. Poultry for the farm and home. of an inch long andslightly more slender than the chicken mite. Lice breathe through the pores of the fine powder or any greasy will close the pores, kills them. Dust Bath. If a dust bath is provided,the hens will keep themselves fairly free fromUce. Equal parts road dust and wood ashesmake a good mixture. Put it in front of thewindow so the sun will shine on it and ifpossible put some protection over the box sothat the dust will not polhjte the air in thepoultry house. Home-made Lice Powder. For this use: Three parts gasoline. One par
. Poultry for the farm and home. of an inch long andslightly more slender than the chicken mite. Lice breathe through the pores of the fine powder or any greasy will close the pores, kills them. Dust Bath. If a dust bath is provided,the hens will keep themselves fairly free fromUce. Equal parts road dust and wood ashesmake a good mixture. Put it in front of thewindow so the sun will shine on it and ifpossible put some protection over the box sothat the dust will not polhjte the air in thepoultry house. Home-made Lice Powder. For this use: Three parts gasoline. One part crude carbolic acid. Plaster of Paris. Mix the gasoline and carbolic acid. Add enough plaster of Paristo take up the moisture. The gasoline evaporates, leaving a pinkish brown pow-der. This formula weisworked out by R. of the Yester-laid Egg Farm, Paci-fic, Mo. Lard and Kero-sene. Equal partslard and kerosene canbe used. Powders andgrease will kill the licebut will not kill theeggs of the Hce. In aweek or two you will. A bit of blue ointment rubbed well intothe skin beneath the vent kills lice. Onetreatment lasts six or eight months. LICE REMEDIES need to apply these remedies again in order to kill the Uce thathave hatched in the meantime. 1 Do not use anything greasy on hens just before setting grease closes the pores of the eggs and prevents their hatching. Blue Ointment. Blue ointment will kill both nits and is a poisonous salve and can be purchased at any drug small amount about the size of a pea should be well rubbedinto the skin just below the vent. One treatment is effectivefor six or seven months. Sodium Fluorid. Powdered sodium fluorid is giving excel-lent results as a Uce remedy. One pound treats about 100 hens. It can be used as apowder or as a dipping method israpidly growing infavor because of thesaving in material andtime. Select a clear warmday for the annualdipping party. Useone ounce of sodiumfluorid to each gallonof
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