay all winter Jurt ns well ns summer sum-mer If vou will nnko conditions sinie os the hen furnishes for hirseir In the spring Some breeders will ask what are the necessaries that I do not furnish' fur-nish' If )ou will notice )our hens soon as the snow dl'ippenra In Hip spring nnd the ground gets warm on the south side of some fence, birn or other build Inf, the lens will scratch In the dirt, squat down nnd throw the dust under their wings, on their lucks mid literally liter-ally smother their bodies In dust and dirt nnd )ou wonder what the fmd hens are dnlng that for. They nro killing kill-ing lice The hens ennnot carry any Insect powder In their pockets but they know how to smother lice If you will tnke tho hint ou will have a dust box for your fowls next winter and keep It filled with dr) road dust nnd ashes Also use pome Insect powder o 1 the chickens occasionally to help kill the lice l'robabl) the best method of using the powder Is to hold the chickens chick-ens by the legs and take a larco pinch of the powder und neuter It all through the featheis, particulars under the vent and the wings, also under the feathers of the neck. This will practically free your chickens chick-ens of Hce, )ct there Is another pest that Is more difficult to overcome. It Is wlnl Is lommotil) called red miles riicsi 1111 vet) small Ihev sla) In I lie enopj dining the ill) Their hiding hid-ing I lace Is uudillienth the 1 1 relics nnd In the ctaeks Snm ionp beinme bttl ill) alive with them 1 hive sien heuses rub their inni es oft and the hair off the root nf the tall because of being so leirlllv nnnnvetl with llieee pests ibe) ernvvl onto the chbknis nt night, fink then blood then ernvvl bark to their hiding plme nuitn next mm plug If )om e hb kens look pale about the fne and euinli link nut fnr mites 'Iho easiest wa) ti kill mites Is b) minting Ih, 1 en lies with some liquid Ike 1 x-teriiitnalni x-teriiitnalni nlso spi.iv wherever there Is an) 11 uks with the liqul I gnln we alt know h iw the chh kens will hunt f"i woiins lugs libs eli. Tliev wpnl nine nilinil fool If )ou iiinnol nlfm 1 to feed ibeui n little meal In the winter imbibl) oit could Mvo tin 111 some Kiouiid giceu bones Another t'llnc, I nnllee lr the spring, piobibl) sonu other penple have no-Heed no-Heed the stum It is warmer during April and Ma) than It is during Jitiu-nry Jitiu-nry nnd IVbruni) Then see )our fowls av pi ope 1 1) bouse il and fed Then )nll will hive eggrtn sell Thi most trouble dining the next few months will be with tie little chickens chick-ens smile chickens die b) bece nilng chilled during d imp nnl enld vviiithu Vou con ivi Id this b) nut letting them tun out lutlnrt dump, cold weather Hut the minimis die finm the lavages nf lice Whin the little chicks look droop) and thilr little wings hanir, dnwn Iho 1 ui"e l lice it Is gen-erall) gen-erall) the chick illcs Hist, and the owner own-er wonders wh) If )ou 'ee nny little chicks stnndlng out In the sunlight looking sleep) und forsaken )ou tun) know that chick has ttmibles 1'h trouble Is the genuine gen-uine llco on the head Hemove tho llco or the llco will see Hit the chick will spoil cense to move Should )im nollr.e the hen with bei chickens out hunting for food and one ot more of the chicks lie behind unci peep, pee"), peep same eld trouble lice If the fa-mers will take n little In-teres! In-teres! In their chickens and turki)B, give them Just 11 llttlo ordinal) common com-mon s'nse cnie for 01 e )ear and nt the same time keep a strict record of all expense nnd Ireome then nt thcend ot the year figure up the per cent of prof-It prof-It they will be sirpilscd nnd I think In nearly every Instance the per eent profit on the chickens will bo greater than on any other product ot thu farm Tii It Striking; Lesson ln Orchnrd IrrltrnUo n. The pictures of two trcs shown above speak louder than words tea to the proper nnd Improper methods of Irrigating fruit trees The tree showing show-ing the large, spieadlng roots was taken tak-en last fall from the experimental orchard at tho Utah Agricultural college col-lege That orchard has been Irrigated b) tho flooding process for the past eight )cnrB With a limited supply of water the Boll could not be enturuted to a depth exceeding ten nr twelve Inches In-ches As a result, the roots of the trees have ppread out near the surface, sur-face, where they could get tho most water, and few roots nru found more than Is Inches deep. This makes the trees susceptible to drouth, and. ln fact, lessens the stability of the tree It Is not unusual to fin 1 In the college orchard large rootB spreading out Just underneath tho surface If for nny reason n period nf ono month during the summer should tlapso without Haiti Ha-iti being applied, nearly every tree In the enchnrd would be In Jeopard). Tho picture showing tho descending lonla ln thit of 11 threo-)tar-old apple tree grown on high bench land by the Utah Nursery company nf Palt Lake City The tree ban been Irrigated three times In three )enrp, but tho Irrigation Irriga-tion was not done b) flooding. The wnter was run In deep furrows and small nlow strenmn no an tn Insure saturation of the soil to nn great depth nn po-slble. After each Irrigation the dltchen were coveied b) cultivator nr harrow and tho water thus held In the roll Theio being no moisture near the surface, tho routs of tho ttee naturally went down to find tho moisture 1 hua the tree wns rooted well down nnd the molsturo Irom below Insured nirilnat drought. Moreover, the deep roots give stability tn the tree and also furnish a root s)stem thnt Is not In tho way of Injury from deep plowing. There In a right way nnd n wrong wa) to Irrigate an nrcli ird and both methods are well depicted In the pic ture It should be stated that the method of Hooding employed nt tho college wns doubtless because nf a desire de-sire tn experiment. Tho txrerlment has been a cuccess In that the orchnrel furnishes a ' horrible example' to lr-1 lr-1 lira tors |