The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-31
A PotLTRYMAN's TROUBLES.

After selecting out my breedin
stock last summer fed the Gull cock
efels for ebout two weeks and dis
posed az them as broilers. Then al
ter losing about thirty chicks by over
providing We ended up the summer b,
housing about Ave hundred Plymouth
Rsok rulasss and placed them in ou
colony hosAss with ample run in the
| orchard.
~ sene means lice got a star
| among them and gave us a great dea
Of trohkas. BY persistent effort with
spray a kerosene and carbolic acid
~ kept them In check but had great
dNaculty in olAartng them out. We
found the large body lice in great
naaaees even when we thought we
had The better Of them and they pre-.
ventsa the proper development of the
psalets, especially from the later
aassAed By using all the different
tAsset rensdies that we could get
or bands on we finally got rid Of the
hAss variety Of lice but it was not
vsrT long until we discovered. that
he colony houses were infested with
httie red mite. We had been busy
about the fall work on the farm and
supported that the poultry would be
al right without great deal of at.
tsntion, but that was where we were
mistaken. Upon close examination
We found the little red mites in great
numbers packed away in every crack
and crsvice SO we Immediately pre-
pared strong solution of carbolic
sat1 and used 1t literally.
While the red mite comes quickly
* times and comes in great num.
oefs, It Is easier to dispose of them
than the regular lice because it does
not remesn on the poultry during the
Gay time. The red mite is more
HE q spider than louise. 1t draws
the vitality from poultry at night blu.
leaves them in the morning to find
protection in out of the way places
About the chicken house.
My experience is that the different
powders sold on the market have
very little effect upon these mites.
A liquid disinfectant is the only sat
stactory remedy. l think a mixture
y carbolic acid and kerosene oil is
lbout the best for the purpose. The
must be strong because the
lttle things will stand a whole lot
abuse. I use one ounce of acid
o gallon of oil applied by means
Il force pump and spray nozzle.
use 1t literally about the house and j,
a the floor. 1t is a disinfectant as
reN as mite killer.-Epitomist
THE BEET-SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Circular No. 629, from the United
Gates Department of Agriculture,
Isl issued contains some very in
'festing facts regarding our beet
1gaf industry; among them are
resc: In 1895 the production Of beet
lsar in this country was $4,000
as; IN 1906 1t had increased to 1884,
10 tons, ID times as much. In 1896.
1000 acres Of beets were harvested. ii
1906, 100000 acres or more than |
ne times as much were harvested. 4
gain che price Of beets has risen I
on $40 per ton in 1896, to s5.35 4
ton Last year. The total capital !
vested in the beet sugar industry is (
W about $70,e0O,Ooo. Secretary t
alson be very hopeful of the future j
this industry and says.
Wherever factories have been suc-
ssfuh'y operated the values of farm
aus nave risen very decidedly, es- a
clally lands under irrigation in the t
west. He says beet culture i'm Il
owes the Land and edueates the C
mer. The operation of a factory @
Ios TO the Investment of capital IL
many Industries more or less re- Fl
ca to beetsugar production. The it
pfooucts-pNap and molasses-are "
70 stock, and their use has largely "
reased the amount of live stock te
q and ted In most factory districts. T
et"sugar factories are now in suc- tt
sful operations in sixteen States. tn
orado leads all other States en-. 50
ed In the industry, having sixteen pt
sories. In 1907 these produced
200 tons of sugar, or enough, if at
nad been passed around, to give ar
the people in the United States Inc
r pounds apiece. az
Michigan has the same number of tn
ories as Colorado, but their prod 10,
1s considerably smaller. Cali. HI
Aa has only nine plants, but some til.
the latter are very large. From if
to year the production of sugar ha
bout the same in the two States.' no
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