Show WINTER QUARTERS NEED RIGHT CARE great drawback Is keeping fowls free of vermin more interest among poultry raisers and small flock owners centers around the fall and winter season than at any other time of 0 the year many blany flocks of chickens are ruined by lack of knowledge in caring tor for their winter quarters picking out the right fowls and keeping them in shape tor for the long winter season to follow one of the greatest drawbacks of the small raiser falser la Is keeping their birds free from vermin lice and different parasites which infest the chicken quarters the owner la Is besieged with different kinds of literature on this some too expensive to try and others not practical for their use in order to raise chickens profitably one must have building material that will not use up all the income received in the feeding line your feed man can in most cases sell you feed of the right kind at the right price in the disinfectant line everybody has a different method find and generally too expensive for the average small ralser raiser in this line perhaps the best la is none too high but several have been tried and proved successful take a full handful of tobacco stems and soak in luke warm water for one hour drain and use the water adding orie one halt half pint of kerosene and one gallon of water spray just before chickens go to roost it if tobacco stems are not obtainable use smoking tobacco a small package the same way it if too bothersome to soak tobacco get nicotine at the drug store or nursery and use two teaspoonfuls to the same proportions as tobacco to be sure you are getting results place a sheet of paper on the dropping board after spraying and it if the chickens have vermin you will see them drop off onto the paper |