The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-20

1 kerosene or some of the coal-tar prod ucts which are sold for this purpose, I of crude petroleum, to the interior Of the poultry house. The commercial lcoal-tar porducts are more expensive, but retain their killing power longer, and they may be eheapened by reduc- ing with an equal part of kerosene. Crude petroleum will spray better if thinned with one part of Kerosene to four parts of the crude fluid. Both the crude petroleum and the coal tar products often contain foreign par 1 tiles, so should be strained before at tempting to spray. One must be sure tthat the spray reaches all of the cracks and crevices, giving especial attention to the roosts, dropping boards and nests, and the treatment should be re- peated two or three times at intervals of week or 10 days.
 STUDY TO SERVE
 Poultry keeping, although compar- atively simple undertaking, will be successful in direct proportion to the study and labor which are expended
 upon it. There is an abundance of | good material on the subject, but Backyard Poultry Keeping CFarm : lers' Bulletin SS9), a recent publication l of the United States department of ag- riculture, contains all the general di- rections needed to make start. It l tells how to overcome the objections ! to keeping poultry in the city, what kinds of fowls to keep, the size of the
 flock computed according to the size
 of the backyard, gives definite instruc- tions as to the best kinds of chicken
 houses to build, with bill of materials
 for same, directions as to feeding the l fowls, matching and raising chicks,
 prevention of dieases and pests, and I fi,I t. h a success of the undertaking. Another helpful bulletin of general character l is Hints to Poultry Raisers" (Farm- i CTS Bulletin 52S). This gives a great l deal of useful and authoritative in formation within a very small compass
 COOPERATION IN EGG SAVING l The United States department of az riculture is promoting plan for CO I operat ton for the common good be Itween producers and consumers in the | matter of keeping summer-laid eggs 1 for winter use. The plan is to have, as nearly as possible every farmer an6 l poultry keeper in the United States preserve, for home use only one case I 30 dozen-of eggs, and to sell one case to a nearby consumer to pre- l serve. This plan, when put in opera tion, the department believes. will pro- duce beneficial results. First, it will conserve supplies. Second. 1t Will equalize distribution. Third. it will stabilize prices. The water glass method of preservation is recommended or where water glass cannot be obtain led, the limewater method. You can SC I cure full information about the plar from your state agricultural college ol from the United States department ol | lagrieulture. Washington
 CHOICE OF A VARIETY
 4 Successful poultrymen agree that the male at the head of the flock should always be pure bred, even if the whole flock is not. Certain breeds are best
 for egg production, and certain others
 for meat production, while still another
 class contains the general-purpost tbreeds. These classes are carefully de scribed and illustrated in two bulletins of the department of agriculture Standard Varieties of Chickens T (Farmers' Bulletins S06 and S9S).