Show V COMFORTABLE HENS HENSAL AL ALWAYS W A LAY WELL can to mate make Do er e everything you your hens comfortable It If their health and amI vitality are arc kept at nt the highest level le It will add many eg eggs to your basket 1 If It your our liens hens re ore are worried by lice and mites then they cannot haythe lay hay laythe laythe the maximum ml number of eggs An AX ounce ot of prevention Just now I Is worth wortha a Q pound of cure curc later Inter on This Is good poultry gospel accordIng accordIng according accord accord- ing to D. D H. H Unil extension poultry specialist who warns us that with the warm weather coming on we will have more trouble with lice Ilce and aid mites than we wc had during the cooler months and that er e everybody should tal take e extra pro pre precaution caution at this time of the year ear to get et rid of these parasites Mites can be controlled by sprayIng sprayIng spray- spray I In Ing the house with whitewash to which has ha been added enough disInfectant disInfectant disinfectant dis dis- to make mal e a 5 0 per pel cent tion Hon A good tar coal product such i as creosote or may be use used uso-i l las i as a disinfectant Carbolic acid Is also good In spraying the tho house Liesure be Lie Inch of sure to spray every square surface If It you miss a few mites then you JOU will have a multitude lI to deal with Hh the following week weel It Is also a n good Idea to paint the perch poles I with a n mixture of equal parts of ot kerosene kero kero- sene and used engine eng oil Lice are found on the Hie Individual hens liens They spend their entire life on the body la laying Ing their eggs a and d II sticking them to the feathers In small colonies be heY can be found In the fluff flair feathers and under the wings s. No hen will go about her business of producing eggs with nn any degree o of oC with lice covering her body The Tho best method of getting rid of ot lice Ilce Is by dusting with Ith a n good Insect pow pow- der for Sodium fluoride Is a n good parasite parasite parasite para para- site killer Ta Take ke a pinch of ot sodium fluoride and dust It Into the lint fluff feathers under each eachIn In wing on the neck back and body of ot the fowl Work Vork the powder down Into the feathers tenth feath ers to the skin Another good powder can be made from one pound of snuff and one-half one pound of sulphur mixed with one gallon of road dust or ashes It is a good Idea to build a dust box and allow each hen to dust herself Look over the hens In about ten days to see If all the lice were killed d and If necessary give gl them another good dusting 1 |