Show WINTER QUARTERS NEED RIGHT CARE great drawback Is keeping fowls free fred of vermin more afore interest among poultry rats rals ers und and small flock owners centers around the fall and winter season than at any other time of the year many flocks of chickens are ruined by lack of knowledge in caring for their winter quarters picking out the right owls fowls and keeping them in shape for the long winter season to follow one of the greatest drawbacks of the small ralser raiser is ii keeping their birds free from vermin lice and different parasites which infest the chicken quarters the owner la is besieged with different adilda of literature on this subject some too expensive to try and others not practical for their use in order to io raise chickens profitably one must have building material that will not use up all the income received in the feeding line your feed man can in most caws cases sell you feed of the right kind at the right price in the disinfectant line everybody has a different ferent if method and generally too expensive for the average small ralser raiser in this line perhaps the best Is none too high but several have been tried and proved successful take a full handful of tobacco stems and soak in luke warm water for one hour drain and use the water adding one half pint of kerosene and one gallon of water spray just before chickens go to roost if tobacco stems are not obtainable use smoking tobacco a small package the same way if too bothersome to soak tobacco get nicotine at thedrus the drug store or nursery and use two teaspoonfuls to the same proportions as tobacco to be sure you are getting results place a sheet of paper on the dropping board after spraying and it if the chickens have vermin you will see them drop off onto the paper pacer |