The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-06-07
FROM THE FREMONT
COUNTY FARMERS
EXCHANGE BULLETIN
CHICKEN LICE.

Sodium FIuorid, Newly Discovered
Remedy, Rios Fowls Quickly Of
all Such Parasites.
One application of sodium huorid
will kill all lice of chickens, ento-
mologists of the Department of Agri-
culture have discovered This mex
pensive white powder, they find. will
rid a flock of all the seven common
species of chicken lice in a few days.
One pound. costing only 40 or so
cents at the time of this writing. is
enough to treat 100 fowls. il busted on.
II dissolved in water and used as a
dip. the same amount will 20 three
times as far. II is easily applied,
economical; gives immediate results.
and does not injure the fowls or the
poultryman.
The complete effectiveness OF the
sodium nuorid remedy and methods
of using it are discussed in Farmers
Bulletin sol of the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture. Mites and
Lice on Poultry"
Sodium fiuorid-say Il plainly to
the druggist or you may get sodium
Chord, common salt. which ii not
only resembles in name. but in ap-
pearance-may be obtained at most
large drug stores. Until its recent
use against cockroaches and still more
recently against poultry. this sub
stance had not been employed as an
insecticide. The demand for it. there
fore. has been quite limited and il is
not ordinarily found in the stock of
the small drug store. Druggists. how
ever, can obtain ii readily from manu-
featuring chemists, and with demand.
it likely will be carried by local deal
ers The finely powdered commercial
form is cheaper and more easily ap-
piled by the dusting method than the
finely crystallized sodium fiuorid.
Dusting with Sodium Fiuorid.
To apply the material in dust FORM
place IL in an open vessel on a table
ahd with one hand hold the fowl by
the legs or wings With the other
hand place small pinches of the chem
| ical among the feathers next to the
skin, according to what is known as
The pinch" method. which proceeds
as follows: One pinch on the head.
one on the neck. two on the back. one
on breast, one below the vent. one on
the tail. one on either thigh, and one
scattered on the underside of each
| wing when spread. Each pinch can
be distributed by pushing the thumb
and fingers among the feathers as the
| material is released. II the chicken
Ii held over the vessel the material
which falls from the fowl during the
operation Is recovered
Dipping With Sodium Fiuorid.
The dipping method is more eco
nomical. but among many poultry
raisers there is a general sentiment
against the practice of dipping fowls.
largely because most of the dips con-
| tain materials which discolor the
+; feathers. The sodium huorid dip
however. is harmless and as compared
with busting is more easily done.
For lice on young chickens. young
turkeys. and in fact all newly Matched
or sick fowls, the application OF So
dium fiuorid in the dust form is re-
| commended
This is the way the dip is prepared:
/ In a tub of tepid water dissolve the
| poison at the rate OF 34 to l ounce
of the commercial powder. or 2-3 OF an
ounce of the chemically pure material.
to each gallon of water. The fowls
should be held by the wings over the
back with the left hand and quickly
| submerged in the solution. keeping
| he head out. while the feathers are
ruttiad with the other hand to allow
| the dip to penetrate to the skin. The
head then should be dipped once or
twice and the bird lifted and allowed
| to drain a few seconds. A fowl may be
treated in 80 to as seconds. The so
dunn fiuorid solution should not be
allowed TO remain long in galvanized
vessels as it's action on this metal Is
Injurious The solution does not in
| lure the hands unless IL comes in
contact with sores. when II may cause
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