Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

i've minutes al OIL Ine HlteS anu
eggs with which it comes in contact,
but many mites will be left in the
sthe hiding-places unaffected by the
lspray. Hence the spraying should
be repeated as soon as the first
spraying is completed. Even this
Twill not kill all Of the mites, hence a
third spraying should be done as
soon as the second is completed. At
each repetition the beginning should
be made at the same place and the
same order followed as in the first.
These three sprayings done in one
day and in rapid succession will des-
troy nearly all Of the mites, but, as
my researches have shown, many
eggs are left in places untouched by
the spray. If mites are seen crawl
ing about the building the next day.
it should be sprayed again. One
might ordinarily suppose that he
had noy exterminated the mites,
but sp,n is not the case, for, in
abop three days, a crop Of young
mites will be found hatched from
the eggs which escaped the first
spraying. If these would be al
lowed to go undisturbed, it would
not be long until the building
would be as badly infested as at the
beginning. Therefore the spraying
should be repeated once every three
or four days, spraying two or three
times on each occasion, for about
two weeks. The spray should be
applied to every part Of the building
that is likely to contain the mites.
In two-story building they will
crawl up the post and find lodge
upon the second floor even if chick
ems do not go there. In one case I
found a colony Of mites on the out
|side Of a small door in the second
story Of stable in which chickens are
kept and which was badly infested
with mites. If such a lodging-place
lis overlooked, the mites will not be
exterminated. The procedure just
described will with very little doubt
be effective in ridding the place Of
mites, but | would advise that a
constant watch be kept and the
spraying repeated when mites are
seen at any subsequent time. 1t is
not necessary nor advisable to ex-
clude the chickens from their regular
coop while the process Of extermin-
alton is going on except while the
spraying is in progress. {. 9 1. Ex-
termination of the mites may be
hastened by dusting the fowls with
pyrethrum powder after they have
gone to roost on the evening before
the first spraying.
( The cost of the remedy is very
small Thescos Of making thirty
gallons Of the emulsion is as follows.
Two gallons kerosene at l8c..s...36c.
One-half pound hard soap at Sc. 4c.
Labor i. q. s. &C.
4
This will be enough to spray the
ordinary farm henhouse once.
In order to insure good results it
is very important to have a spray,
pump which is durable and which
acts easily and effectively Such a
pump should be obtained as it may be
turned to any one Of the many farm
uses to which spray pump is
adapted. While a very cheap pump
may be made to serve in an ilnper-
| feet manner, it will be found in the
long run to be poor economy to try
to save money by buying cheap,
poorly made pump. By investing
| 500 to $1,000 desirable article
may be obtained. While a copper
holder costs more it lasts SO much
longer than tin as to fully repay its
cost. The Bordeaux nozzle should
be used. With it one can get a
spray Of fneness and the nozzle can
be instantly adjusted SO as to emit a
forcible jet in order to throw the
spraying fluid into assures and
There are many good, reliable makes
of spray pumps and different kinds
may be seen in almost anyimplement
store. :. 9
| The chicken mite is one Of the
worst enemies Of chickens in Iowa
| The mites live and breed in tis
sures about buildings and feed up
on the fowls when they go upon tn.
nest or perch.
Mites may be introduced into I
aock by a fowl or other beare,
brought from an infected premises
Mites may be externinated b.
thoroughly spraying the building
and its contents with kerosene emul
sion.
Kerosene emulsion kills not onl
the mites, but also their eggs, whe
it comes into contact with them.