Show CLEANING POULTRY HOUSE IS ADVISED building should be freed of annoying insects by br M D ferrer t alil 19 stat natural history burvy wu WM service before farmers begin housing g their chickens for fall and winter production it will be decidedly profitable to thoroughly clean and treat the poul try buildings for lice mites and other parasitic insects unless effect effective lve control measures are taken at this time flocks often be with ith these come so heavily infested insect pests that they become unthrifty ess egg production declines and thousands of dollars in poultry profits are lost by producers practically all poultry insects can be killed by applications of any kind of oil il this applies particularly to mites altos bed bugs and fleas which feed on the birds by sucking their blood at night in the daytime these insects usually leave the birds and hide in cracks and crevices in the poultry house some of the more economical economic ni and effective oils for this purpose are creosote kerosene and waste crank case oil applied with a brush or emulsified with soap and water and sprayed on the inside of the building dormant tree spray emulsions mixed at the rate of four or five gallons in gallons of water bater are also ebli dent clent poultry insect destroyers all corners cracks and rough places in the wood should be saturated with the oils to insure satisfactory control poultry lice spend their entire lives on the birds and thus must be con trolled strolled by treating the fowls fols with dips powders or gases toxic to the insects for this a good grade of 0 sodium fluoride Is economical each bird Is dusted individually by applying a pinch of sodium fluoride under en each ih wing and around the vent roughing the feathers to allow the powder to sift into the plum mage or the birds may be dipped in a solution of one ounce of sodium fluoride in one gallon of water where it Is impractical to handle each bird painting the roosts boosts with 40 per cent nicotine sulphate Is recommended A line of the disinfectant about one fourth inch wide Is applied along the roosts boosts just before the birds retire the nicotine fumes filter through the birds feathers killing the lice this treatment should be repeated repealed in 10 to 14 days as it does not kill hill the eggs all lime or whitewash should be removed from the roosts boosts before nicotine sulp sulphate liate Is applied scaly leg caused by mites feeding under the leg scales can be controlled by dipping the feet and legs in a solution contal containing ning two parts of raw linseed oil and one part of kerosene |