Show FREE POULTRY FROM VERMIN lousy chicks or turkeys are marc apt to be affected with gapes or some other aliment chicks are growing fast these dayi days and lee are also making rapid growth the most essential eisent lal thing at this sea eon son Is to keep young poultry tree free from lice they cannot thrive with vermin sapping their strength and lousy chicks or turkeys an ari more likely to bo be a affected acted with gapes or some other ailment in looking for lice examine the lit tie tle wings and around the vent tent be I 1 kweon the long wing feathers leathers of the little leghorn chick ur young turkey Is a favorite hiding place for lice where here they map the life from the little birds until they haven t enough strength to hold up their wings for head ace lice on chicks or the ticks that prey on young turkeys look upon the neck pushing back the feathers carefully until antil reach the top of the head A little pure lard or sweet oil on the head neck and stud wings sings and around the vent may be used to advantage but too much will kill the lice and chicks both one can make his own insect inflect powder after the following recipe one pint of gr gasoline soline two thirds of R pint of crude carrolle car bolle add acid bair thoroughly in to hie i of fine road dust let dry for an hour and put in an air tight receptacle this powder I 1 is death to head and body itce lice alid an d ha harmless to chicks and boults try to be careful when using any insect powder see that none gets in their eyes dust the mother hen ben when you turn her out in the morning if this tilts Is done at night the dust gets into the eyes of the chicks and make makei i them uncomfortable gome some nay day the powder getting into the eyes will ill cause blind ness MILK FOR GROWING CHICKENS HICKENS C indiana station expert find finds if its ue Us quite valuable in aiding diges igo tion of other food foods W B anderaon anderson of the indiana ex reri regiment ment station baa has carried through two teat tests to determine the value of kirn skim milk for growing chickens in the first test two lota lots of chicks con COD elating slating of ten plymouth rocks and ten Hou Ilou dane dans were fed all they would eat of a mixture of crushed corn bran and cronne oata oats 2 11 both lota lots were also fed cracked bone cabbage and lettuce and the 0 L barred plymouth rock cockerel amount of these articles consumed ie is not recorded the two lota lots received rec elred the same treat ment except that lot 2 waa was irea given all the skim milk they would eat la in addition ta ts th graan rain ration the test was continued for eight webbs we lot I 1 consumed 1798 8 pounds of grain and the average weekly gala gain per chick was 2 62 ounces lot 2 consumed ined 3 pounds of grain and 90 4 pound pounds of skin skim milk and t t e ay average weekly gain per chick we was 4 46 ounces the conclusion drawn was to the effect that the use of the milk wa was ve very profitable as it aided in the dI geLtIOn of 0 the other foods resulting in increased consumption and faster is or oreb b this test was duplicated during the summer with practically identical results and we may assume that skim milk whenever who never available Is in especially valuable for arc grewis iz CC chluba Ls put mites to flight Creol ln or any of tho the numerous die dw Infect ants made ip largely of it will put miles to flight to treat the and interior of the hen ben house with this or a similar disinfectant take an old shoe brush and fasten it on OR to a sawed off broom handle then apply the liquid with this homemade ho brush rye ai a chick food rye a is t an excellent chick thick food but la 11 eummer summer tho the chick bat i penned cuned will relish lettuce and awl chard raire wire than re r a on ona can BOW now theae these thick cut in mail mall bita and aud the chick will wi clean up pile ct cf areen tuff stuff |