Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
TO TILLERS OF SOIL.
Hints That May Prove of Benefit
to Our Neighbors.
GOOD ADVICE FOR THE FARMERS.
Articles of Undoubted Worth to the Hor-
ticulturlst, Collected From
Reliable Sources.
To Prevent Lice.

To Prevent Lice.
It is a mistaken idea that lice do not
show their presence until summer.
They remain inactive during the winter
time, and as soon as the warm days of
spring return they come out of their
hiding places and begin to do their
work.
The best way to fight lice is to pre-
vent their multiplying in the hen house.
Do not wait until summer to destroy or
prevent lice. for when once they obtain
possession it will be laborious task to
get rid of them.
If the work is done as preventive
or early in the season before the lice
become numerous, the dry process is
desirable; which is to use fine air.
Stacked lime and sifted coal ashes well
busted over the floor, roost and in the
nests. Once month saturate the
roosts and nests with kerosene and fu-
migate the interior of the house by
burning sulphur in it.
If the premises are kept clean and a
dust bath provided, the fowls will rid
themselves of lice. Dust is death to
lice and sure preventive and is the
only means provided by nature for fowls
to cleanse themselves of the pests.
1t is almost impossible to destroy lice
on young chickens without treating
each one separately. A little melted
lard put on the head, under each wing,
and at the vent, will drive them away.
Use but little grease on young chicks.
as it will often kill them. Be sure the
hen is free from lice, as lice pass from
the hen to the chicks. Dust the hen
and chicks twice week with fresh in
sect powder.
Lice multiply with great rapidity
under a sitting hen. Use insect powder
on the hen twice a week. Put table,
spoonful of sulphur in the nest, and
you will not be troubled with lice.
The constant heat of the hen will gen.
crate fume from the sulphur that. will
kill the lice.-The Otsego Farmer.
Draft or General Purpose Horses.
Will you give me correct information
regarding the relative merits Of differ
emit breeds of draft horses in the United
States? Some years ago a circular came
bearing the Endorsement OF large
number Of the most prominent horse
dealers in the States, calling the Perch
eron the best draft horse. Many people
in this country think Percherons are
not draft, only general purpose horses.
A number of Percheron stations have
been brought to this country and have
not always been profitable, not because
the stock was poor, but because of the
ignorance of our farmers and their pre-
JUDGE in favor of English and Scotch
stock. Most of our farmers cannot inn
agine draft horse without part of his
name on his legs. I have raised num-
Der of grade Percherons and think them
unequalled for work, and have often
offered to back them at draft against
the mop-legged Britishers, but no one
accepts the challenger. Leader, Mes
ford Can.
The breeds of draft horses are so diff
ferent and have such widely differing
characteristics that it is almost impos-
sible to say which is best The English
draft horse has shown his good quail
ties for generations. So has the Perch.
eron. Both are valuable animals.
The Clydesdale is good breed, and
there are others. all of which have
friends and advocates quite as enthusi-
astic in their behalf as the friends OF
your British horses. The superiority
of draft horses must be decided largely
by locality and individual preference.
No one man can lay down rules fol
others which will prove infallible.