Show f fARM t POULTRY ERADICATE MITES TO SAVE POULTRY J There are arc few v poultry producers producer who do not know lenow of ot the thc ravn ravages t caused by the common chicken mite It Is very common In all parts of the thet t country and while It Is more prevalent prevalent preva preva- lent Jent In summer mId it is well to eradicate eradicate cate It from the chicken houses louses before the young chickens arrive in the spring The removal of all Interior fixtures I and a thorough with a at t strong dip applied with a force pump pumps is s recommended b by the Kansas experiment ment station They state All rubbish should be removed and burned Care Carp must be taken to get et the spray Into all crevices Kerosene emulsion crude petroleum and wood preservatives maj may be bc used for sprayIng sprayIng spray spray- Ing followed by whitewash Whitewash Whitewash Whitewash White White- wash aids mechanically by helping to fill up many crevices Spraying should be repeated after a week In order to get any mites that may escape Roosts Boosts should be bc painted frequently with wood preservative or crude petroleum A treatment of ot the roosts nests boxes etc each spring with undiluted crude carbolic acid or sheep sheel dip Is usually sufficient to reduce the action of the mites to a minimum The fact should I be kept In mind that mites are arc bloodsucking blood blood- bloodsucking sucking parasites and do not remain on the Ule birds as do lice Mites are I more harmful to poultry than lice and andIn andIn I In treatment it Is necessary to treat I t 1 the house and not the bird as Is s the 1118 I case of ot lice The construction of oC roosts and nestIng nest nest- Ing places so as to reduce hiding T places to a minimum Is an excellent t control measure I If new birds are brought to the f v farm tarm or birds to new quarters they i should be Isolated for a few days In Ina ina a pen separate from flom the permanent quarters so that all of ot the mites will k lea leave leae e them thus preventing the Infestation tation of at new quarters If birds are arec c moved In the da daytime mites will not aft be carried carded on them W I |