Show WATCH FOR MITES ON NEW POULTRY I 1 1 bov I 1 I 1 government COLONY HOUSE AT beltsville MD chicken mites mims the night pest of paul poultry t ry may not always leave the fowls before dalight as commonly supposed bu but may remain e a in the ab feathers in such h numbers as I 1 to a make poultry P possible him carriers carrier of this pest to places tills this tact fact was b brought might out recently by an entomologist of the V U 8 department of agri culture re in the course of a study of the alt life f S bastory bI history stOrY bud and habits of the chicken mite undertaken to discover principles on which event combative a five measures might ife IB b based ased A report of the stud study Y includes much other informs U alon an of interest to poultry men has just been published as bulletin SS 53 of the department the chicks chicken mite its III life history flod bud Ila habits blus by IL P F we wood keep out UI serious pest T to a prevent the introduction of this serious peat past in mite free lochs flocks by means of now new stock the specialist nug keats these them precautions NOW new stock mock not known to be free vt of mites should b be a isolated the first few nights might and ad al 1 lowed to roost most on an new boosts roosts wrapped with pt pieces ces of if folded paper the ob eject of using using the paper is ia to furnish a convenient place for mites to hide the paper should be examined and it mites are found the fowls should be ba kept on an these boosts roosts five fiva or six days or until no a in more mite altea from come off at the ills fowls removing bud and destroying the tha papers bud and tret treating ng the tha inmate ismate thoi then with lem kerosene z e am or crude oil will prevent A an infestation spraying la a Firs favored ored methodi method of combating this pest am aa announced recently tn in farmers banners Fan ners bul letin include pet petroleum ol 01 or coah tor tar products product one of the most effective ill sprays prove Is a so called culled wood pre server consisting of 0 anth merne oil all with zinc chloride added the cost of this spray la is about 1 a gallon but twice the quantity may be obtained by reducing with equal parts of kerosene |