Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27

HY Frank g Hare
Poultry Husbandnnn. Clemson t"ilrRe. So
There IL no excuse for nite-in-
tested poultry houses or lousy chick
ems. when few hours work with
whiievaah. inseeticide and dusting
powder will kill these parasites and
improve conditions generally FOl-
lowing are aorue valuable suggestions
for this work.
Nothing detracis ~ much from the
appearance of poultry house as dark
filthy walls covered with cobWchs aud
dust The nlacf, ia uuiuyitinK 10 ounselvfs
and ia the fowls that make u their home
Since much of the gram tcd poultry -
scattered IN the hitter on he floor of iha
poultry huusc, W. have anothcr reaapn
why the lusidr II the house should ="
bripht and sanitary The fowls all
uaate gram thrown ~ tho Utter pf "a DARK
house 4 coat of whltcwtsh pu the waliH
vii pnckiy change this dark house INTO
an atifnct ~ home for tho lnfnatea
Ent before the wtutewash IS apphed.
let ~ llrst catch all the fowls and combine
them m coope. howe. nr tarrrls. ~hotc
We can orneI " handle hem later hch
clean he drop hoard. remove he utter
dig ~ the Aoor and lowell II again and
take ont all fixtures that are movable
sweep dovH tho walls II there aro
many crrvtces and cracks between tho
boards near tho rnoetlnR quarters,
,a,,ld recommend covering fhia portion
Rtth good heavy bulding pnIrr tccaa-t
lhc lattcr caunot bo eaftefnri orlly whit
waahod
a. frrELfEsrr WHITE VISIT
| have tried many different ways u
mixing whifnwflsh and havo found The
following arhcno the uost satisfactory
~lake two Iackz - iirne with boiling wafcr
adding the hot water sipnI. and s'irrlng
constantly until thln paetc result
Tlou work INTO tho iupe pnsfo a gallon
nf salt untl the mixture e srnp1th <Dw
ndd watrr ~ bring The saltrel paeia - be-
dcalref eoueIafoncy Inst hefnro Rppf
ing lr@ wash add hau'ifnl ~ Portland
cement and tea4papnful of blung -
eaeh pai ~ fho wpsh Mix yell ho
cement makes he wash ztiek to wood
4 ahe trick 4r concrete and mot rIh ~
.hite tic blung eo9nfcrarts tho Rr ~.
coIur ard tic result - ! -n"y whit" wash
Thia whlteYaeh Is ovo"lIenf for eifher
indoor or outdoor nqo II stlris on
years vol. and Il can ~ applIod either ht
a spraYcr or brush ~orne yeaFs ago /
tried Hlxlng : little crude fartol'r acpd
with tic weah 70 lncreasf its ln-erticida
qualities Jho acid made yellow ztreaks
on the wall and whiie heftTr results
might to obtained bY adding small per
oentage ri some coal star Or other .Rserf
o,de, I can SO no ohIecf ~ dong hls
f.et After the Mite
The little blood htraty red n4lio IS
the only parasite that lives n the pouifre
honse fIe makes hiR hou.r ~ Il rrnVlrr
m the rnoet IN the spare between the
end nf the rooat and the rnnst support
and in the next and nesting mnterlal
WhIts,rash does not kali thia parasite
The mnst popular liquid lsed against hiTn
~ common kerosene Or coal oil All
through tie south you can see rolnred
women With rag and kerosene washing
the roosts and adjoining places where red
mites reside he kerosene can -
greatly improved by adding mali pint
OF crude carboiIc aGd or crcsol to each
gallon 81 oil Tins mixture vii xiii
every red mite and their eggs.
4 lesa expcnslye mixture That viii
extcrIninate mites IS u five per cent soiu-
tion of cresal or any If the commercial
hound Ice killers, IN water Buy quart
or larger can from your druggist 4r seed
house and also u hand sprayer The
latter costs from hfty cents - a dollar,
and It IS excellent for spraying. some
time since bought = four gallon snapsack
Snraytr with an extra NhlteWash nozzle
and Use II for spraying tie cresoi mixture
and for WhlteWashIug | would mol ~
without ~ and Whiie the cost is greater
than The sfuall hand sprater Il Is much
more convenient and satisfactory DIe
pumping OF AR into ihe tank alil give
a good spray for fifteen minutes
II Won have someone - help Eou aud
can carry on the Whiteaaah4ng and the
mite eradication 1T me saline 'lme. then
| would advise cunhnng ne to"is that
occupy the house IN coops, boxes or
barrels until TIN, WORK Is over If the
WhitcWaShng aud spraying IS throughiE
done, there will be no p rasltts n he house
THE BLsT LoUsE hbLiER.
Jnul lew months ego | dId not think
il possible to completely HIpe 0Lt all thc
! hce and Ice eggs on fowls with one appll-
catIon 81 any lnsectielde THIS has been
possible vi ith mites, bat not with The body
/ lice Of poultry But | am now pleased
10 state that +. e Bishopp, of the [ )
bureau OF Entomology, has recently dis
covered louise killer that viii eradicate
and kill all lice at onee.
The substance used Is sodium fuoride.
fine, white powder which ha. been
successfully used in ridding buildings #
coekroachcs Mr. Bishop has gwen his
experience with sodium Auoride, together
with drawings and descriptive matter
pertaining to the many species of Ice and
mites found on poultry, in Farmers
Bulletin sol Mites aud Ice on Poultry.
which Is mailed free OH request 70 the
Division Of Publications, Department #
Agriculture. Washington. d. c. Ne
cannot recommend this bulletin too highly.
Sodium fiuoride is not ordinarily kept
in stock by druggist, but he can obtain
it for YOU from his wholesale house
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