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be used on a large flock, for the expense 
would be so great that it would eat up all 
of the profits. 
So we will let nature take care of 
those lice, and we will help her all we 
can by providing plenty of dust-baths 
such as I have spoken of for the sitting 
hen and the little chickens. A _ little 
sulphur or a little of some good louse 
powder, or perhaps a little of both, may 
be added to these baths to make them a 
little more effective. If the fowls are pro- 
vided with plenty of these dust-baths, they 
will take care of the louse problem for 
themselves. These baths must be kept 
where they will be dry at all times. If 
the house and runs are kept clean, the 
lice will not be so numerous. Filth is the 
root of all evil in the poultry business, 
and must not be tolerated. 
Giving the fowls plenty of room in 
their houses and runs also helps to con- 
trol the louse problem. 
Testing eggs for mar- 
ket, or candleing them, as 
it is sometimes called, is 
practiced by poultrymen who are not sure 
that their market eggs are all as fresh as 
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Testing Eggs for 
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