Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY

KEEPING LICE FROM POULTRY Maine Experiment Station Bulletin Recommends Simple and Quite Inexpensive Treatment. One of the difficult and trying problems of the poultry keeper Is to keep his poultry houses and stock free from lice, mites, etc. There are many proprietary preparations on the market to combat these, most of which work satisfactorily. However, they are more or less expensive. The Maine experiment station has just issued a bulletin on the subject and recommends a treatment which appears to be fully as simple as anything else, and much less expensive. The powder made by the station at a cost of only a few’ cents a pound is as follows: Take three parts of gasoline and one part of crude carbolic acid. Mix these together. Add gradually, while stirring, enough plaster of parls to take up all the moisture. The liquid and dry plaster should be thoroughly mixed and stirred so the liquid will be uniformly mixed through the plaster. When enough has been added, the resulting mixture should be a dry, pink-ish-brown powder, having a strong carbolic odor and a rather less pronounced gasoline odor. Be sure that the crude carbolic acid is secured. If a spray is desired Instead of the powder, simply take three parts of kerosene and one part of crude carbolic acid. If birds are infested w’ith lice the best way to get rid of them is to use the powder, which is to bo worked into the feathers. Remember, a single application will not be sufficient, because where there are lice present there are also unhatched eggs or nits; Make a second application four days to a week after the first, and if it is a bad case a third application may be necessary.