Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-08-06 | Page 11 | Mite Control Urged

URGED t- t Ui f ry Ne News Ny V io 1 1 f y MADDEN lt J J I.-J v 1 i Utah Expert Expert- t Station Utah State I e. e r pren fits le lC six different L of of mites that InCe infest t poultry o pend largely the particular kind of ot mites in lit lock ock rf e red m mi o Is is ls the most comand com com- com I and nd lI injurious juri type found inthis in ii thIs his ion n ft If ItTs Itis is small but easily ded de- de d ii wh blood It ItS S the cracks crevices nests rubbish day coming t to i Attack its host by night J The f presence can bm be I Identified cn i d b by pepper peper and around the he cracks of the coop copp which which hatch In In lye five ar are deposited In era J e tiers bers by b the fhe In their k pl places ces l Is ca apa aJ ll long with with- r food The life Jle ha habits its of the mlle mIte make jt necessary t to di diall di- di all aU efforts of ot control rol to their rig ig roi iw wed d spraying praying Use oil te e- e diluted of one on e part of kero to j- j four lour of ot petroleum p or hero hero- With used crankCase ase oil her her her- s k known ln theo the mite the feather o leg caly mite flesh mite and c mite mIt The Thc first c uses c con con- n- n to fowlS fowlS' at base b Se of the feathers producing The irritation Wining Wining- u ning scabies rt- rt t. t causes causes' the to p U li out outi i i t features It spends its entire Ion the body of ot the host plc contro may be bee effected dipping the entire entre lock flock In in water ater raining two wo ounces 5 of flowers floers of jill bu land a and one ounce lince of QC laundry r to to ca each gallon of water leg aly-leg ti-eg-mit ti mit mites g- g attack attick only the thc un un- un cJ d of ot t the tp fowls fowl's ls l's leg Feral er eral l cases ases cause Weakness s Joss appetite and aud t-e t hi N Nests be spray sprayed d with m method the re he e flesh mite is a small para- para j which bores into to the under Hiot Hi- Hi of ot of the birds causing ausing small white ules under the thc skin Their presSig presets press pres pres- ets Sig s usually not noticed until the ken is re ready for table i. i S The air sac mite inhabits the thc sacs acs of ot the chickens but is sd- sd n harmful I Poultry Pou y Hints Hints I Hirning under of ot range soil onich on onich ich ch diseased birds have be been n Is Ital tal item in prevention of addi addi uil I losses Josses Yards and Ind wise be treated l Ingle hutches meshed with three three- inch hardware cloth is the erred house hoyse of rabbits raised in n J 1 Sanita ry c ns most ld ideal al through gh h this i m method th thI 1 r hen en pullets or mature hens are arc onto Tonto egg producing tests their should show weekly figures feed consumption of ot individual birds daily I pout records weight of ot eggs m each chicken fertility and andi with full observation broo broodiness and arid all oth- oth factors may be be- ur ur- i and chickens on the thc theand 5 and clothing of caretakers and tons tors Mixing of oC feed on the theon ther r on which any number may nay have walked is dangerous