The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

WarDie Will soon appear. DO not hur'
ry the process and it will be less pain
full to the animal. If the fingers are
placed under the MARBLE it is more apt
to slip back and lodge to one side Of
the original cell, thus necessitating an
other puncture in the hide. These ex.
tracted MARBLES will perish except
where very black and about ready to
drop under natural conditions. Do not
kill the MARBLES in the back, allowing
them to remain there as injury OF
some kind may result. By so de.
stroying the MARBLES, from rs to SO
per cent reduction the following year
may be obtained, and if all the neigh
bors will earnestly extract all MARBLES
in from three to five years the pest
can be almost completely exterminat-
ed. Do not wait on your neighbor;
get busy right now. Do your part
Help humanity by helping the COW.
The Baby Chick and That Head Louise
Owing to the fact that all foods
shipped across the water to the allies
and "our boys" in the trenches, it is
absolutely necessary that the great
est amount of food be transported in
the smallest space possible. AS most
all meats, except poultry, is called up
on to feed the boys across the water,
it becomes necessary that we Ameri-
cans save every egg and every chick
possible. Little chicks that are hatch
ed from under a mother hen are al
most certain to be infested with tiny
lice, called the head louise of chickens.
There are several other kinds of lice
occurring upon our chickens, turkeys,
guinea fowls, pigeons, cts, but this
head louise differs from all the rest in
that they instinctively leave the moth
err hen at Matching time and are to be
found upon better feeding ground
where the feathers are far more ten
der and more easily eaten, namely
the little chick. These head lice are
sometimes found upon the little chicks
just after Matching, before it is en-
tirely dry. Here the lice are found in
great numbers upon the head of the
helpless chicks, feeding upon the ten
der down. As the skin is very ten
der, the constant irritation will actu-
ally couse the death of many, espec-
tally when the infestations are Sc
we're. These head lice are greyish in
color, rather slender, little less than
1-S inch in length, and are Matched
from eggs or nits that are deposited
singly near the base of the feathers
on the head. Can these lice all be
killed? Yes! All of them! There are
several other lice found upon Che
chicken. The most important one is
known as the body louise and is found
upon the skin only, usually below the
vent. Until a few months ago the
best treatment known for poultry lice
was an old remedy known>as murkural
ointment, or when diluted known as
blue ointment. This substance is
quite satisfactory, although OCCASION
ally it is apt to blister the skin. At
ter long series of experiences with
a substance known as Sodium Fluor-
ide the U. S. Bureau of Entomology
found that it is perfectly reliable and
when properly used will destroy all
lice, eggs, and all young that may
hatch from eggs.
Use the Sodium Fluroide without
dilution. The commercial powder will
range from 80 to SO per cent purity
and may be obtained from any drug
gist. If he does not have it tell him
you must have it and he will get it.
One pound of the powder will be
enough for about 100 chickens. The
pinch method is recommended as fol-
lows: hold the base of the wing with
the left hand, place the fowl to be
treated in dish pan, tub, or on ia
BILE; then with the right hand secure
a pinch of the powder between thumb
and finger and place
one pinch on top of head at base of
feathers;
one pinch on top of neck at base of
feathers;
two pinches on the back;
one pinch on inside of each wing
and tail;
one pinch on each flank;
one pinch on breast;
one pinch below vent.
Rub the first two pinches in, turn
the chicken loose, and treat every
fowl on the place-turkeys, guineas,
etc. If your work is thoroughly done
and every fowl is treated the lice will
all be killed, but if one outside in
Tested chicken mixes with the flock,
they will all become infested in time.
On warm sunshiny days the poultry
may be dipped. To do so, dissolve
ounce of sodium fuoride in one gal
on Of water. A small but deep YES
sci holding about six gallons may be
used. Hold the wings, as stated be-
fore and with the left hand, hold
Eggs with right hand and dip the entire
fowl except the head and with the
right hand ruffie the feathers just
enough so that the dip will touch the
skin, then duck the fowls head at least