Show 41 CLEAN AND SPRAY TO CONTROL LICE preventive measures should be taken before summer surveys made by the poultry department part ment of the north CA carolina irolina state rol college lege show that morr than 53 per cent of all poultry flocks tn in north carolina are infested with either lice or mites these pests multiply very quickly during the hot months month and for that reason control measures should be taken before the summer sets in says dr B F kaupf ulli head of the department the ben henhouse honse should be given a thorough cle cleaning aninK with a 4 per cent coal tar dip all cracks lind and crevices should be sprayed and the perches painted with a pure dip or creosote new scratch litter and nesting material should be put in before the ilie hens are allowed to use the house if these precautions are not foken the sitting lien hen will be killed and tile the small chicks will weaken and die the adult owl fowl should be dusted with sodium fluoride this should be used sparingly as there is some danger of injuring tile the skin A pinch of the material should be held between the thumb and finger and worked among the feathers operation should be continued until the entire body has been covered and nd should be repeated in five days if all the lice were not killed all brooder houses hauses hen houses or any place th that atthe the chickens yoost roost should be gone over with thea the 4 per cent solution of coal tar and where possible the liens heas transfer transferred to another house during the cleaning doctor kaupp recommends that new houses be built esp especially where the old houses have been in n use over a long period find and are thoroughly infested with the alie pesta the old houses should then be torn down rown and burned he says 1 |