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Show SUCCESS WITH SITTING HENS Great Care Should Be Taken to Keep Them Comfortable and Free From Lice and Mites. (Prepared bv the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) In order to secure greatest success and make the hens comfortable when thev are sitting, great care should be taken to keep the nests free from mites. To do this effectively is not ah easy task. If oil from crude petroleum, pe-troleum, which is good for controlling mites, is sprayed freely about the house at that time it may soil the eggs iiid prevent successful hatching. Infested In-fested quarters, therefore, should be treated llioroughly before hens are act, so as to start them in nests which ure absolutely clean. Beneath the straw of the nest a layer of lime and sulphur will tend to prevent mite breeding, and the entire nest may be dusted occasionally occa-sionally with pyrethum. Broken eggs and the straw soiled by them should be removed promptly, as they tend to attract at-tract mites. Medicated nest eggs, said to control poullrv lice, are on the market. These consist largely of naphthalene. While this material will destroy lice when applied ap-plied generally to the fowl, it is injurious inju-rious to the lien's eggs as well as to the bird. If used in quantity, or if the medicated eggs are allowed to remain for some lime beneath a hen, she may die as a result. Sodium fluorid powder, pow-der, dusted on the fowl, or dissolved in water and used as a dip, is the best remedy fur lice. |