INSECTS INJURIOUS TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ETC. 



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near the base of the feathers. The intense itching caused by the 

 rnites induces the fowls to pick out feathers in their efforts to 

 allay the irritation. 



The treatment recommended by Bishopp is the repeated use 

 of sulphur ointment, well rubbed into the skin. H. P. Wood 



FIG. 602. Scaly leg (C. mutans) : (a) leg of chicken infested by mites (reduced) : 

 (b) mite in burrow in skin (x 60); (c) adult female (x 82); (d) adult male 

 (x 130). (From Mote, after Sim, O Agr Exp. Sta.) 



reports * complete success in the control of this mite as well as 

 lice by dipping the fowls in a solution of chemically pure sodium 

 fluoride, two-thirds ounce, sulphur 2 ounces, laundry soap one- 

 third ounce in about one gallon of water. Only one applica- 

 tion was found necessary. 



The Scaly-leg Mite, the cause of the chicken disease called 



* Journal of Econ: Entomology, Vol. 12, No. 5. 



