RELIABLE POULTRY REMEDIES 



Second. Fumigate. Before fumigating it will be necessary to provide 

 accommodations for the fowls. Usually these operations take place during 

 mild weather, when it will not hurt the birds to be shut out of the house for 

 eight to ten hours. The closing up need not be done untjl along towards 

 noon when most of the laying is over with. Should there be other houses, 

 shed or coops into which the hens can go to lay, the fumigating can be done 

 at any time. 



In case the disinfecting is done during cold weather, extra precaution 

 should be taken in caring for the hens. If they are laying, do not expose 

 them to sudden ciianges. Usually, however, when conditions are such that 

 it is necessary to do this house-cleaning in the winter time, very few eggs are 

 forthcoming, and it is not a question of keeping up the egg yield, but of 

 getting the house properly disinfected. When the hens are removed close 

 up the house as tight as possible and light sulphur candles. Let them burn 

 four or five hours or until they are exhausted. The house then can be opened 

 and in half an hour the rest of the disinfecting should be finished. 



Third. Thoroughly disinfect by the use of good lice paint, applied with a 

 brush or sprayer. Paint the roosts, drop boards and nests very thoroughly. 

 Be sure the liquid gets into all the cracks and joints of the roosts. Miss no 

 place where the fowls go or where the insects may hide. Follow this with 

 some of the good, coal-tar preparations sprayed over the entire surface of the 

 inside of the house. Take pains to get into every corner. 



Now that the house is clean, this spray should be used once a week through- 

 out the summer and once a fortnight dinring the winter. To do this is im- 

 portant, because it is a simple matter to keep a poultry house clean after it 

 has once been thoroughly cleaned and properly disinfected. 



Fourth. To make a complete job, follow the foregoing treatment with 

 a whitewash brush and your house wiU be as clean and healthful as hands can 

 make it. The whitewashing will depend upon the time of the year and the 

 accommodatioils for the fowls, but if possible have it done before they are al- 

 lowed to enter the house again. A good whitewash, one that will stick and 

 not rub off, is made as follows, or in these proportions: — 



U. S. GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH 



Unslaked lime , 2 pecks 



Common salt 1 peck 



Rice flour 3 lbs 



Spanish whiting -.- J lb. 



Glue 1 lb. 



Water .-- — _.Suflicient quantity 



The quantities given are sufficient to make nine or ten gallons of white- 

 wash. If only part of the whitewash is needed, the balance can be kept 

 for future use. Should a smaller quantity be desired, the proportions can 

 be cut down to suit. 



Directions. To properly make the amount of whitewash above men- 

 tioned, two vessels are needed, one holding at least ten gallons and the other 



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