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Show WHITEWASH IS ESSENTIAL WITH POULTRY - . i - - ' :. . . . . . . . .-.v. v -,w!Ww?Mt wrPW 1 - " V f 'A&r I ' Applying Whitewash by Means of Spray Pump. Whitewash is one of the essentials of poultry success and chicken profits. Whitewash brightens up the henhouse, ind lets the light into all of the dark corners. And light is deadly to most parasites. Not only does il let in the deadly light rays, fresh whitewash is in itself it-self a strong insecticide. It makes life so intolerable to the lice and mites that they are compelled to leave and take up their quarters in some darker and more favored abode. To make a good whitewash, add one-half bushel of salt in hot water to one-half bushel of unslaked lime, also in hot water. Mix the two thoroughly thorough-ly and add three pounds of rice, boiled to a paste. Add also one-half pound of Spanish whiting and one pound of dissolved glue. If it is desired to increase in-crease the disinfecting power of the mixture, add a quart of carbolic acid. ! Mix the mass well with five gallons J of water and let stand for five days ! before using. i The best way to apply the white-! white-! wash is by means of a spray pump. such as is used in orchards and in i spraying potatoes. Use as fine a spray i as possible, and use force enough to ! penetrate all cracks and corners. Apply Ap-ply enough each time to soak into the wood well, and apply often enough to keep the pests continually on the move away from it. Whitewash is cheap. It can be easily made and still more easily applied. ap-plied. And it does the parasites up in business. Whitewash your henhouse hen-house today and keep it whitewashed from now on. An ounce of prevention preven-tion is worth a pound of cure especially espe-cially when it is a high-priced cure. |