The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-11-26
POlIluTy and Farm Notes

One of the best WAYS OF knowing q
good fowl when you see it is to at
tend some of The poultry shows this
fall and winter.
A source OF needed food, supply for
the winter Is found in the rabbits
that infest every farm. A few fed u
the flock each week helps Out, and is
of no harm. We have heard it claim
ed that constant ration of rabbits
leads to the egg eating habit. This
Is certainly theory, as there is
nothing in practice TO warrant II.
Som etime, someone's flock may have
acquired the egg eating habit while
they were being fed rabbits two or
three times a week, and the con-
clusion was jumped at that rabbit
eating did 1t.
There is no better time than right
now to buy the males that will be
needed with the flock In the spring.
You get the pick Of the flock now;
later on You mast take what many
others have left. The wintering Of
few roosters amounts to very little.
to not as mueh as you are probably
losing every month by keeping
"boardiDg" hens in the flock.
Every now and then we are in
clined to favor particular breed
some nelghbor has because we hear
they are getting so many more eggs
than we are. The conclusion Is
reached that they have the right
breed. Investigation usually reveals
the fact that at some other time they
were getting few eggs and we were
beating them. The fncks have
simply chosen different s, as)ns Of the
year for their rest. The only way to
determine the egg production of the
flock is to keep yearly record.
LICE REMEDIES.
Because the lice live, eat, and breed
upon the body Of the fowls, means Of
eradication nust be such as TO reach
them beneath the feathers. This is
accomplished 10 two ways, by the
application Of powders which suffo-
cate the lice, and by liquid prepare
tons which stifle the lice with their
fumes or kill by coming in direct con-
tact with the parasites,
DUST BATH.
If fowls have easy access to dusty
earth wallow where they can work
the fine dry particles of dust into
their feathers they will keep them
selves fairly free from lice, but eradi-
cation will not be entirely complete
in the majority of cases. good
dust wallow may be made of equal
parts sifted dry loan ard coal ashes.
Wood ashes should not be used, as
they may bleach or burn the shanks
and feathers,
For the eradication Of lice quickly
and completely, as upon show birds
and sitting hens, it is usually neces-
sary to work ane dusty powder into
the feathers. The method of applica-
tioA is to hold the fowl with one
hand by the legs, head downward,
and work the powder into the fluffy
feathers around the vent, on the body,
under the wings and on the neck,
with the free hand.
There are several lice powders up
on the market. Most OF these dc
satisfactor work, although they are
usually expensive,
PLASTER OF PARIS POWDER
An excellent powder at low cost
may be made as follows: To mix
ture Of parts gasoline and one part
of crude carboliO acid stir in all Of
the plaster Of paris it will moisten.
When enough plaster has been added
the powder will be dry, brownish
pink in color, and have pronounced
odor of carbolic acid and gasoline.
A second application OF the powder
should be made at the end of one
week to catch any lice that escaped
the first busting or had Matched from
eggs In the meantime.
Sitting hens should be thoroughly
busted when eggs are placed under
them and again at the cad of the
first and sec0,d weeks. This insures
them being free from lice when the
chicks are Matched.
To kill the lice upon chicks dust
the mother hen or paiIt the walls of
the coop with some liquid lice killer
or disinfectant as given below.
Especial caro- should be taken to
dust the male Of the flock thoroughly,
as the quickest way to spread lice
through fo5k is by means OF a
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