The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-04
DISEASES, PARASITES AND VICES
OF POUL TRY AND THEIR TREATMENT

of the face and under the beak of the
fowls and chicks. They are browp
5 i'm color and can be removed with one
( greasing of SO per cent mercurial oint
ment. They breed in the sand where
! The chicks are accustomed TO ether,
: and to rid the premises OF heas 1T Is
necessary to saturate their breeding
places with solution of one part OF
cresol Tor similar disinfectanO and
/ twenty parts of water. The mite
paint would also exterminate the
| fleas.
ScaIy Legs. This unsightly poultry
disease is injurious to the marketable
! ity of chickens. making them objec
tionable to buyers. Moreover, it 10
exceedingly contagious, one diseased
fowl being sufficient TO infect an en-
! tire flock. Scaly growths develop on
the shanks and feet of poultry and are
| caused by the ravages of a mite sar
copies mutans. 1t is more prevalent
where fowls are kept in {. small yard
or on the bare ground. A good grass
range is helpful in overcoming the
disease
Treatment. Thoroughly cleanse the
| legs by washing with hot water, soap
and hand brush. Dry the legs and
immerse in solution of equal parts
of kerosene (coal oiD and cottonseed
or linseed oil. Treat the chickens
legs in this way twice daily for few
days and then once daily until the
shanks resume their normal appear
ance.
Whitewash is so commonly used
around a poultry plant that it is ad
visable to know how to make il prop
erly. The first receipt for a cement
whitewash is made use of by owners
of cold-storage warehouses who do
sire snowy white wash that dries
quickly. adheres strongly to cement
brick or wood, ana does not rob of
on the clothes. The receipt for @
h"il''ant whitewash is the receipt
re amended by the U. S. Govern
-nent Whitewash. Slake oNe-hali
b. iel of lime with boiling water
adding the water slowly and stirring
constantly until a thin paste results
5-foot piece of 3-4 inch iron pipe
makes good utensil for stirring
The lime will be lumpy IL the water
is added freely and the mass is not
properly stirred. Add one.half peck
OF salt TO the lime paste; stir thor.
oughly; add water to bring the white
wash to the proper consistency.
Throw a good handful OF Portland ce.
ment in each pail OF whitewash, and a
teaspoonful Of ultramarine blue.
Add the cement and blue powder lust
before the wash is to be used and
stir in well, otherwise the whitewasb
will be streaked The cement makes
the whitewash adhere strongly to any
surface, and the buing counteracts
the grayish color of the cement and
results in a white appearance.
Brilliant Whitewash. Half a bushel
OF unslaked lime. Slake with warm
water; cover it during the process to
keep the steam Strain the li1uid
through fine sieve strainer Add a
peck of salt previously well dissolved
In warm water; three pounds OF
ground rice boiled TO a thin paste and
80 'S''AtAt9 Iiott man ii pound OF
powdered Spanish whiting. and a
pound OF glue which has been pre.
vlously dissolved over slow fire
Add five gallons of hot water to the
mixture, stir we'll and let IL stand for
few days; cover up to protect from
dirt. II should be put on hot. Color.
ing matter may be put in TO make II
OF any shade, Spanish brown. yellow
ochre. or common clay, etc.
Either whitewash can be satisfac.
torily used in any sprayer, but 1t IL
we'll always to strain before using In
order to prevent any gritty substance
from getting into the valves of the
sprayer and interfering with its prom.
or operation. With whitewash thin
and smooth no difficulty will the ex.
perienced
Further information in regard IN
any branch OF the poultry Industry. on
In reference to purchasing stock, eesA
or poultry appliances will be gladly
furnished.
FRANK c. HARE.
Poultry Husbandryman.