Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-10
Eliminating Waste Occa-
SIOned by Poultry Parasites

ticularly about the fluff and under the
wings.
Tho work can be accomplished
much quicker II two persons work to-
sether. one holding the bird while the
other does the busting. IL the person
doing the busting will hold the fowls
mead. keeping the hand over the eyes.
little trouble will be experienced by
the bird flutterlng during the opera
uon. To be effective the dusting
should be repeated in about three
weeks to catch the new brood of YER
min, and in bad cases third treat
ment is often necessary
Fumigation and spraying will de-
| stroy all lice and mites about the
house. and II reasonable cleanliness
ana disinfection are practiced, the
busting of the hens will rarely be
necessary.
Most dust boxes are not very effect
i've. Left to select their own bath,
hens usually pick a slightly moist dust
instead of the dry stuff most dust
baths afford. This slightly moist dust
II we may term 1t dust. has the effect
of cleaning all scruf and dirt from the
base of the feathers, leaving the skin
of the fowl as II IL were washed.
The larger louise, known as the head
louise, attack the young chicks about
the head. frequently causing death.
Hen-hatched chicks are usually the
greatest sufferers Greasing the top
of each chicks head with n little lard
mixed with a few drops of creolin
will be found effective. The lard
should be melted and the creolin add
ed while it is liquid. Then use when
cold as grease.
Mites are smaller than lice. usually
red in color, though this color comes
chiefly from sucking the blood of the
fowls. Their habit is to live In the
cracks Of the house during the day
and attack the flock on the roost at
night. "hey lay their eggs in the
cracks about the roosts and nests of
the house and multiply much faster
than lice.
When the quarters are badly infest-
ed with lice or mites IL is best to clean
out all litter and burn 1t. All paper
lining should be torn off and burned,
and every corner cleaned thoroughly.
After this the house should be tight
ly closed and fumigated.
For this purpose chloride of lime
and formaldehyde make one OF the
most effective disinfectives. Place
pound of chloride of lime in a sixteen
quart bucket and pour a pint of for
maldehyde over 1t, leaving the house
at once. These ingredients act on each
other. making powerful gas. The
amount mentioned is sufficient for
thousand cubic feet of air space, that
is house twelve feet iQuare by seven
feet high.
Where the house is of such size as to
require several pounds of the material
N 10 hest tn SaVaraI m a -
placed in different parts of the house
so as to spread the fumes. The amount
of material given will require a six
teen-quart bucket to prevent II from
boiling over. The gas should be al
lowed to remain in the house for six or
eight hours. The fumes are deadly
and will overcome n person, so due
care should be taken.
After the gas has been used. all
roosts, nests and cracks should be
painted with some coal-tar disinfect-
ant. and then the entire interior of the
house should be sprayed until the
solution drips. Formaldehyde, car
bolic acid or any cOal-tar disinfectant
mixed with water is good. A pint of
any of these materials to three gallons
of water will be strong enough.
The common bedbug sometimes in
known whether they bother the fowls
or simply live on the filth about the
house. From observation l do not be-
lieve they attack the birds. Neverthe
less, they are exceedingly undesirable
and must be eradicated 1t is well
known that they carry disease. Creo-
lin and formaldehyde sprays have
never proved effective against this
pest. FOrmaldehyde gas is only partly
effective, since II never seems to COM
pletely exterminate them.
The very best thing to fight this pest
is sulphur gas, made by burning the
flowers Of sulphur in pans. For every
thousand cubic feet of air space three
pounds OF sulphur should be used.
Place the sulphur in a pan and pour
little wood alcohol or gasoline over 1t
and then light 1t. Only enough fluid
to start the fire Is necessary. The sui
phur makes a very dense smoke. The
operation should be repeated at least
once within a few. weeks
The above methods are intended for
use where the pests have gotten the
upper hand Under ordinary condi-
| tions this would not be necessary AS
preventive measure 1t Is well to clean
all houses at least once q month, sup