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how they are faring in regard to body lice. If; 

 present they will be found only on certain portions ' 

 of the body, usually about the vent. Warm lard, 

 to which has been added a few drops of kerosene, 

 is useful. 



To keep chickens free from lice it is sufficient to 

 grease them two or three times with melted lard, 

 according as they may seem to require it. They 

 should be looked after closely and not be left until 

 they begin to get mopy and stand around all drawn 

 up in a heap. Some advocate using insect powders. 

 These are all right if one can get good, fresh stock. 

 Much of it that is sold at the stores is worthless. 

 A dust bath made of equal parts of sifted hard coal 

 ashes and land plaster is said by Prof. J. E. Rice to 

 be the best thing tried at the New York State Col- 

 lege poultry yards. 



WORMS 



No remedy of any kind is so effective in destroy- 

 ing worms as to warrant its recommendation, 

 because the only true way to deal with such condi- 

 tions is to remove the cause. Howeveu, as a make- 

 shift, the liberal use of cultivated or wild garlic 

 in the mash is often adopted by poultrymen when 

 their birds suffer from worms in any part of the 

 digestive tract. Garlic must not, however, be 

 looked upon as a remedy, because the fowls are left 

 unprotected and liable to later attacks so long as 

 the cause of the infestation exists. This cause is 

 invariably filth of some kind. It may be that the 

 birds have been confined on the same area for some 

 time, and that the food thrown to them has become 

 contaminated. This is the most common condition. 



