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Lice paint is a liquid preparation, and is used for painting 

 roosts, nests, etc. 



The fumes penetrate the feathers of the bird and kill the 

 lice. Lee's Lice Killer and Cyphers Surekil Lice Paint are 

 highly recommended. A good lice paint is made by dissolving 

 one pound naphthalene flakes in one gallon kerosene oil. 



Red mites make their homes on the underside of the roosts 

 and in cracks and crevices adjacent. They are quiet by day, 

 but by night come forth to suck the life blood of their victims. 

 The kerosene treatment, which I have already described, is 

 sure death to red mites, and it is folly not to exterminate them. 



TO RID A HOUSE OF VERMIN. 



Sometimes through carelessness or neglect a house becomes 

 infested with vermin, and then radical measures are necessary. 

 In the first place the house should be thoroughly fumigated. 

 Close every door and window, and see that there are no cracks 

 or apertures to admit air. Burn a pound of sulphur for every 

 100 square feet of floor space in the house, thus : a house 10x10 

 will require one pound of sulphur ; one 20x10 two pounds ; one 

 30x10 three pounds, and so on. The sulphur must be burned in 

 iron vessels, which must be set on gravel or sand, so that there 

 can be no danger from fire. Into each vessel put a handful of 

 carpenter's shaving, saturated with kerosene, and upon these 

 sprinkle the sulphur. Place the vessels in position, apply a 

 match to the shavings, and hastily leave the house, closing the 

 door behind you. Do not open the house again for five hours, 

 when every door and window should be thrown wide open. In 

 case you feel any anxiety about fire, you can look in through a 

 window once in a while to see that everything is going well. 



After the fumes of sulphur have been driven out, with a 

 hand sprayer, go through the house, sending a spray of kero- 

 sene everywhere. These sprayers can be bought for half a dol- 

 lar each, will last for years, and are simply invaluable. All the 

 time you have been at work the hens have been in the yard 

 outside, without food, and are now anxious to return to their 

 home. Let them in, one by one, and as each enters catch her 

 and dust her well with some good insecticide. 



GIVE THE HENS PLENTY OF ROOM. 



There is a snare spread for beginners in the poultry busi- 

 ness which catches nearly all ; it is to crowd the birds. The 



