Show CARE OF THE POULTRY HOUSE lice and mites cause more losses loei than all AH other things corn com biped spray lo Is urged sy dy J B S JEFFI tET it la in quite possible to have the best beat poultry kept in well 1 built houses bouses well led fed and still not get tiny any profit at 01 pleas ufa from them in too many cases where a good start has been madei made the house la in neglected and allowed to become filthy and infested with W ith mites it may be said that filth and mites generally go together for or while a house that Is kept fairly clean side Eliv atlon of poultry house may be infested with mites it la IS very seldom that a dirty house will bo be found to bo be free from these pests lice and mites cause causa more lossel among poultry than all other combined poultry houses should bo be so at an ranged inside that tho othe poultry roan can keep down the mites without an undue expenditure of time and en ergy mites live in a house find and must be killed thero there dusting tho the hena bans will never got get rid of them tho the best means of getting rid ot at intges in the houses la is to spray thoroughly with avith kerosene emulsion this should bo be done twice wah an interval ot of from are to seven days between the sprayings spray ings the emulsion Is nada made as follows cut up one pound of soap and dissolve it in hot water while the water la Is h hot at star in two gallons of 0 kerosene keros cna and continue stirring for fifteen tc twenty minutes it la Is important tc have the kerosene soap and water well mixed especially it if it la Is not to be used at once to this mixture add seventeen ei enteen gallons at 0 water two compartment trap nests showing stop louse root roost hangers above makes a 10 per cent emulsion soma same i recommend 15 per cent but we have found 10 per cent eM efficient clent in killing the mites I 1 kerosene used on the roost once a ateek week in hot weather i will help to keep down both mites and lice it I 1 put on a short time before the hens eo co to roost some of 0 it will got on the feathers and will kill and drive away lice care must bo be taken not ao to get too much on th the e fowls or 1 it hlll blister them and this will stop the liens hena from laying just as much mitch al a tho file lice will |