Show KEEP CHICKENS S FREE FREE I OF MITES By Dy I Prof Byron Alder ez Poultry Bu Utah Agricultural Agricultural tural College The mite has hoa a gray color with brown spots on Its Us back when not filled DIed with blood It lives and breeds breed In to cracks and corners in and around the tho perches and nests going on th the fowls usually at night only long enough en ough ought to suck Buck Its body full tull of blood then off of to somo secluded place The accumulation of ot dropping and und filth In a poorly ventilated damp damphouse damphouse house bouse affords very favorable conditions condItions conditions condi condI- for this very numerous enemy Keep the building well ventilated and clean clenn Spray the entire inside twice a year oar wIt whitewash made mudo in tho the or ordinary way with one pint of ot crudo crude carbolic add acid to each gallon s-allon of ot whitewash whitewash white white- whitewash wash then paint the perches once n It week wook with kerosene after adding about about- 0 6 ounces of ot embolic carbolic acid to a gallon galton Keep this mixture in a 0 machine may mar marchine chine oil all can cnn and soak sook thoroughly ly all aU cracks crAck or corners that show v any In Indication ins of mites as often otten as they are are seen soen and the building und and fowls frill wui soon Boon be free tree from ono of ot the smallest but without doubt one ODe of ot the worst of poultry pests Lice live and breed on the bodies of tho fowls and ana feed on the surf surface co scales caJes around the base of the feathers If It the fowls have a dust bath or dust duet wallow there will be but a n few tew lice on their bodies An occasional dusting dustIng dust dust- Ing bag with some good lice powder during dur durr lag ing which the fowl Is held by the tho legs and the powder sifted from a perforated can and rubbed ribbed well late the Ule feathers with the tho hand will wUl aid greatly In freeing the bodies of ot the tha chickens from this pest A good god pow der may be made by taking on one OIW part cresol to three thieo gasoline Mix this thoroughly then add enough ered plaster a little at a time stirring continually until nil the liquid has hus huseen been een taken up giving a n tan or pinkish pink pink- Ish powder Blue ointment Is also 1190 an excellent remedy for lice This is a poison and should be bandied handled care- care fully tutty Take a small smaIl piece about the tbt th sIze alze of ot a pen pea and rub it well weIl into the base of the feathers on the abdo men In tho the fluff Just below the vent Scaly leg lag which is caused by a Q very tiny insect getting under the scales of the legs forcing th them m out and causing the legs to appear rough and knotty is very common among the general purpose fowls This disease is not noticed by many until the less legs are swollen so 80 much that th the fowls can hardly walk It is easily controlled controlled con con- n. n troll trolled cd b by rubbing the legs in t the 8 early stages of the disease with lard lord and kerosene equal e parts or by th the application of ot vaseline or other oily mixtures These Theae pests do not often kill a f fowl but they sap eap the vitality and w weaken a hen so that she he la lays s few or no no eggs and is readily overcome by some minor a ailments lm that hat w would uld have little or no effe effect too on m a strong vigorous an animal 11 11 diseased birds s soo should ld be isolated ed fj BP as soon as any nt Is 16 notice sq a as 88 not riot to endanger the rest of ot tha the flock flock in case they should d have harve a contagious disease For Por colds or croup dl disinfect fed t th the drinking water by addIng 4 or 5 f drops of carbolic acid to each gallon of water wa ter or the amount of ot permanganate of ot potash th that lt will stay on do a dime Stir SUr thoroughly Keep the fowls' fowls Jn In clean sanitary quarters and anil thus thus' have strong and v vigorous gorou birds i Do not overfeed or make the tens tens lazy Avoid feeding rood with strong fJ flavored Ored or partially spoiled d food of any kind The following references are given tn for tor further study and more detailed Information Farmers bulletins may b bo be Obtained free iree as ns long ong as the supply taste lasts by applying to tho the U. 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