Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-13

docs not have it's foe. Death lies In
| ambush for every living thing. This
law is universal and there Is no rea-
| son why our poultry flocks should look
for exemption.
| Every season in the year IL first class
| time 10 look this matter squarely in tho
| face and make the best Of it. A scourge OF
| pests of infinite variety ia watching day
| and night throughout the year for r good
| chance to swoop down upon the farmer,
| the dairyman, fruit grower, stockman,
| and gardener Our backyard winner OF
| the war is sure to have his own battles to
| fight against these agencies OF destruction,
before he can do much to whip the Huns
Look the enemv. as squarely ain the
| eve as possible. therefore and plan your
| campaign with a will to win.
THE nuRpERous LOUISE.
I,ice are probably the most exasperat-
ing and disco,raging OF all the poultry
mans troubles Give them half chance
| and they will defeat every plan you make
and every effort you put forth
Lice are the s,Iper-c,irse OF every
po,ltrv plant with no respect OF persons
| or places MANY gallant amateur hns
gone down To defeat before the massed
attacks. wave after wave, of these murder
| olis millions.
But don't give them half n chance.
The body loise Of the adult fowl is
easy Ia whip il YOU know how, and per
| sist Furnish the hens a nice dust bath. In
most backwards this must be provided III
a shallow box. as lack Of space makes me-
cess to the ground impossible At any
| rate. sec that the opportunity 10 ron ~
| drv dust is always nj hand rows VIII
| USUALLY nd themselves Of body lice by this
process 1t is Natures wise old wny. In
addition. use the lice powder freely
The red spider mite IS most deadiy
| creature according To ts inches The be
| pinncr who knows nothing about tins little
| guilty hlood-lcttcr may be driven from the
| field before he ran get his forces organized
| for successful resistance.
This little beast is red" because the
blood Of your chickens Is filling him To the
utmost. rs if t0 talint Won with his ven
omous devitry He docs not stay on the
| bodies of the fowls during the day lie
| hides in the crcvIces Of the walls and under
| meath the roost platform while the sun
| shines: but the instant darkness comes,
| and tho birds arc we'll settled for the night,
he hastcns To make his deadly drive An
enlarged likeness Of hun shows HIM to be u
monster of murder in miniature.
These lice can he eXtcrminated from any
| hen house II Won have half the persist
ence that they have you will soon see the
| last of them But YOU must fight, and tight
| to the bitter end, or they will drive your
venture clear of the premises Sc plenty
| of the common lice powder, which you
| can buy at any drug store or supply
| house. Sprinkle the feathers OF the fowls
| thoroughly with it every two or three
! davs till the pests are abated and then
| some more.
Keep the roost platforms we'll sprlnkled
| with Il and see that every crevice IN
walls and platform is well powdered.
| Prevention is the best OF all remedies.
| Keep an eagle eve aimed at every small
| corner of the henhouse in order to antic1-
| pate the slightest approach Of tins little
! king pest Of the poultry yard. Have the
! dope" placed at every possible runway
| You must fight this battle OF the louise 10
the finish or your lahors will be in VAN
LICE AMONG YOUNG CHICKS.
The louise does its most tragic work
among Young chicks Here lies the great
est danger of Matching with hens The
| chicks get hce from the mother. Beng
weaker and less experienced, they cannot
! rid themselves of the pests like the larger
| fowls.
The inexperienced poultryman meets
| some terrible surprises can never Tor
get my amaZement when | found hen
| which | had most carefully placed on a
sitting of eggs about week before
literally being eaten up by spider mites,
and the nest and eggs covered all over with
moving savage thousands. The hen was
nearly dead OF course, that was the end
! OF that little business " hat chance
would brood OF young chicks have had
/ under such conditions
Dust the hen and the nest thoroughly
| with louise powder, whether YOU see any
lice or not At the beginning of the lncuoa
! ton period Repeat the powderlng once
or twice al intervals OF two or three days,
and keep very elose watch for any un-
! favorable symptoms. Otherwise, your
little chicks will inherit at birth "a curse
that will be pretty sure IL be their death
| blow unless wise and strong measures are
very promptly adopted.
If YOUR week-old, or month-old: chicks
are weak and discouraged and thriitlesS
instantly suspect Ice Powder them
little lard about the head and at othel
assembling places on the body wit d1
much Powder the hen.
FouR-FooTED vEaMIN AND hAwks.
Wcascls, minks, slkunks, hawks cats
and rats must be constantly watched II
some localities they are 50 numerous and
aggressive that ii IS almost impossible (
raise brood Of chicks without literally
bnrricading them against these foes.
Chicks permitted 10 run at large on Z
farm are at the mercy OF these blood
thirsty creatures Of the wild. 1t IS no
strange that often fifty per cent Of tn
chicks hatched by the farmers perish b,
these pests.
The hackyarder is more fortunately
situated Cats and rats especially cats
must be watched or they will beat yol
ont of your best efforts There is nothing
that il certain To defeat a chick -hungr,
eat except to pen the birds up 50 seclrell
that the feline marauder cannot get 7
them. Stoning and shooting are har'
on the nerves, and may breed nelghbor
hood unpleasantness Better Just keel
them where harm can get to them.
small dose of Rough on Rats place,
where rodents can get ii, and the chick
can I, will efiectually dispose of thes
enemies of young birds
The weasel tribe including skunks
are mostly night hunters. The wease
himself. however, is the most hrazen 0
all carnivorous animals II he choose
your locality as hunting place he car
do YOU much damage In most of tn,
states the weasel and mink have largel,
disappeared Where there IS any dange