Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-05
DAILY HINTS ON
FARM TOPICS
Trouble With Mites and LAce %
POultrY
By K. A. Kirkpatrick

Trouble With Mites and Lace %
Poultry.
A party called yesterday and asked
Tor advice on Riding poultry from
parasitic pests. II seemed that the
lice were very bad. causing the hens
lin cases to leave the nests or to die
on the nests.
In an earlier article in these col
umns, q number OF remedies and pre-
parations for combating poultry par
asltes were given. In case the para
sites are az bad ~ this party sAys. 1t
would probably be necessary to clean
out the poultry houSs thoroughly
and saturate the roosts and al the
Interior parts of tho house With kero-
sene. The roosts should bs taken
out and the nests also It possible.
and thoroughly washed and cleaned
and then soaked with keroeooe -
which all the hake naDhthaline has
been dissolved that the kerosene VIII
take up. Or one may use kerosene
one gallon, carbolic acid two ounces
mixed together to make paint -
coat all parts Of the nests and IN.
terror Of the building. In making W
new nests the kerosene-naphtRaline
mixture may be used to wet sawduss
or soil which should be placed IN the
bottom of the nest. This should then
be covered with straw 80 thE the
eggs will not touch 1t at any time
Naphthaline Is not poisonous and
may be handled without danger.
! TO rid the birds themselves OF body
lice, the fowl should be caught ant
held by the feet with the head down,
ward. Use sitter top can. and silt
pyrethrum insect powder or some
good lice powder into, the feathers
The feathers should be fluffed Will
the hands in order to get this powde'
distributed all over the body OF the
fowl. This treatment should be re
peated twice or three times ct inter
walls of or days, in order to &C.
rid of the lice which hatch from the
eggs and could not be destroyed .
one application.
II one wishes to make his own Nct
powder for use for the purpose mem
toned above the Lawry recipe ~
/, given herewith. This has beelf
found to be most excellent prepA9
alton by both the Maine and the Coy
nell Experiment Stations. TaN
three parts Of gasoline and one parE
Of crude carbolic acid. Stir ~
enough OF plaster of paris to take ~
all the mixture. II crude cafbolh
acid can not be obtained. substitute
cresol. This may be used as suggeSS
ed in the preceding paragraph.
One farmer recently stated 70 M
that he was going to dip his birds
using stock dip preparation for ~
purpose. This practice Is al rign,
! on warm day, when the birds VII
! dry off quickly and not catch cold.
1t should be pointed out here tnat
one dipping however will not be SUI
| ficient. It will require two or three
in order to get rid Of the parasites
as the eggs which are attached to thl
! feathers would not be harmed by thu
first dipping. In case one plans g
| dip, wash tub or small tank shouio
i be used to contain the liquid pro;
pared according to the specifications
! on the package. The fowl should pe
! held in the liquid with Its head lust
above water. The feathrs should bt
thoroughly fluffed with one hand q
that the liquid comes in touch WIFE
the body and feathers at all places
AS final act in the operation plunge
the head beneath the LIQUID for ms
an instant Then lift the bird NJ
and allow it to drip as we'll az pos
sible and turn 1t loose to plume u
velf and to dry.