Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1911 — How to Rid Hens of Lioe. [ARTICLE]

How to Rid Hens of Lioe.

Llos live on the scurf of the skin, base of feathers and dried blood. They I r ritate the skin, make the fowls nerv ous and cause sores to be formed. Thu eggs or “nits” batch in about eight days under favorable conditions and mature in two to three weeks More. The louse must not be confused with tho chicken mite. The chicken mite has sucking mouth parts and sucks blood, does not live on the body of the fowls except to obtain food, but lives and reproduces in the crevices of the poultry house. To destroy lice apply an amount the uise of a pea of “Blue Ointment.” —a salve easily purchased at any drug store—to the fluff feathers just below the vent or annus of tho fowl. Thia will keep the ben free of Boe tor ad least six months.