. The Farm-poultry . tryhomes, rain water is collected in bai-rels orhogsheads, for one purpose or another,mosquitoes may and do breed in numbers insuch vessels. If the water as used be drawnfrom thebottom of tbe cask it will do noharm to pour in a ilttJe kerosene, since theoil will not be drawn ^ut with the all events, such Receptacles should becovered up at night to prevent egg laying. The question what is the best wayto cover with kerosene the suriace ofa pool of some size, is apparently need-less, since the operation is obviouslysimple, but such a question bi i-nasked of the
. The Farm-poultry . tryhomes, rain water is collected in bai-rels orhogsheads, for one purpose or another,mosquitoes may and do breed in numbers insuch vessels. If the water as used be drawnfrom thebottom of tbe cask it will do noharm to pour in a ilttJe kerosene, since theoil will not be drawn ^ut with the all events, such Receptacles should becovered up at night to prevent egg laying. The question what is the best wayto cover with kerosene the suriace ofa pool of some size, is apparently need-less, since the operation is obviouslysimple, but such a question bi i-nasked of the division. Simply pouring 3 KakxIPoultry January 1 the oil on from any point ol the shore will;iii^wfT tolpraljly well, siiiee it will .-preail olit-elf, l(Ut if for any reason it in clesired to•oat the pool rapidly with kerosene, it may headvisable to spray the oil through a sprayingnozzle, either from the bank or from a method of application will vary with eaehcase; but in the class of pools which -an be. Fiis. 4. HI;N After Theobiihl). most advantageously treated, namely, those ofsmall size, the oil can be well spread bythrowing it on to windward with a widesweep of the arm.—^bulletin So. 5, —30. For mos(|uito bites on poultry, apply a littlei-arlmlatetl vaseline, one per i-ent strength, tothe atlected parts. KtifTaloand Turkey Gnats. Ihese gnats are well known to the inhabit-ants of the middle and southern states. Theyare short, small, thick bodied insects, a quar-ter of an inch or less in length, are suppliedwith a single jiair of wings, and powerfulmouth parts well equipped for blood sucking.(Fig. 2). The larva;, .so far as known, livein swiftly running water attached to rootsand plants. For any one who cares to go intothe scientific detail of these creatures, a verycomplete and exhaustive ac(>ount will befound in Bulletin Xo. 5, new series, Div. ofEntomology, U. .s. D^pl^tii AV!**** , Louisiana, >lississi{)pj,*
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