POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
fowl; neglect to dust fowls 
regularly to keep down lice, 
and to clean out fowl houses 
and change the straw of nest 
boxes. At the season that 
lice are likely to be most 
prevalent the poultryman 
should take precautionary 
measures. 
Description of lice. Lice 
are small insects ranging in 
size from 1-25 to 1-8 of an 
inch. They breed rapidly, 
laying their eggs on the 
feathers. They are not 
blood-sucking insects, but 
cause much irritation to the 
birds they infest. 
Several species are found 
on fowls. Fig.14 shows three 
of the common species. 
Treatment. Dust fowls 
reraatconnonty With fresh insect powder 
AFFECT FOWLS 
(From Salmon.)  (pyrethrum). Smear sul- 
a. Lipeurus variabilis. 
b, M lidum. 1 
Ue ere phur oe on head and 
