The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-05

ers should be thoroughly swept free
from dust. This much done, the
treatment for the mite-infested house
really begins. The deck has only
been cleared for action, to use fig
lure of war.
Using Carbolineum.
II the house is in bad shape and
one really means business. that is, II
one seriously wishes to get rid of
the mites, not Just dabble around a
little and in three weeks have as
many mites as when he began-if one
really means business, l repeat, use
carbOlineum avenarius with which to
paint every quarter inch Of the inside
Of the house where mites are in EVIL
dence or might be in hiding. Apply
with an ordinary stiff paint brush.
II heated before using, the carboline-
um will be thinner, spread more even
ly, and penetrate the wood better. 1t
cannot be diluted with water, but one
can use one-fourth cafbolineum to
three-fourths distillate, or, If the
added cost is not considered, ordinary
! Kerosene may replace the distillate.
Apply the mixture with a spray pump
having an agitator. Use a nozzle
giving very fine spray and consid-
cradle force in applying so that the
liquid Is driven into every rough sur
face and every check or crack in the
wood. Two gallons of the mixture
should cover thoroughly 10 by IL
house, at a cost Of material not to
exceed 81.
Crude carbolic acid costs about 35c
per quart. One quart with two and a
half gallons Of lime should make
whltewash enough to spray a 10 by
IL building. Neither air-slaked lime
nor whitewash will eradicate mites
If whitewash Is put on boiling hot
the heat may accomplish the result
but lime alone is not death to mites
The second spray suggested Is not
therefore, as effective as the first.
Using Zenoleum.
A third spray material highly rec.
commended is Zenoleum, which costs
about 40c per quart. Use about one
pint of Zenoleum to two gallons oi
water. Since Zinoleum is so readil,
soluble IN water. It is not as last
ing in effect as the crude creosote OF
carbolineum. II is, however, mucf
easier to apply. 1t Is perfectly harm
less to the operator and to the fee
or feathers Of the fowls coming iT
contact with 1t. The carbolineum
on the other hand, Is very irritating
to the nose, eyes and throat whil'
spraying, and II 1t comes in contac
with the plumage Of the fowls 1t dis
colors them, which discoloration will
not be lost until the next molt.
Crude creosOte at about 30c pc
gallon, mixed with one gallon OF dis
tillate at about 12c per gallon make
a very cheap and effective spray.
To clean up badly mite-infeste'
building 10 by IL, proceed as fol
lows: Sweep and dust thoroughly
, first removing everything removable
Scrub with pearline and water; pain
/. the roosts and supports for the roost
/, with heated Carbolineum, cost not t
exceed Csc. Next, spray the nest
, and every other bit of woodwork tina
,, harbors vermin or might do SO, wit
|, crude creosote and distillate, one gal
,, Ion of each to the mixture, cost abou
40c. II there we're no mites on tn
walls, or on the floors, and one wa
sure of this, whitewash would max
, a good spray for them.
Government Whitewash.
The recipe for Government white
( wash, which is the most permanen
: that can be made, Is reprinted here
One-half bushel Of unslaked lin
! slaked with warm water. Cover dun
! ing the process to keep in the steam
s Strain the liquid through fine sieve
< Add a peck Of salt previously wei
: dissolved in warm water; thre
] pounds Of ground rice boiled to
] thin paste; and finally stir in boilin
+ hot, one-half pound of powdere
3 Spanish whiting (this Is plaster {
Y Paris) and one-pound of glue whic
] has been previously dissolved over
i lslow fire. Now add five gallons {