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entirely free of body lice ; but you are likely to find lice 

 on many of them. 



Scaly leg, which may look like crusted warts, is said 

 to be due to a mite which burrows under the skin of the 

 legs. A good way to get rid of them is to wash the legs 

 in warm, soapy water, then applying either a mixture of 

 equal parts of kerosene and lard, or perhaps carbolated 

 vaseline. Several treatments may be necessary. If a 

 flock is infested a shallow pan may be set in the doorway 

 where the birds must pass over it; fill the pan half full 

 of water and add a film of kerosene. This is said to be a 

 good remedy. We have never tried it. The only case 

 of scaly leg we ever had was on an old moth-eaten hen 

 with spurs about two inches long, wished on us by a 

 kind-hearted neighbor who was moving away and who 

 could not think of disposing of "Old Pet." She was cured 

 in the manner first described. 



Worms have never given us any trouble. We find signs 

 of worms in the droppings at times. Should they show 

 up to any extent we have recourse to our salts and tonic 

 treatment. This is as far as we go. 



Mortality 



There is only one true method of arriving at the per- 

 centage of hens lost. You must count the pullets hatched 

 and placed in the laying house and when you sell them 

 off later, count the number you sell. This sounds so sim- 

 ple that it borders on the ridiculous but it is surprising 

 how few poultrymen do it if what they say on the sub- 

 ject of death losses is to be taken as a criterion. 



Our experience is that hens will die off constantly, re- 



