Show I FARM POULTRY i 1 w SUCCESSFUL SQUAB RAISING Birds Bird Must Be Kept Free From Disease and Insect Parasites Parasites- Keep House Clean There Is very little chance of ot mak make ing lag money from squabs unless the pigeons can be kept comparatively free from tram disease and Insect parasites pigeon specialists of at the United States Department of ot Agriculture point out If It healthy breeding sto stock k is obtained the houses rouses and yards kept clean and careful attention given to the birds diseases and parasites should not be bea a troublesome factor In n squab b rats rais ing lag TIle The stock should be carefully watched and any sick birds removed N r f P f Q Healthy Breeding Stock Is Essential for Success With Pigeons from the breeding pens pens' The house houses s should should be kept dry clean well ventilAted ventilated venti venti- l ted and free tree from dr drafts Have Havo the floor covered with 1 i Inch of fine gravel graveland graveland and ald rake oft off of frequently the manure which collects collects' on the top Keep Seep the yards ards cI glean clean an either by scraping the surface and adding fresh sand or gravel or by digging over the land and If possible planting It to grain The Thes nests bests nests nest nest boxes boles and and P peas pea's pens i should be kept clean but It Is not advisable ad to disturb more than necessary the Ule nests that contain eggs or squabs Spray the pens dens frequently wIth with white whitewash wash containing a little crude carbolic carbol carbol carbolic Ic ic add acid or with a tar coal disinfectant examine the birds for feather lice which are troublesome especially In fn hot weather Birds having many lice should be treated with sodium either dusting by the pinch method or dipping In a Ii solution the latter method b being preferable The nests or ornest ornest ornest nest pans should be cleaned out and the nesting material removed whenever when ever dirty care being taken not to disturb the squabs any more than Is absolutely necessary |