330 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
one year. I have perches that were so painted three 
years ago; they have been in constant use ever since, 
and there has been neither tar nor lice on them since. 
Every one knows that this tar is an odoriferous com- 
pound. It is excessively obnoxious to the lice. Kero- 
sene or diluted carbolic acid applied to the roosts and 
crevices is a good remedy. 
An insect which almost makes life a burden to the 
southern poultry keeper is the nest bug, a near relative 
of the bed bug. It commonly infests nests, and will 
,# often compel sitting hens to leave 
their eggs. As will be seen by the 
smaller illustration, it is an insect of 
considerable size. The treatment is 
\ the same as for the small ticks, or 
f mites. Kerosene is a good remedy, 
also insect powder and tobacco dust. 
Burn old nests. 
The lice may be found, by careful 
examination, especially about the 
head and neck and under the joints 
of wings and legs. Whenever a fowl 
en appears out of sorts, it is safe to sus- 
Fic. 132. Nest Buc. pect lice. A great deal of apparent 
ech, insect very trouble. sickness is merely lice. Young chick- 
ural size and magnified. eng are most dangerously affected. 
They mope about, will not eat, bodies are small, thin 
and stunted, they peep a great deal, sometimes lose their 
feathers, or waste away and die. Large lice on the head 
or throat often cause the apparently mysterious death of 
chicks. They hide at the base of the feathers, and are 
not easily seen. Most chicks raised b7 hens are some- 
what infested. A single big head louse is enough to 
make trouble for a chick. ; 
Mr. E. W. Parker, writing in one of the poultry 
papers, gives a good idea of how indifferent one may be. 
