. Diseases of domesticated birds. Poultry; Poultry; Birds. 216 DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED BIEDS escape being hit by the fluid, it is necessary to repeat the applica- tion in a week and perhaps a third time may be necessary. Bishopp and Wood recommend crude petroleum as the most ef- fective agent and one that retains its killing power for weeks. To improve its spraying quality it may be thinned with one part of kerosene to four parts of crude oil. They likewise find arseni- cal dip such as used for dipping cattle to be fairly satisfactory in killing mites when applied sev- eral times. Repp recomm
. Diseases of domesticated birds. Poultry; Poultry; Birds. 216 DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED BIEDS escape being hit by the fluid, it is necessary to repeat the applica- tion in a week and perhaps a third time may be necessary. Bishopp and Wood recommend crude petroleum as the most ef- fective agent and one that retains its killing power for weeks. To improve its spraying quality it may be thinned with one part of kerosene to four parts of crude oil. They likewise find arseni- cal dip such as used for dipping cattle to be fairly satisfactory in killing mites when applied sev- eral times. Repp recommends preparing kerosene emulsion as follows: One-half pound of laundry soap or whale-oil soap is shaved fine and dissolved in I gallon of water. The soap is best dis- solved if the water is nearly. or quite at the boiling point. FlQ. 47. Female chicken mite before feeding, greatly enlarged. Mouth parts at right highly magnified. (Bishopp and Wood) .^jt^ ,, . ,. " % When the soap is dissolved and the water is hot it is removed from the fire, 2 gallons of kerosene oil is added, and the mixture is agi- tated or churned violently until emulsion is formed. The best way to produce the emulsion is to pump the liquid back into the same con- tainer through the pump until the mixture becomes creamy. To make a ten per cent emulsion, 17 gallons of water are added to'the 3 gallons of stock mixture; to make a fifteen per cent emulsion, 10% gal- lons of water are added to the 3 gallons of stock mixture. Subsequent to spraying with kerosene emulsion it is desirable to dust the entire interior of the Fig. 48. Female chicken tick after nouses with a mixture of air slaked feeding. Greatly enlarged. (Bish- lime, 3 parts and sulphur, 1 part. "^^ ''"'^ ^°'"^' A further measure against mites consists in painting the perches. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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