Show FARM TOPICS NUMEROUS PESTS BOTHER POULTRY Industrious Ant Added to List of Enemies By y L. L M. M BLACK LACK Add the industrious ant to 0 the many forms of life which act as In Intermediate in- in intermediate hosts of the tapeworms that stunt the growth of chickens reduce egg yield and otherwise menace the poultry flock Poultry farmers are warned to fight the insects that will Increase with the advent of warmer weather Controlling the common mites and andIce lice Ice which prey directly on chickens Isn't enough Measures designed to combat a wide variety of Insects which attack poultry p directly or in- in indirectly indirectly directly are urged Research of the U U. US U.S. S. S department of f agriculture has recently demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated that ants must be classed with snails earthworms beetles slugs lugs and flics flies as Intermediate hosts of one or more varieties of poultry tapeworms Other threats to poul poul- poultry poultry try health include the following Grasshoppers which harbor many poultry parasites including the gizzard worm and the straw straw- strawberry strawberry berry worm that infests the chick chick- chickens chickens' chickens chickens' chickens chickens' ens' ens stomach Black flies flics carriers of a malaria malaria- like disease of turkeys Louse flies flics which transmit pigeon malaria ma Mosquitoes carriers of fowl pox Cockroaches intermediate host of the parasitic Mansons Manson's Eye Worm which causes widespread loss of poultry in tropical semi areas Ticks which cause a serious blood disease and and piro- piro a disease which kills chickens by destroying their red blood cells To eliminate or lessen these threats to poultry the following is suggested 1 Treat poultry for body lice and treat roosts and other hiding places for mites 2 9 Prevent Pr vr nt nr nt of trash tr n that harbors intermediate hosts of parasites 3 Rotate ranges and mow free fre frequently fre- fre frequently this will reduce hiding places for insects 4 Use proof insect manure stor stor- storage storage storage age or apply acid phosphate to stored manure |