The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-13
KEEPING POULTRY FREE FROM
LICE.

As pointed ont in a bulletin 81 the
Maine Experiment Station by Ray
mond Pearl and Frank NJ. Surface.
one OF the most difficult and trying
problems which the poultry keeper
has to meet IS that Of keeping his
poultry houses and stock reasonably
free from lice, mites, and other ex-
ternal parasites"
After testing various proprietary
preparations and finding most OF them
very expensive In proportion to their
efficiency the station adopted the use
of preparations based upon formulas
proposed by r. q Lawry, Of the New
York Cornell Experiment Station, with
very satisfactory results
For the birds themselves experience
1as shown that Che best way to get
rid of the lice is by the use Of dust
ing powder to be worked into the
feathers. In using any kind of lice
powder on poultry ii should
always be remembered that single
application Of powder is not sufficient.
When there are lice present on a bird,
here are always unmatched eggs Of
ice ('nits9 r rsent. too. The prop
ar procedure is to follow up a first
application Of powder with second
{ an interval OF fonr days 60 week.
II tho birds are badly infested ait the
I beginning, II may be necessary TO
make still a third application. To
lean the cracks and crevices of the
woodwork Of houses and nests Of lice
md yeFmin, a liquid spray Or paint
rs probably the most desirable form
# application.
The lice powder used "a prepared
ly mixing three parts OF gasoline with
no part of crude carholic acid, 90-95
| en- cent strength. or, IL the latter
an not bo obtained, with one part
of cresol, and adding gradually. with
| stirring enough plaster OF PARTS ~
make when the liquid rs uniformly
| distributed through the mass OF plas-
Ter q dry, pinkish brown powder hav.
ing a fairly strong carbolic odor and
rather less pronounced gasoline
dor As general rule, IL viii take
bout quarts Of plaster OF Paris 10
quart 0f the liquid
This powder Is 10 be worked into
The feathers Of the birds affected with
vefmin The bulk of the application
hould be in the flnfg around the vent
and on the yentral side Of the body
and IN the fluff under the wings >
For spray or paint 70 bc applied
To roosting boards, nest boxes. or
walls and floor Of the hen houses the
following preparation ID used. Three
arts oi Kerosene and part crude
earbolic acid, 90-a5 per cent strength.
fhis Is stirred up when used and may
be applied with any Of the hand spray
Hmps Or with 4 brush II 90g5 per
cent crude carbolic acid can not be
obtained oresol may be substituted
for 1t in this paint
The routine methods used by tlie
/, station are as follows.
i All Matching and rearing Of chick.
ems is done In incubators and brood.
4 ers The growing chickens sre never
, allowed to come into any contact
: whatever with old hens. Therefore,
! when the pullets are ready to 20 into
/ the laying houses In the fall they are
, 3 ee. from lice Sometime in the late
/ summer usually In August or early
Il n September, the lay'ng houses are
h siYen . thorough cleaning They are
Z first scraped, secured. aud washed ont
I sith water thrown on the wallis and
s floor with as much pressure as pms
4 lible from h0go They are then
! giyfn two thorough gpraYines, With ar
interval of seyerTl daYg intervening
q With solution Of cresol
iF Then tho roostiug boards, nests
e floors and walls 10 q height Of shou
y . feet are thoroughly sprayed Will
u the lice paint (ke1osena oil and crude
arboiic acid described aboFel Tin
y ally, any yearl.ngs, or slider birds
whether male or female. which are &
n 80 kept over for .As next years wOrl
2 sre given two or shrss successive dust
lf ngB, at intervals Of several days u
" week between each application. witt
y the liee powder described abuye be
2 iore they are put into the cIaai
X houses.
y A8 a result 0f these methods. th
? stations poultry plant Is at sll time
y of the year practically free Of lice