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the skin. Use a plenty x>f the dry dust, especially among 

 the fluffy feathers. Apply thoroughly, especially about 

 and below the tail, between the, legs, under the wings 

 and around the neck. 



Tobacco dust is excellent to use on grown fowls. 



For little chicks the best dust is fresh Pyrethrum 

 powder (sold at apothecary shops also as Persian Insect 

 Powder) . 



An apparatus for dusting several fowls at one time 

 is sold on the market. It is named the "Lightning Lice 

 Killer" and consists of a hollow, horizontal, cloth-cov- 

 ered cylinder which is revolved by a handle. The lousy 

 fowls and the dust are placed in the cylinder, which is 

 then given a few turns, causing the birds' feathers to 

 become well filled with the lice powder. The cylinder is 

 then quickly opened and the fowls set free. The only 

 objection to this method is the discomfort to the fowls 

 resulting from the pungent powder getting into their 

 eyes, nostrils, and throats. A mild powder such as Py- 

 rethrum will, however, not cause serious distress to the 

 fowls. 



Dipping: Fowls may be entirely freed from insects 

 by dipping. 



The operation should be done on a warm day or in a 

 warm room and the fowls should be allowed to dry off 

 In very comfortable quarters. 



Any good, effective sheep dip or liquid lice killer will 

 answer the purpose. Creolin is suitable, using five 

 ounces to eight quarts of water. The bath is warmed to 

 105 or 110 degrees Fahrenheit. 



The bird, held by the wings and the head, is immers- 

 ed all except the head, in a bucket containing a sufficient 

 quantity of the diluted dip to cover the body. For one 

 minute the fowl is moved up and down and swayed in 

 the liquid, then lifted and stood upon a board that drains 

 into the bucket. The top of the fowl's head is wet with 

 the dip, avoiding the eyes. The excess of the dip is 

 pressed out of the plumage by a cloth or sponge. The 



