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BETTER FRUIT 



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DOW ARSENATE OF LEAD PASTE 



has attained unusual popularity in the Northwest because 

 of the satisfaction it has given the growers. It mixes 

 easily, stays well in suspension, aheres to the foliage, will 

 not burn and has exceptional covering properties. All in 

 all, it is a perfect Arsenate of Lead. 



Distributed by 



ROGUE RIVER FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS, Medford, Oregon 



KELLEY BROS., Hood River, Oregon 



LAMB FRUIT COMPANY, 

 Freewater, Oregon, and Walla Walla, Washington 



E. E. SAMSON COMPANY, North Yakima, Washington 



WENATCHEE NORTH CENTRAL FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS, 

 Wenatchee, Washington 



JOHNSON-LIEBER COMPANY, Spokane,;Washington 



The Dow Chemical Company 



MIDLAND, MICHIGAN 



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I 



Keep Fowls Free from Lice, Mites and Disease 



By Pren Moore, Poultry Husbandman, University of Idaho, College of Agriculture 



LICE and mites are the greatest ene- 

 mies of the poultry industry. Mil- 

 lions of dollars are sapped from the 

 business by these little blood suckers. 

 There is no time that a poultryman can 

 feel certain that they are not robbing 

 him. The extent to which they rob 

 him depends upon the efforts he puts 

 forth to keep them down. 



Lice are on the fowls continually and 

 they are usually found on the head, 

 under the wings and around the vent. 

 A splendid treatment for lice is blue 



ointment. Apply about the amount of 

 a kernel of wheat on the head (just 

 back of the comb) under each wing and 

 around the vent. The treatment should 

 be applied three or four times each 

 year. If blue ointment is used on little 

 chicks, it should be used very sparingly. 

 The amount required for one old hen is 

 enough to treat a dozen little chicks. 

 Chicks should always be treated on a 

 bright, sunny morning; never at night 

 or evening. All fowls should be treated 

 during bright weather. If necessary to 



treat old stock when the weather is 

 damp, they should be kept in for two 

 or three days. Never wait until the 

 hens are lousy before treating them, 

 the easiest and surest way to keep lice 

 down is never to allow them to get a 

 start. Treat every three or four months. 

 One pound of blue ointment properly 

 applied will treat five to six hundred 

 hens. A pound of blue ointment 

 should not cost more than $1.25. 



It is necessary to treat mites differ- 

 ently, as they stay on the fowls only 

 while the fowls are on the perches, 

 or on the hens while brooding. Paint 

 the perches with some coal tar prepa- 

 ration, such as kreso, zenoleum, Lee's 

 Lice Killer, or any other of the coal- 

 tar preparations. We find the follow- 

 ing solution to be the very best: 50 

 per cent tallow, 25 per cent kerosene, 

 25 per cent coat-tar preparation. The 

 solution should be heated to the boiling 

 point, thoroughly mixed and applied 

 while hot. We use an ordinary paint 

 brush and paint the perches, dropping 

 boards and all around the roosting 

 chamber, up as high as the fowls are 

 likely to touch. If the mites are kept 

 out of the place where the fowls roost, 

 they can do no damage. The first warm 

 days of spring is the time for the first 

 application. If they are not allowed to 

 get a start during summer, there will be 

 none to bother during winter. Plenty of 

 sunlight, clean houses and roosting 

 quarters will do much in keeping down 

 lice and mites. Whitewash, too, should 

 be used freely. There should be no 

 dark corners about the poultry house. 

 Cleanliness and sunlight are hard on 

 lice and mites. Many poultry diseases 

 are the result of attacks of lice and 

 mites. 



An ounce of prevention is worth a 

 poimd of cure. This is an old adage 

 and a true one. Particularly is it true 

 when referring to poulrty ailments. 

 The best treatment for sick fowls is 

 the axe. It is seldom profitable to 

 attempt treatment of sick fowls. Their 

 commercial value is not great enough 

 to justify treatment. Their usefulness 

 as producers or breeders is usually de- 

 stroyed by the ailment. Provide con- 

 ditions that will prevent the possibility 

 of diseases. Sanitation is the secret. 

 Sanitation means clean soil, proper 

 housing and proper feeding. Clean soil 

 is to keep fowls on fresh land where 

 possible. Allow them a large free 

 range. If it is not possible to keep 

 fowls on fresh land or large range the 

 yards should be cultivated and crops 

 grown, such as oats, corn and sunflow- 

 ers. Proper housing is to so construct 

 houses that they afford plently of sun- 

 shine and ventilation and yet protect 

 the fowls from drafts. Proper feeding 

 means an assortment of clean, well- 

 prepared food. It also means plenty 

 of resh, pure water in clean drinking 

 founts. Running water is all the better. 



Disinfect to kill lice and mites. Dis- 

 infection also kills disease germs. Do 

 not allow sick or dead fowls to lie about 

 the farm or yards. Fowls are natural 

 scavengers. Decomposed foods of any 

 kind are serious. Ptomain poisoning 

 (known as liTuber neck in fowls) is 

 usually the result of decomposed foods. 



