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LIVESTOCK ON THE FAKM 

 MITES AND LICE 



Mites and lice are two different kinds of vermin which infest 

 poultry. The mite lives in the cracks and crevices of the 

 poultry house and attacks the fowls while they are roosting. 

 It lives by sucking the blood from the fowl. The louse lives 

 on the body of the bird and gains its living by feeding on the 

 scales and scurf of the skin or plumage. Mites, unlike lice, 

 cannot be effectively destroyed by dusting the fowls with in- 



FIG. 57. White Leghorns. 



sect powder or by providing them with a dust bath. They 

 must be attacked in their haunts by spraying or brushing a 

 liquid preparation such as kerosene or whitewash or some good 

 disinfectant. 



TYPES AND BREEDS OF POULTRY 



The American Standard of Perfection recognizes over 100 

 breeds and varieties of poultry but for convenience sake we 

 shall classify them as to utility, namely, general-purpose 

 breeds, egg breeds, and meat breeds. 



General-purpose Breeds. Chickens coming under the 

 heading of general-purpose breeds may be described as hardy, 

 active, thrifty fowls of medium size and weight, capable of 



