DISEASES 
proper is the only building infected with mites the difficulty 
of destroying them is not great. Plainness in the interior fur- 
nishings of the chicken-house is also a great advantage when 
it comes to fighting mites. The mites in the daytime are to 
be found lodged in the cracks near the roosting-place of the 
chickens. 
Mites can be killed with various liquids, the best in point 
of cheapness is boiling water. Give the chicken-house a thor- 
ough cleaning and scald by throwing dippers of hot water in 
all places where the mites can find lodgment. Hot water 
destroys the eggs as well as the mites. Whitewash is a good 
remedy, as it buries both mites and eggs beneath a coating 
of lime from which they cannot emerge. Pure kerosene or a 
solution of carbolic acid in kerosene, at the rate of a pint of 
acid to a gallon of oil, is an an effective lice-paint. Another 
substance much used for destroying insects or similar pests is 
carbon bisulphide. This is a liquid which evaporates readily, 
the vapor destroying the insects or mites. Carbon bisulphide 
or other fumigating agents are not effective in the average 
chicken-house because the house cannot be tightly closed. The 
liquid lice-killers on the market are very effective. They are 
usually composed of the remedies just mentioned, or of some- 
thing of similar properties. 
