El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-15

and she viii do the rest" said r. 3.
Thompson. poultryman. Of state col
l6Ee Of New Mexico With eggs
and poultry so high IL behooves
every man who owns any chickens
10 take good care OF them now so
as 10 make the most out OF them
The spring time Is the time to make
hens Law. to raise chickens and 70
make money out Of your poultry.
WOW IS the time for farmers and
for other persons who own poultry
10 make cleanup Of all parasites
which infest their fowls during the
summer It IS not an uncommon
thing for some people 70 allow the
chicken house 10 winter through
without attention and then be
amazed when the hens are covered
with lice, ticks and fleas during the
next sumner. These parasites do
not appear spontaneously, they must
have some source OF origin and this
is from adults which are allowed 20
winter over in the protection Of dirty
poultry houses and yards. Two or
three good cleanings during the win
ter VIII be Of greater value than a
dozen during the season when these
parasites are multiplying rapidly.
Ticks. or blue bugs are one Of
the biggest problems poultry keep
ers in the southern and central part
Of this state have 20 meet In the
winter the adults crawl off into hid
ing, and do but little in the way Of
increasing the population They do.
however. make frequent raids upon
the fowls for food. BY removing
the hattens perches, nests. and
everything else loose, or that may be
taken off the house, and getting
into the cracks first with a good
dose Of boiling I've water and then
in Few days with kerosene and fol-
low this I'D with a good poultry
spray and It IS possible TO practically
eliminate ticks from the house At
the same time give the yard and
floor Of the house a good renoTating.
If the floor Of the house IS OF dirt.
take out Few inches and exchange
i with some fresh soil from the gar
den, both places win be benefited by
the trade. This viii also have
strong tendency 20 eliminate the
stick tight fleas that are putting
in the winter resting in the dirt
floor II the house has q wooden
floor, a good soaking with kerosene
viii be Of material benefit Wood
floors, however. are not entirely
satisfactory. except in portable
houses which are moved 10 q new
location ar least once each year.
"Do not clean the house and yards
without cleaning the fowls Dust
them thoroughly with a good to-
bacco dust lice powder, sodium 1uo-
ride or lice powder. Repeat the
busting process in about eight DAYS.
and If the fowls were burdened with
an exceedingly large population Of
lice the busting may be necessary
the third time in about eight days
after the second application. IN an
events give the hen fair chance
She wiz do the rest
=
III Paso is going TO realize one OF
these days what the oil operations
around Toyah mean 10 this city" said
william White, OF the Queen Drilling
association. who has just returned
rom this nearest FL Paso" field.
Nine rigs are in the field now: three
more were uulOaded Friday; five
more are coming from Fort Worth
ana Two are coming from some Iowa
people, besides those the Queen com
pany has on the way. The first days
drilling OF the association put the
drill down 50 feet The drill is be-
ing operated by traction engine and
on from the well Is being used for a
lubricant, 10 which c. ". Waddine-
ton, president Of the company. viii
testify. The two Iowa machines are
70 be operated by Stanton & Bage.
another Is TO be operated bv Lage
brothers Of II Paso- The capacity OF
the RIGS j. 500 feet The II Paso
drlilers wiz dril on section a5. lot