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Show BEDBUGS IN CHICKEN HOUSE Roots and Nests Should Be Removed From Building and- Whitewash Spray Thoroughly Applied. Many poultry houses are Infested with bed bugs and it is not an easy matter to dislodge them. Some people say that turning the sheep into the poultry houses will induce in-duce the bugs to attack the sheep where they will be lost In the wool, but this is a poor, remedy. Remove all the roosts and nests from the house and spray with boiling hot whitewash to which has been added a pint of turpentine to a pailful. pail-ful. Another good remedy is to burn the interior of the house with taroline mixture which can be bought at any drug store. Another effective remedy is half a pint each of turpentine, ammonia and kerosene to which add about four ounces of gum camphor. If more is needed double the quantity. Apply with a brush. The nests should be burned out over a blazing fire and the roosts should also be held over the fire and all should be thoroughly whitewashed and painted before putting them back. |