Show LEFT IDLE KILLS LICE when fowls are removed pests do not survive under ordinary temperatures a louse win will not 1101 live more than a week removed from a bird so if louse tree chickens are to tie ne placed in a henhouse previously occupied by other it la Is ne necessary cesary only to clean the tio enuse a week or so in nd vanc accord hig to F tl 11 Wll allson tn ot of the da elf parti pertinent nent of entomology ot of the new york state college ot t agriculture in hatched chicks can he reared louse free quite easily it they are isolated triin iother aither hackens keri he says 10 io rid hard ol of lice the sodium treatment Is recommended ot of this nii lerial erial distributed ani abiona ng the feathers fen is the usual procedure it Is a rather irritating sub tance so precautions ilir uld be taken to li reent its lift tins into the eyes or iday Id Jy distributed over ones skin mr wilson warns if the bird Is dusted ovee n R paper the dust which dues does ni nut nit t stay tin on the bird can be lied iea and bcd dignin A new nen method lidd to kill lice suggested oy by the milars ol of nic nicotine titine sulphate Is to point the upper surfaces ot of the roosts boosts with the sul sni undiluted it Is thought that tile ilie fumes fume from this lil rising anniie the feathers ot of the ro chickens will kill the lice lee and cause them to drop oft off ro merely clean the henhouse e and leave it a fex fen days will III not kill red mites hovi however eer these are small reddish colored creatures that live in cracks and crevices and crawl over the birds of at night to teed feed and then they return to hide during the day painting fainting or spraying the roosts boosts with kerosene or a properly diluted solution ot of ni nicotine entine sulphate usually eliminates the mites weed out boarders and save high priced feed weed out boarders buard ers that cost thousands in feed failure to weed out and sell the unprofitable hens durdov thi the summer costs poultry men thousands of dollars each year profit that could be realized from the laying hens Is used to feed those boarder hens that eat high priced feed without producing any eggs this loss can easily be stopped by cutting culling the flock bock arout about once ench each month during the summer culling at regular intervals makes it possible to remove from the nock flock of unprofitable hens shortly aft er they cease production cod liver oil helps build up ailing hens adequate ro room Is essential to the proper development ot of chicks on range chicks that are crowded a ai night might are overheated and weakened brorn four to six inches of roost space should be allowed tor for each bird it 11 there are too many birds for the size of the colony houses bouses summer shelters shelter should be built A summer shelter consists of a root roof sides and door covered with wire and with roosts boosts on the inside running from end to end |