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Ncuiiiaiin records a c. a s o 

 wlicie a fariiUM* took Ihe plaster 

 fioiii a l)uildin<i- thai was beiu|j; 

 toiii down and threw it into the 

 I'oad so that it nii<;ht be thor- 

 ouGihlv i)nlverized by passinjj; 

 wagciis. This powdered plaster 

 was thrown into a poultry house 

 infested with lice and a dust 

 bath was made of it, with the re- 

 sult that the lice disappeared 

 completely within a short time, the pale chicken loose. 



. ,, "^ 1 „ . ,. Mennuen pallidum, female. 



Another plan for removing lice Probabiy the most common 



is to place the body of the^*"®*^- 20 times natural size. 



fowl in a box provided with an opening through 

 which the head can project. The box is then filled 

 with sulj)hur fumes which destroy the lice very 

 quickly, A wash of very w'eak carbolic acid solution 

 or of weak 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 the lice in the poultry house ne- 

 cessitates the thorough cleansing of the building. The 

 movable lixtures should be removed, the walls should 

 be thoroughly swabbed or washed down, the floor 

 shfMild be scraped and scrubbed and then the entire in- 

 terior should be whitewashed with a withwash to 

 whi(t;h chloi-ide of lime (one pound to four gallons) has 

 been added. Or prior to the whitewashing the inter- 

 ior of the building may be s])rayed with a solution of 

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

 gated by burning suljihur after all of the cracks and 



