Show EGG PRODUCTION CUT cur curLICE LICE AND MITES MATERIALLY REDUCE REDUCE REDUCE RE RE- DUCE YIELD OF LAYERS Effective Control Is Most Thorough Sanitation Sanitation Give Give Poultry House Thorough Cleaning and Then Disinfect That lice and mites materially cut down og egg production Is the belief ofF of F F. E. E Fox assistant In poultry hus hus- bandry Lice and mites by feeding on la laying layIng lay lay- Ing hens cause a reduction In eg egg production said Mr Fox The lice live continuously upon the fowl eating eat cut ing lug the tissues an and causing much an annoyance nn- nn annoyance no ance b by scratching and Irritating the bird Mites suck the blood of the victim and thus In addition to anno annoyance an an- no ance and pain rob the fowl of needed led nourishment Lice have haYe biting m mouth uth parts and andare andare are therefore easily poisoned For this I pu purpose pose blue ointment Is the most effective effective ef et- ef- ef and easiest to apply A piece about the size of a pea should be well rubbed Into the fluff well up Into the skin just below the vent yent As the lice necessarily must come here for moisture they are readily poisoned The treatment should be repeated In a n week or ten days clays to assure killing those that hatch later Another common remedy for lice Is pyrethrum powder which should hould be thoroughly dusted Into the feathers This powder Is rather e expensive however however however how how- ever and homemade powder that Is just as effective ma may be made at ot a saving Use three parts of gasoline and one part coal tar dip Mix Ix these together and add enough plaster of parts paris or or building cement to tal take e up the moisture This powder must be he used often and Is therefore n not t so effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef as us the method first described Mites are combated in a 0 different manner because of a vital difference In their life habits The They live upon the fowl only at night sucking the blood They then leave the bird and hide In cracks crevices and filth during durIng during dur dur- ing the day l Effective control Is mostly through h sanitation Give the house n a thorough thorough thor thur- ough cleaning Throw out all litter and straw clean out all nil filth brush down the sides and sweep the cell cell- Ing lag Scrub out the ho house hose se with warm water Spray thoroughly with coal tar dip carbolic acid mixed with water or pure kerosene In applying g these solutions a brush may be used but a aspray aspray aspray spray pump Is the most desirable Re Re- Repeat Repeat peat the spraying In a week or ten days to assure the death of those that hatch after the first spraying |