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bird is then placed in a coop in the sunshine or near 

 artificial heat to dry off. 



This method is thorough even if somewhat trouble- 

 some. 



Very good results usually follow the moderate appli- 

 cation of the liquid on the skin under the fluffy feathers 

 by means of an oil dropper. Machine oil used in this way 

 spreads freely over the skin and is very effective. 



Fumigating: The fumes of bisulfid of carbon or 

 from liquid lice killer containing this fluid are deadly to 

 insects, but rather difficult and somwhat dangerous to 

 effectively apply. 



Carbon bisulfid can be bought in liquid form. If left 

 open to the air it quickly volatilizes, forming an odor- 

 ous, inflammable gas. It should not be kept or used 

 near a lighted lamp, or fire in any form. 



It is possible to treat several fowls at 3, time in a 

 large box. The liquid is applied to the inner sides of 

 the box, the fowls are placed therein and the top is 

 partly closed, but kept open sufficiently to prevent suf- 

 focating the fowls. Ten minutes of this treatment 

 should annihilate the parasites on the fowls that are not 

 too close feathered. 



Simply painting the perches of the hen house, just 

 before roosting time, with liquid lice killer or with petro- 

 leum, to which has been added five per cent, of carbon 

 bisulfid, helps to banish the parasites. 



MITES. 



When not full of blood, which they have robbed from 

 the hen, the insects commonly called mites appear yel- 

 lowish, whitish or almost transparent. It is oftentimes 

 difficult to detect the minute, colorless creatures which 

 hide by day in cracks and crannies of the perches or at 

 the sides of the roosting place. These parasites are only 

 about one-fortieth of an inch in length. They often 

 cluster in colonies and where they congregate for a con- 

 siderable length of time mealy dust and webs may 

 usually be found. 



