Show COMFORTABLE COl HENS V AL ALWAYS AYS LAY WELL Do everything you ou can to make your hens comfortable If It their health and anti vitality are nrc kept at the highest level le It will vIII add man many eggs to your basket If It your our hens are worried by lice and mites then they cannot In lay laythe laythe the maximum n number of ot eggs An ounce of prevention pre Just now Is worth wortha a pound of cure later on This Is good poultry gospel accordIng accord accord- Ing to D. D II H. Hall Ball extension poultry specialist who warns us that with the warm weather coming coming- on we will have more trouble with lice and mites than we wc had during the cooler months and anti that everybody e should take extra precaution precaution precaution pre pre- caution at this time of the year to get rid of these parasites Mites can cnn be controlled by sprayIng sprayIng spraying spray- spray Ing the house with whitewash to which has hns been added enough disinfectant dis to male make a 5 per cent tion A good tar coal-tar product such as creosote or may be used as as s a disinfectant Carbolic acid Is also good In Spraying the house be sure to spray ever every square re Inch of surface If you miss a few mites then you will have a multitude to deal with the following week It Is also a good Idea to paint the perch poles with a mixture of equal parts of kerosene kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene and used engine eng oil Lice are found on the di hens liens They spend their entire life on the body laving lavIng- their eggs and I nr In c hall |