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with a hot-lime wash, and the roosts are rubbed witha 
mixture of kerosene oil and lard, the lice will be made un- 
comfortable, and if this treatment is repeated a few 
times, the house and also the fowls will be quite free from 
vermin. If the house is, as all poultry houses should be, 
detached from barns and other buildings, it may be 
fumigated. Shut it up tight and close every opening; 
then place a pan of live coals on the ground (or if it 
must be on a wooden floor, put down a few shovelfuls of 
earth, or cold ashes to hold the pan). Throw on a 
handful of lumps of brimstone, and get out quickly, 
closing the door tightly. If the work has been done 
thoroughly, no lice can be found at the 
end of a few hours. The white-wash- 
ing, etc., may then be done. 
In regard to the use of kerosene, it is 
not more effective perhaps than some 
other remedies, but is applied more 
easily than lard, tobacco, sulphur, or 
whitewash. We apply it to the perches 
in the hennery from the common 
lamp-filler. Turn a very small stream 
from the spout, and move the can 
rapidly from end toend of the perch. 
The oil gets upon the feet and feathers, and is soon dis- 
tributed all over the fow]. The lice leave on very short 
notice, and the fowls are entirely relieved. It is agreater 
safeguard against lice on chickens, when first hatched, to 
use the oil in the boxes, before the nest is made for the 
sitting hen. It takes but a small quantity, applied tothe 
corners of the box, to keep away insects. Take care that 
the oil does not touch the eggs. In using a substance 
like kerosene about the farm buildings, remember that it 
is inflammable, and must be employed with caution, 
avoiding every chance of fire. 
While the kerosene will destroy vermin by the thou- 
