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shine upon it during some part of the forenoon is desirable. Fine 

 dust-like earth as dry as possible is fairly satisfactory material, but 

 its efficacy is undoubtedly somewhat enhanced by mixing with it 

 a moderate amount of some such material as land plaster or acid 

 phosphate. To prevent the material in the dust bath being covered 

 with straw and thus rendered inaccessible, it should be protected by 

 a board about a foot in height. The fowls will readily learn to fly 

 over this board into the bath when it is needed. 



In spite of every precaution to prevent, there 

 Vermin. is usually some trouble with lice of different 



kinds. Some of these multiply on the wood- 

 work of the house, roosts, walls, etc. To destroy these, it is advis- 

 able to use kerosene or kerosene emulsion rather freely. The roosts 

 should be wiped over with kerosene at intervals of not less than a 

 week in summer. Somewhat less frequent applications will answer 

 in winter. Two or three times per year it wmII pay to make thorough 

 application of kerosene or crude petroleum to the wood work in the 

 vicinity of the roosts and once a year at least, preferably in the fall, 

 the house should be given a most thorough cleansing. At this time 

 it is advisable to thoroughly spray all the woodwork of the interior 

 with a disinfectant. Creolin has been used with satisfactory results. 

 If the house can be closed it may in addition be wise to fumigate 

 thoroughly with burning sulphur. In addition to the above meas- 

 ures, a good insect powder such as Lambert's Death to Lice may 

 with advantage be thoroughly dusted into the feathers of the fowls 

 two or three times during the summer. A dredging box is conven- 

 ient for use in the application of such powders which should be 

 sprinkled as thoroughly as possible into the feathers of the fowls. 



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