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Neuniaun records a c a s <• 

 wliere a fanuer took ilie plaster 

 fi-om a building that was being 

 torn down and threw it into the 

 road so that it mi(;lit l)e thor 

 oiighly imlverized liv passiuj; 

 wagc-ns. This powdered plaster 

 was thrown into a poultry house 

 infested with lice and a dusi 

 bath was made of it, with the re 

 suit that the lice disappeared 

 coiupletelv within a short time, thk Pale chicken louse. 



Another plan for removing lice ^Si; ^ "Zi cT.t.. 



is to place the body of the^'"''«*J'- 20 times natural size. 



fowl in a box provided with an opening through 

 which the head can project. The box is then filled 

 with sulphur fumes which destroy the lice very 

 quickly. A wash of very weak carbolic acid solution 

 or of weali creolin solution has also been recommended 

 for this purpose, but it is not well to dampen the fowl 

 if it can be avoided because they are so very prone to 

 take cold. 



The destruction of tlie lice in the poultry house ne- 

 cessitates the thorough cleansing of the building. The 

 movable fixtures should be removed, the walls should 

 be thoroughly swabbed or wa.shed down, the floor 

 should be scraped and scrubbed and then the entire in- 

 terior should be whitewashed with a withwash to 

 which chloride of lime (one pound to four gallons) has 

 been added. Or prior to the whitewashing the inter- 

 ior of the building may be sprayed with a solution of 

 carbolic acid (one part to twenty of water) or fumi- 

 gated by burning sulphur after all of the cracks and 



