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a discouraging proposition to go up 
against, but it is not so bad as it looks. 
You will need a sprayer of some sort; 
I have a gasoline blow-torch, such as 
mechanics use for so many purposes; it 
has a spraying attachment, and I use it for 
spraying the poultry houses. It can be 
used for very many other purposes, and 
is, in fact, a very convenient accessory to 
the poultry plant. 
Every poultryman should have one of 
these spraying torches, for they cost but 
little and are worth their weight in gold. 
Mine holds a quart, and I can shoot a fine 
spray into any crevice or crack in which 
a mite can hide. If you had a large poul- 
try plant that was thoroughly infested 
with mites, you would, of course, need a 
larger sprayer than this; but if you have 
a large plant and let the mites get such 
a start that you can not quickly subdue 
them with this little sprayer, you had 
better go out of the poultry business. 
T use coal-oil and, everything considered, 
it is the best thing I have ever tried; the 
mites will not live long after it strikes 
them; it is penetrating, and will go at 
once into the very smallest crack or 
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