Show POWDER TO DESTROY VERMIN maine experiment station recommends mixture of gasoline and carbolic acid A good and cheap louse powder can be made at home at a cost of but a few cents per pound here is one used and recommended by the maine experiment station take three parts of gasoline and one part of crude carbolic add acid using the per cent carbolic acid A weaker acid Is ineffective fec tive warns the station experts it that canot banot be obtained at a reasonable price creosol gives as good results as the highest grade car carbolic bolle acid and may be substituted for it using one pait creosol to three parts gasoline mix these together and add gradually enough plaster of p paris aris to take up all the liquid stirring constantly tills this will take about four quarts of plaster of pails to one quart of the liquid but the exact amount must be determined by the condition of the powder when enough plaster has been added the resulting mixture should be a dry pinkish brown ponder having hagim a fairly strong car carbolic bolle acid or creosol odor and a less pronounced gasoline ador work the powder into till all the feathers after a minute or two hold the bird over a paper ind and loosen and shake the feathers the lice that drop out dead and dying will convince you of the value of the powder as a louse killer |