The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-03

I factory to warrant recommendation of the use of such preparations. 1 In the southern and southwestern states poultry are frequently infested ] by a species of flea known as the chicken l or stick-tight flea, from it's habit of re- maining attached to one place This form also attacks dogs, cats and some wild animals On poultry the fleas are usually ] found in clusters on the comb, wattles and around the eyes, on dogs they are | found on the ears. Young fowls when heavily infested often die quickly Older bir ds, while more resistant, have been known to succumb to heavy infestations, and even mild infestations will reduce egg laying and retard the growth Of the i fowls.
 1 As a preliminary step in the treatment ] for feas all dogs and cats should be kept | away from the chickens and should never l be allowed to lie on the ground in the chicken yards. As rats frequently har- bor large numbers of these fleas ana may therefore keep up the infestation, u ey should be destroyed by trapping, not only on account of the fleas they may l carry, but because they are themselves a serious pest to poultry. Chicken fleas breed in the cracks of the hen houses, and it is accordingly necessary to treat both the birds and their quarters The co nbs and wattles of the birds may be
  phur ointment Great care should be ] taken. however, not to get any of the 1 ointment in the eyes, as 1t may produce blindness The hen houses and yards should be thoroughly cleaned out, sprayed with a suitable disinfectant. and then whitewashed with lime and carbolic acld.
 POULTRY POINTERS
 Keep standard bred poultry It is more profitable.
 ! Don't let roosters run with the hens after the breeding season is over. The 1 hens will lay just as well and the eggs will be infertile and will keep better.
 Hatch early Early matched chicks i've better grow better and the bullets make fall and winter layers
 1 If YOU have had little or no experience ir poultry keeping, start in small way: Then increase as your eXperlehce anu success warrant.
 R,1ild substantial, comfortable poultry houses. but make them as inexpensive as poultry keeping, start in small way, Then increase as your experlence anu success warrant.
 Build substantial, comfortable poultry houses, but make them as inexpensive as possible.
 Be sure the poultry house is dry ana free from drafts but provide plenty or ventilation, especially in summer
 Keen the house and yard ciea:.
 Provide rooses and dropping boards.
 Provide a nest for each four or hVe hens. l Gather eggs twice daily; market at least twice week.
 Grow green crops in the poultry yards if they are not in permanent sod.
 Feed table and kitchen waste 10 the hens.
 Give a light feed of grain in the morn . ing. ...,,,os +o q dry mash. . .h.
 Give a heavier feed of grain i'll the evening. -
 Feed grain in straw or other litter to make the hens scratch for it.
 Keep poultry free from lice and the house free from mites.
 Market hens which you do not wisn te carry longer as soon as they stop laylne and begin to mott in the late summer or fall.
 CuIl the flock so as to eliminate the early molters and other unprofitabie pro- ducers
 !. Be sure that growing chicks have plenty of feed so that they will make continuous rapid growth. :. Feed growing chicks a dry mash te P which they can help themselves. Gull out weak or slow growing chicks Be sure chicks do not become crowded Preserve eggs in the spring and summer
 for use during the fall and winter wher eggs are scarce and high in price.