Show CHIGGERS HARMFUL TO CHICKEN FLOCK Young Fowls Are Most Liable to Suffer From Parasites s. s Mites Penetrate Skin Causing Intense Itching and Abscesses Are Formed Birds Birds Become Droopy and Refuse to Eat Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture Chiggers harvest barvest mites or red redbug bugs bug which so ann anney y campers by the Intense Itching they produce may also attack fowls fo Young chickens having a free ree range especial especially ly iy If it Includes lying low-lying land are the most liable to suffer from these para pam sites The mites penetrate the skin causing an Intense Itching and es ell may be found where clusters of mites are feeding These are sometimes a third of an inch in diameter diameter diame diame- tj ter r surrounded by an area of mation matlon The birds become droopy refuse refuse refuse re re- re- re fuse to eat and may die from hunger hunger hunger hun hun- ger and exhaustion If an abscess s has not yet formed the theIn In lamed area rimy may be treated with sul- sul ur pl-ur ointment or a mixture of 1 part of 01 kerosene oil oU with 3 parts of lard If suppuration has occurred the scab should be removed and the area wash- wash od rd with 4 per cent carbolic acid tion Frequent light dusting with Dowers rs of sulphur will keep the chicken chickens chickens chick chick- en ens from becoming Infested In the soul southern hern and central states where harvest hardest mites are most numerous It Is oft often n necessary to l ep young chickens chickens chick chick- tris ens off the range In summer In the these e sections It Is a good plan to hatch the chickens chickens- early In Ia the spring so that when the warm wann weather comes In Jn which the mites are most abundant the birds will be old enough to resist their attacks at at- tacks |