Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-16
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR
 POULTRY BREEDERS

How con l get rid of mites next June? kl1 them all in December and January, says Uncle Dudley bud ley Ill Southern Cuitiyator.
 A great many people in this world i've Dy the rule, always put of until tomorrow what should be uone tooay, and no class of people suffer more when they adopt this rule tnan those wnc ale trying to raise poultry.
 know oI no buslness that requires more constant and careful attentioG than does thls business of breeding pouiJry.
 The work is light, but constant. Negiect one ol your pest birds when sick today and m some eases 1t Is ln- carable tomorrow, for It often happens that when it has contracted a con Caglous disease, that one Qay $ neg .ect may cause you to have several OI the fiock reaay for the hospital. again, those Wno have Deen many ,,-.aIs m tnls business will tell you that each month in the year has in a ,arge measure work that must be done during that month, as it cannot be successfully done III the month that follows. Then there are other things that must be done in proper seasons that If not done at the proper time cannot he done perfectly until the next season rolls around. Now this IS the month to get rld of mites and lice. lou can do thIs now better than at any other time; fail to kill them while they are taking their winter sleep in the cracks and creyices in the houses, in the nests, on the roosts, and where thous nds o1 eggs nave been deposited I1ady to open up business on the first warm day ln spring-they increase wonderfully and before you realize it they have spread all over everything m the roasting house, and you nave the light of your life when you undertake to eNterminate them.
 Well. how shall we get rid Of them now? l used to think that whitewash was the only thing that would enectually kill thsm, but you know, and know, that we nave seen these pests running all over white wash when 1t had been on the wood for some time, and had become hard and dry-it did the work only par italy. and it took several applications during the spring and summer to hold the pests in check. Then you never came in contact with it, eX- cept it left it's mark on your cloth ing.
 Recently I learned bow to success fully whip this fight with half the work, and all things considered, with less expense than with whitewash. A new preparation is now being manufactured of creosote, coal tar and naptholeum that will kill every living thing, such as mites, flea. lice, that it touches, and yet act ss a powerful Geodorizer and disinfectant, a sub stance that will prevent disease and remove all foul odors. lt goes into the wood, will be as effective on smooth as. on rough surfaces. IL can be used on the inside and outside or poultry houses of all kinds. It does the work thoroughly. Now begin this battle while the enemy sleeps. Mites and lice kill thousands of chickens eV- cry year. and cause az egg shortage that would astonish you if you made thorough examination of this sub Ject, as many others have done.
 Do not blame too much of your incubator failures on your machine. Fertile eggs depend on healthy, well ket and properly fed flock. Hens that have had roup and been appsfrentiy cured cannot be depended on to give fertile eggs. Incubation often com msnces with eggs laid by such hens, continued for a period satisfactorily and then suddenly stopped. or course in such cases the incubator Is blamed, when it really belongs to in- sufficient vitality in the eggs. We can look for the same trouble with