Smyrna times., 1930-07-16
FARM EGG RECORD CLUB
Tabulation Kept for May Produc-
tion Shows Pullets Better LAYERS

ton Shows Pullets Better Layers
The egg production records of
20,856 pullets, IL, $50 hens, and 20,-
998 birds in mixed flocks consist
ing of both pullets and hens, re-
presenting total of 159 poultry
farms in the state have been in
cluded in the May report of the
Delaware Farm Egg Record Club
which has just been issued by H.
S. Palmer, Extension Poultryman
of the University of Delaware, and
mailed to those poultry raisers
who are cooperating in this exten-
sion project for the present year.
! The club members in Kent county
received their reports few days
ago from the Office of County
Agent Russell E. Wilson who has
been cooperating with Mr.. Palmer
in this work during the past four
years in an effort to encourage the
poultry farmers in the county to
keep more accurate records of the
| egg production of their f1ocks. The
records as tabulated from these
159 farms show that the pullets
! laid on the average III eggs,
while the hens produced 16 eggs
each, and the birds in the mixed
f1ockes laid 1876 eggs each, as COM
pared to ia eggs from the pullets
16.4 eggs from the hens, and 17.2
eggs from the mixed f1ocks in May
1929. In addition to these egg
records, this report also contains
many helpful suggestions in re-
gard to the control measures for
the red mites and lice which are a
constant source of trouble to prac-
tically every poultry raiser. The
two materials most commonly
used in controlling red mites are
carbolineum and old crank case oil
of which the former is effective
over a longer period of time, but
which is more expensive than the
oil. In order to obtain the best re-
suits from these materials they
should be supplied to the perches,
walls and fixtures in the poultry
house by means of brush or
spray, and care must be taken to
get these materials into all cracks
and crevices where the mites are.
If carbolineum is used, it should
be supplied to the roosts in the
morning and the birds kept out
side until roosting time that even
ing to prevent any possible injury
to them. Two or three applica-
tions of either of these materials
a year will keep away all mites
from poultry houses. For the con-
troll of body lice on poultry it is
recommended that the roosts be
treated with nicotine sulpbate
(Black-leaf 40) which has been
used for years for killing lice on
animals and for spraying orchards
vineyards and gardens to destroy
plant lice and other sucking in
sects. Tests made at the expert
ment station of the University Of
Delaware, and on q number of diff
ferent fiocks throughout the state,
have shown that one application
of this material in warm weather
will kill all the body lice and will
not effect the health OF egg pro-
duction of the birds. Before the
roosts are treated viii nicotine sui
phate they should be wiped with a
damp cloth to remove all dirt and
dust. This material, which may
be used at full strength, can be
spread on with a small paint brush
or a small stream can be put along
the top of the poles with an oil
can and then distributed with a
brush or rag The lice are killed
by the fumes of the nicotine sui
phate which are slowly released by
the heat of the birds bodies as
they sit on the roosts.