Show DO Y ir KILL PESTS IN POULTRY HOUSE non low would you rou like to sleep In a 8 abed bell bed wIth be bedbugs bugs The lien hen likes no nomore more to sleep with mites lice fleas etc than you ou do o with be bedbugs bugs These pests are not so prevalent pre In the winter win win- ter fiS as In the summer but If the they are LIot properly cra eradicated they will viII make It very uncomfortable for the lien hen In winter The general public has the the erroneous Idea that these pe pests ts of the lien hen go Into hibernation In the Ule cracks clacks an and crevices of the bull buildIngs and never bother the birds In winter This does oes take place to n a small extent but what better beUer place does oes the pest want to pass the wInter than the good nice warm body of a lien hen These pests may be destroyed by careful and vigilant methods throughout through through- out the year ear The buildings mu must t be sprayed or dusted frequently with some good insecticide e. e Common old whitewash Is II a very effective spray or wash for the poultry house It if carefully care care- tully fully applied so as to fill 1111 all cracks and crevices cre as well as cover the smooth surfaces Then too It I 19 Iery very ery practical to apply one of several se good commercial disinfectants All Mi such applications should be nt at Intervals Inter Inter- vals ot of three or four months It If no pests are seen but In case some som are noticed apply Imme Immediately lately Then comes the treatment ot 01 each arh Individual bird may be done by dusting or dipping but preferably dusting especially In winter are several se good powders for the of these pests In the powder hold the he bird head hea downward with left dust powder down Into feathers ruh the feathers the wrong way and rub powder Into skin skim |