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Show GREATEST ENEMY OF CHICKS That Which Causes More Loss Than Anything Else Is Chilling Vermin Ver-min 13 Next Important. The greatest enemy of the chick; and that which causes more loss than any other one cause, is chilling; the second enemy in importance because of amount of loss Is lice; both lice and chilling are the indirect cause of bowel troubles, because both sap the vitality and life of the chick, making it impossible for the little fellow to resist the organisms of disease wheih . are always ready to attack it. Dusting the- setting hen helps, but some lice are quite sure to escape, and can later be found on the head of the chick. Rub a little dab of lard on top of tha chuck's head, getting it into the down thoroughly, and you will get these; repeat the dose In a week, and if the hen is furnished a good dusting place, the lice are not likely to give any more trouble; but whenever you see a chick that seems unhappy, eyes cloeed, droopy, look for lice. The brood coops should ba thoroughly thor-oughly sprayed before using with some coal-tar preparation, sheep dip, whitewash, white-wash, or a mixture of four parts coal oil and one part crude carbolic acid. It pays to be ahead, and that explains why so few of ua are making anything on our poultry; tve neglect thesa little things; because of neglect disease gets the start of U6, we become discouraged because of the losses, and give up and blame our luck, when all the bad luck might have been prevented by a little careful preparation. Give the checks a clean place, all tha heat they can stand, keep them free from vermin, and you can safely count them before they are raised. - |