76 Hubbard's poultry secrets. 



doubt that I am offering to the public the best system ever of- 

 fered on the Mating, Feeding and Conditioning of Fancy 

 Poultry. 



LICE AND HOW TO RID THEM. 



There is nothing that causes a poultryman more work than 

 lice. A man has to fight them twelve months in the year, and 

 is lucky then if he is rid of them. I have tried nearly all lice 

 powders and lice paint, but the following method has proven 

 to be best. For lice paint, for roost, nests and all inside work, 

 I find that there is nothing that quite equals kerosene and creo- 

 sote. To every gallon of oil add one pint of creosote. This 

 is much cheaper and does better work for keeping down lice 

 and mites than anything I have ever tried. It can be made 

 for twenty-five cents a gallon. It should be put on with a 

 spray pump. You should spray the inside of the poultry 

 houses at least four times a year, and the roosts and nest 

 boxes once a week. This will keep your poultry houses free 

 from lice and red mites. 



For a lice powder I find that there is nothing that can beat 

 Persian Insect Powder, and fine ground tobacco dust. To 

 make it, mix two parts of fine tobacco dust to one part of 

 Persian Insect Powder, and you will have one of the best lice 

 powders you have ever tried, and as it is harmless to the chick- 

 ens, you can use it freely. 



Half dusting your chickens is throwing your labor away. 

 They should be gone over thoroughly from the beak to the tail 

 in order to get all the lice. The best and quickest way is to 

 buy or rig up a tumbling barrel that will hold from six to 

 eight chickens. Close the opening, turn them over and over 

 a few times, shake them out as quickly as possible, and you 

 will find they are dusted in all sections clear to the skin. 



