| Show P N 4 ti 1 i PARASITE CONTROL TO IMPROVE FLOCK Poultry men can help the birds by routing lice by 0 C UFFORD extension colorado state college service poultry producers can improve the vigor and producing capacity 01 of their flocks by controlling poultry parasites internal parasites such as round worms and tape worms are increasing but may easily be prevented by growing young stock on ground that has been plowed and used for crop production or on ground that has not been used by poultry for at least one year external par parasites arites such as lice and mites can readily be controlled the former may be eliminated by applying nicotine sulphate to the roosts boosts or by using sodium chloride as a dip or by sprinkling the dry powder into the plumage of individual birds for tiie the control of mites strong spraying material such as commercial dips is recommended these may be painted or sprayed on the roosts boosts walls and floors of the chicken house it is during the warm months that parasites multiply most rapidly and boulder dam the reclamation service says that it estimates that the boulder dam reservoir will be filled by 1933 with the future developments upstream and an additional reservoir constructed in the colorado and its tributaries tributa ries the amount of silt will be gradually decreased reclamation engineers estimate that the total silt deposits in the reservoir will not exceed acre feet at the end of 50 years |
