Show FARM r p I 1 wak R raa fu t POULTRY VA TO CHECK INROADS OF POULTRY LOUSE eradication simple matar specialist says by R is GRATE GRAY extension ohio state universo tf ty service controlling the inroads ot of the poul try louse upon the production ot of the farm flock Is a relatively simple task the farst symptoms ot of lice infestation are droopiness lowered wings and ruffled feathers in young chicks dl airhea follows and chickens often die in a few days or in older chicks they s sometimes ome times fall prey to various other diseases mature birds sometimes are very beav heavily I 1 ay infested without showing much ill effects but usually the egg yield la Is likely to decrease with a heavy lice infestation in other cases the ma ina tare ture bir birl I 1 may lose weight and die as a result of these little rapa rapacious clous war rafors several different differ ent types ot of treatment have been designed for the control contro I 1 of lice any one of which may be very effective the big factor to be con Is the ease of treating the birds and the effect open upon egg prodoc tion perhaps one of the best ways of con trolling lice Is by the use ot of nicotine sulphate this material Is applied to the top part of the perches just before the birds go to roost the essential thing Is to get a as 9 small a quantity as possible along the roosts and yet have some along the entire length of the roost although nicotine sulphate Is very expensive it has been f found that a teacupful teacup tui of the material Is enough to treat the perches in a house with a capacity of birds A second application should be made some eight or ten days after the first in order to destroy the newly hatched lice give chicks plenty of room in brooder house to successfully brood baby chicks a suitable brooder bouse house and bro brood od ing equipment are necessary says 0 C ufford extension tor for the colorado agricultural college first of all the brooder house should be large enough to comfortably accommodate without crowding the rumber of chicks to be brooded A safe rule Is to allow not over three chicks for each square foot of floor space experiments have shown a direct relationship between death loss of chicks and the amount of brooder floor space allowed per chick the brooder house should be con strutted ted to conserve heat but it should be arranged so there can be frequent changes in the supply of air sunlight Is important for the nor mal growth of baby chicks sunshine Is one of the best disinfectants the brooder house should be so construct ed that it will provide plenty of sun shine last but not least the brood er house should be made so it can be cleaned easily so that every crack and crevice may be reached by alsin fec tants how to make cold damp poultry house warm dry recently it has been found that at very little cost except for labor half monitor poultry houses can be trans formed from cold and damp houses in to warm and very satisfactory ones first the windows at the top are en removed and the south side of the roof Is raised at the middle to meet the north roof so as to make a two slope gable roof the whole side can be raised as a unit by loosening the rafters ratters at the middle of the building and then several men lifting it up and splicing the rafters when the roof Is completed the win dows which were at the top are put into the south wall so as to make it nearly all glass stringers are put across about six feet above the floor strips and a 12 to 18 inch layer of oats straw put on and then slatted open ings made in each gable end or venti vend gators put on the roof prairie farmer sex shown by feathers at six weeks of age it Is difficult especially with the larger breeds to tell sex there are several tests offered among them this one pluck a few feathers from around the saddle or the base of the tall and hold them up to the light it if they are pointed they indicate a cockerel if rounded a pul let it Is claimed another way ig Is to hold up the bird by the back of tte its neck with two finger if a male it will drop its legs if a female it will draw them up close to the body use of the nest egg nest eggs ggs e are not of any great value the hens do not lay any better where they are used hens that are kept in a a modern poultry house where there are s nests and where the birds are fed and cared for properly do not need any nest birgs getting eggs Is a matter of feed and if there are plenty of nests the hens will have no difficulty in finding them when they are in a laying mood ac cording to a poultry authority in the montreal iberal I 1 |