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only at night, hiding during the day in cracks 

 about the poultry house. Some of the species 

 of mites are blood-sucking; others cause af- 

 fections of the skin. Under certain conditions 

 they become exceedingly abundant, and great 

 loss to the poultry owner results from their 

 effect on the fow Is. 



Methods of Control — The most potent cause 

 of the presence and increase of these parasites 

 is filth. This statement is not only the result 

 of common observation, but of experiments in 

 control measures made by the college experts. 

 Filth as here used includes decaying and de- 

 cayed eggs, and bits of decayed matter of all 

 kinds. The poultry house and the nests should 

 be always kept clean, and there should be 

 ample provision for light and air. Poultry 

 parasites, like most other pests thrive much 

 better and increase much more rapidly in dim 

 than in well-lighted places. If a poultry house 

 is already infested with mites and is too val- 

 uable to be burned down and rebuilt, it may 

 be sprayed inside with kerosene or crude pe- 

 troleum, which may be made into an emulsion 

 if desired. Two, and sometimes three appli- 

 cations should be made. 



HIGH PERCHES. 

 An authority on poultry says that if you 

 have heavy birds do not let them jump too 

 far from the perch to the ground or floor. 

 If you have board floors or hard ground it is 

 likely to bruise the foot so that the hens will 

 have what is tailed "bumble foot." Besides 

 being unsightly, this is a real painful condi- 

 tion and hens cannot do their best which have 

 it; so it pays to look after these little things 

 that make for hen comfort. All in all, the 

 hen whose comfort is looked after is the prof- 

 itable hen, and that is what the average poul- 

 tryman wants. 



POULTRY NOTES. 

 One of the most essential things in securing 

 vigorous chicks is care in selecting the hatch- 

 ing eggs whether they are to be placed under 

 the hen or in the incubator. You should see 

 to it that your hatching eggs come from your 

 best fowls. 



Nothing kills young chicks more quickly 

 than to allow them to become chilled. Thou- 

 sands of chicks die annualy from this cause- 

 Place the brooder where it will get plenty of 

 sun and where the little fellows will have 

 plenty of room to run about, yet be protected 

 from the cold. Or if it is heated see that 

 a proper amount of heat is evenly maintained. 



You may feed your poultry well and still get 

 few eggs. An examination of your poultry 

 house may reveal one of the reasons. A tightly 

 built warm poultry house is as essential to 

 egg laying as is plenty of fresh air during 

 the daytime. 



The Oregon Agricultural College experiment 

 station calls attention to the fact that hens 

 fed for egg production should get feed con- 

 taining the food elements found in the egg. 

 An analysis of the egg shows that it is composed 

 of ash 12.2 per cent; water 65.7 per cent; pro- 

 tein 11.4 per cent; and fat 8.9 per cent. The 

 hen cannot counterfeit her product, so must 

 be supplied with the necessary raw materials 

 or she cannot manufacture the finished 

 product. 



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