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emulsified. This will make fifteen gallons of liquid lice killer that 

 will work easily through a fine spray and get in cracks that you 

 could not possibly reach with a brush. 



Fleas. — Whatever kills mites will kill fleas, but some things will 

 kill fleas that will not kill mites. The salt spray is a good flea 

 remedy but not very efifective for mites. 



Mix one gallon of salt with four gallons of water and spray the 

 ground where the fleas are thickest, do this a few times and the fleas 

 will all be dead. 



Ticks. — In the southern and central parts of the State, ticks have 

 become quite a pest and many inquiries come concerning the getting 

 rid of them. Dust is not to be depended upon, though it would be 

 better than nothing. Ticks are of the same character as mites, that 

 is, they are blood suckers, and being so much larger than mites, it 

 does not take so many of them and they very soon kill a small flock of 

 hens. Therefore, when it is suspected that ticks are on the premises, 

 lose no time in getting after them. 



The kerosene emulsion can be used as a spray, but something 

 stronger would be quicker. Also, if weather is good, it will pay to 

 dip the fowls and get rid of those on the bodies. Ticks always bury 

 their head in the body they attack, so in looking for them you may 

 mistake them for a burr or something. There is both a dark colored 

 tick and a light one, but they are quite large, flat bodies when empty 

 and round when full. As with fleas, a good cleaning up is the first 

 thing to do, and it may be necessary to take the building down, for 

 they have a trick of hiding in cracks under boards and in all kinds 

 of places you would not think of. 



Make a dip of Kreso No. 1 and dip the hens in it, putting them 

 out to dry in the sun. Or Creolin and warm water, 1 tablespoonful 

 of Creolin to a quart of water, neither of these things are harmful 

 to the chickens or the feathers. 



Spray the building with the following: Crude petroleum, 4 quarts; 

 crude carbolic acid, 1 pint; crude creosote, half a pint; carbon bi- 

 sulphide, half a pint. Use one quart of the liquid to one gallon of 

 warm water and spray the houses and ground around them. 



Cresol Disinfectant. — Where the plant is a large one, and the cost 

 of materials mounts up, it will be found cheaper to make the following 

 which was sent out by the State Poultry Farm at Davis: 



Three and one-half quarts of raw linseed oil; one pound, six 

 ounces Babbitt's lye or potash; one-half pint of water; eight and one- 

 half quarts commercial cresol. 



Take a clean five-gallon crock and pour into it the three and one- 

 half quarts of raw oil. Dissolve the lye or potash in the half-pint 

 of water, allowing it to stand several hours to get cold. When cold. 



