Rich County Reaper | 1939-06-16 | Page 2 | Watch for Lice

watch for lice warm weather increases the poul try mans trouble with parasites lice and mites are always more abundant when it is warm and extra precautions against them are necessary there are any number of materials on the market which when put on the birds or painted on the roosts boosts will effectively destroy lice basi best known are nicotine sulphate and sodium fluoride which can be secured I 1 I 1 from any drug store for mites thoroughly clean the poultry house remove and burn the straw and spray with a mixture of I 1 one part of coal oil to four parts of crude oil the oil is allowed to soak into the wood before the birds are returned to the house