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Show Cheap Insect Powder. An excellent Insect powder may b made by following the formula given below: Take three parts of gasoline and add one part of crude carbolic acid. Mix theso together and add gradually, stirring constantly, enough plaster of purls to take up all the moisture. Stir so thoroughly that the liquid will be uniformly distributed through the plaster. This mixture, whera dry, will bo a pinkish brown powder, having a carbolic odor. Fot lice or mites on fowls, thoroughly dust and work the powder through the fenthers. On about the third day give a second dusting. This will rid the birds of all insects. |