Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-11

Texas Stock and Farm Journal.
i saw in the last issue OF the Journal
an inquiry from Mr.. Charles witty Of
Dallas county for preventive OF
chicken mites. II he will apply hot
coal tai with a swab or brush to roost
poles, rests and nest boxes, mites Will
not bother the setting hens or any OF
his chickens. First clean up and burn
all litter and trash. and spray every
where with coaloll emulsion. which II
put on hot will Kill mites. lice aud
nits at one shot. Poultry houses should
be sprayed every wash day, as the
coaloll emulsion 1 give below can be
better made with the suds than any
thing else. / use a william Stahl b.
gallon sprayer, and can spray top.
bottom and sides in few minutes
For making the mixture | send the
printed recipe, which by adding a gill
of carbollc acid IN made a good deal
better. You can publish this II you
see fit: and In regard To the adver-
tisement l have In the Journal / can
say that l have letters from every
where from as far south as Beeville
and as far north as Denlson and points
In the Territory.
The kerosene Goal OLD emulsion is
used as dip fc- the hens. or for the
poultry house. and is cheap as well as
efiicacious. II used as a dip, use twice
as much. Twenty quarts Of water TO
one quart of the emulsion The follow
Ing Is the way TO prepare 1t;
Slice pound OF hard soap In gallon
of water, using kettle, and let II
boil until the soap Is dissolved: then
remove IL from the stove TO avoid
danger). and add gallon OF kerosene.
Begin at once 10 churn or agitate 1t
briskly until the oil and soap mixture
are well Incorporated. II may require
ten or fifteen minutes. When the mix
ture Is cold 1t is OF consistency OF
cream. Now add ten or twelve gallons
OF cold water. stirring well. Coal oil
will not mix with water. but IL Will
mix with milk or soap suds. and water
may then be added. You viii now
have fourteen gallons Of emulsion at q
cost OF pound OF soap and gallon
Of kerosene.
Spray this mixture over every por-
tion OF the poultry house walls, sides.
nests, roosts. yards, or everywhere a
louise can harbor II has the same
effect as pure kerosene, but Is cheaper
and does not injure hens or chicks
ii must be thoroughly churncd. so that
all the oil II well mixed with the soap
suds. You can make the mixture and
then use pint OF quart as needed,
always adding ten or twelve times as
much water. Some add twenty times
as much water. Here is carbolic
acid method:
Get crude osrbolic acid. II sells at
about so cents gallon Dissolve
pound OF soap In qunrt OF boiling
water. Now add pint or quart Of
the crude acid and churn II the same
as with the kerosene emulsion. You
can now add ten times as much cold
water You can mix II with lime or
soak sawdust In II and sprinkle the
sawdust on the poultry house floor.
Tho acid win not mix with water but
VIII form an emulsion with soap. when
water may then be added,
There IL no use In killing lice on
hens unless you FIRST cican the poultry
house and make II free OF lice. II VIII
pay to spray the hen house every day
for week. II lice exista. as such work
VIII not require i've minutes with the
sprayer. which forces fine spray into
every crack and crevice.
My advertisement In tho Journal
Breedeis' Directory VIII tell about the
sprayer and lice machine. Yours re-
speotfully. A @. BOWLER.