Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — Fighting Vermis. [ARTICLE]

Fighting Vermis.

It Is a waste of time to fight vermin so long as the droppings are allowed to remain In the houses week after week. Clean up each morning. It takes but a minute dr two each day, and with the occasional assistance of kerosene lice seldom cause any trouble. Remove the nest boxes and fixtures from the houses and fairly saturate them with kerosene, then go Inside and with a spray pump send the kerosene into every crack and crevice. It does noble work, and your hens will bless you for it. Another good precaution is to use insect powder liberally in the nest boxes. It will kill such vermin as are lodged in the feathers of the hens. If the young chicks are drooping, examine their heads, and the chances are that a large gray louse will be found. A drop of sweet oil will soon settle the matter.