Show va S IL op y in r tu U SAVE THE POULTRY BY KILLING MITES 01 simple mple 0 treatments to get rid bid of lice mr by 0 0 0 Eite Miten nelon sim colorado Cc loride aar apr r collese U service many colorado farmers and poultry men save rove money and cut costs of production simply by preventing their poultry and poultry houses from becoming infested with lice and mites lice and mite infestations affect the tha health growth and production of poultry tr y these pests can be easily controlled by proper action lice which llva live on OB the birds and are known ax ajl biting parasites way may be controlled by smearing a small amount of blue ointment mixed with an equal amount of t petroleum lelly jelly lard or vasel vaseline lne around the vent this treatment should never be used on small chicks dusting powders such ns as sodium fluoride may be placed tn in the feathers on different parts of the body to control lice when large flocks are to bo be treated tor for lice nicotine sulphate may be applied with a brush or oil can to perches before the birds go to roost fumes from the nicotine destroy the parasites this fluid will also kill mites it if they come into contact with it badly infested flocks flock s should be tr treated e at e d a second time in about ten days mites live around perches and roost ing places gradually spreading over poultry houses and farm buildings when not controlled stock dips formaldehyde or carbolic add acid are some of the common materials used for spraying roosts boosts and houses bouses an effective home remedy can be made by using one gallon of crude crank case oil one half pint of stock dip or crude carbolic add acid and if necessary this may be thinned with one to two quarts of kerosene the easiest time to control mites and lice Is in the spring before they become too numerous flock will respond to well balanced ration eggs from chickens fed a ration full of vitamins A and D are better food than eggs from chickens fed rations less rich in those vitamins accord to the results of recent research available to the department of poultry husbandry at the ohio sante university recent mc experiments peri ments indicate says the department that alie amount of vitamin A and D supplied to the birds Is directly reflected in the vitamin content of the eggs produced thus in feeding ills his hens to maintain their health the poultry inan Is feeding for eggs of better quality and more worth A ration for hens rich in vitamins would contain yellow corn alfalfa leaf meal or a high grade cod liver oil vitamin D prevents rickets and assists with the building of bone vitamin A builds resistance to disease and infections early and late chicks chicks hatched early have many advantages over those hatched late As a general rule they are more vigorous the mortality to la less the cockerels cockerell cocker els may be sold for better prices and the pullets will mature in time to lay high priced eggs next fall just why the early chick Is more vigorous Is IB hard to explain that less mortality la Is experienced Is probably due to the tact fact that and parasites such as worms and mites are ara less active before the onset of hot weather it Is true that more trouble from these pests ls Is experienced later in the season poultry for income science has placed the rate of mortality among chicken flocks so low that it to Is now no longer a major risk As an income source both from meat and eggs poultry offers returns measured fairly accurately by the number of chicka chacka to be used the initial investment in equipment Is offered today at al most attractive prices and since the tha life of equipment extends over a long period of years the annual investment may be considered very low select vigorous chicks vigorous baby chicks have full bright eyes eye s downy fluff are plump and have well rounded shanks other points to look for in selecting chicks include the following freedom from bacillary white diarrhea weight of eight pounds per chicks at 24 hours of age well healed body openings at which yolk was absorbed and richly pigmented shanks and beaks chicks from hea healthy athy breeding flocks aud and from birds high in egg production are always preferable nebraska farmer VaiT diarrhoea hoea in fowls diarrhoea may be caused by feeding spoiled food of some kind and garbage should be pretty carefully inspected before being fed it may easily contain spoiled bits of meat or moldy food of some kind A dose of epsom salts one pound dissolved in the drinking w water ater of fowls or dissolved in a 11 little water and mixed with a wet mash go BO distributed that all can get their share may be given to clean out the digestive organs of 0 the birds rural new yorker 1 m V ta f |