Show U LT FA C TO CHECK INROADS OF POULTRY LOUSE E eradication simple matter specialist says nv bv IR T M B nhat extension Poul toman ohio epati Uni N NW W service controlling the inroads ot of tile tho goulty louse upon the production of the farm bilock 14 r relatively kin pie task tile tho first symptoms of lice lafe infestation station are droop droopiness iness low ered wings and ruffled feathery feathers in young chicks diarrhea follows and chickens often die in a few days or in older chicks they sometimes fall prey to corlous other diseases mature birds sometimes are very heavily infested without showing allowing much III effects effect 9 but usually the egg blehl la Is likely to decrease with nith a heavy lice infestation in other cases the mature bird may lose weight eight and die na its a result of these WHO rapacious warriors perhaps one of tho the best ways of controlling lice Is by the use of nicotine sulphate this art riad Is applied tip plied to the top part of the perches just before tho the tards go to root hie tiling thing Is to get as small email a quantity as possible along the roosts boosts and yet have some along the entire length of tho roost although nicotine sulphate Is ie verb ver expensive itras it has bleu bieu found that a teacupful of the material is enough to treat tile the lorelies le i relies in a house anith w ath it a capacity of birds A second application should I 1 be made some eight or ten lays days after the tit in order to destroy the newly hatched lice give chicks plenty of room in brooder house to successfully brood baby chicks a suitable brooder house and brooding equipment are necessary pays 0 0 ufford extension poul for the colorado college I 1 first of all the brooder house should be large enough to comfortably accommodate without crowding the number of chicks to h b brooded blooded A safe rule Is to allow allo ejot over three chicks for each square foot of floor apt space ce experiments have a direct relationship berwein death loss of chicks chi as and the amount of brood broadt r floor spice allow allond pd per chick 1 ahe I lie brooder house should be con strUL strutted ted to con conserve serre heat but it should be arranged so can ile be frequent changes in the supply of air Sur sunlight light Is important for the normal growth groth of baby chicks sun shine Is one of the best disinfect tints ants the brooder house should he be so con constructed that it will provide plenty of sunshine last but not least tile the brood house should be maje maj e so 13 0 it can C a n be cleaned easily so s 0 that every ernek crack and may be reached by disinfectants disinfect ants sex shown by feathers at six weeks of age it la Is difficult especially with nith the larger breeds to tell sex there are beneral I 1 tests teats offered among dhent tills this one pluck a few feathers from around the sad die or th tha base of tile the tall awl hold them up lo 10 to the light if aticy are pointed they indicate a e cherel kerel it rounded a pullet it Is cli ch amed an other way Is to hold up tle tie bird by tile the brick back of its neck with two tio fengers it if a male it will nill drop its legs if a female it will nili draw them up close clohe to the body use uee of the nest egg nest gs are not of any great aluc the hens do not lay any b better et when they are used liens that are kert kelt in a modem poultry house where there are sufficient lelent nests and where the birds are fed and cared for property properly do not need any nest eggs getting eggs Is a matter of feed and if there are plenty of nests the liens hens will ill have no difficulty in finding them when nhen they are in a laying mood according to a poultry hority in the montreal gierald amot amount nt hen will eat A leghorn hen will eat cat from ac to 75 pounds of feed a year while hile a red or rock will voll eat from SO 80 to 85 pounds this will be ablat half ma labh b and hilf grain if all of the grain Is 19 yellow corn and 40 per rent cent of thel the mash ration la Is corn ta 1 Is will inake 70 per cent of tile the total ration corn ibis 70 per cent amounts am aunts to one brichel of corn to the hen which can bo be bought at the present for the price of one eggs says a writer in hourd hoard a dairyman palatable dry mash making a dry mash palatable so that the inking flock will eat it in sufficient Is orie one of the problems of the farm flock keeper ahe manufacturer of commercial feeds puts various ingredients to gether that will not only produce eggs but that taste good to the hens even though they are ing a liberal grain ration plenty of ground yellow corn helps make the mash more popular with the th e liens hens and they will show chow their appreciation |