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Show CARE OF THE POULTRY HOUSE Llca and Mitea Cauaa Mora Loaeei Than All Other Thlnge CombinedSpray Com-binedSpray la Urged. (Dy J. 8. JEFFREY.) It la quite poaalbla to have the beat poultry kept In well built houaea, well fed, and atlll not get any profit or pleaaure from them. In too Diany caeca where a good atart haa been made the houae la neglected and allowed al-lowed to become filthy and lufuated with tnltea. It may be aald that tlltb and tnltea generally go together, for while a houae that Is kept fairly clean Side Elevation of Poultry Houaa. may bo infeeted with mltea, It la very aeldom that a dirty houae will ba found to bo free from tlwae peafa. Lice and mitca cnuao more loaaea among poultry than all other thlnga, combined. Poultry houaea should be ao nr. ranged Inside that tho poultrymnn can keep down tbe mltea without an undue expenditure of time and energy. en-ergy. Mltea live In a houae and muxt bo killed there. Dilating the bene will never get rid of them. The beat mcatiB of getting rid of mltea In the houaea la to a pray tbor oughly with kerosene emulalon.- Thla ahould be done twlca wlt,h an Interval of from five to acven daya between tbe apraylnga. The emulBlon la made aa follows: Tut up one pound of soap and dlsHolve It In hot water; while tho water la hot, atlr In two gallona of kuroaena and continue atlrrlng for fifteen tc twenty mlnutea. It Is Important tc have the keroaene, soap and water well mixed, especlully If It la not t be used at once. To thla mixture odd aeventecn gallona of water. This i . 1''. i -m iaatujL'11.1- .' .i.-Ji 'smtm. atfmmt ifiplpi KH) Two-Compartment Trap Neata, Showing Show-ing "Stop Louae" Rooat Hangera Above. makea a 10 per cent emulsion. Soma recommend 16 per cent., but we hava found 10 per cent, efficient In killing tho mltea. Kerosene UBed on the rooat once, a week In hot weather will help to keep down both mltea and lice. It put on a ahort time before the hena to to roost, aome of It will get on the feathera and will kill and drlva away lice. Care must bo taken not to get too much on the fowls, or It will blister tbem and thla will atop the hena from laying Juat aa much at tho lice will. |
