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REMEDIES——PREVENTIVE TREATMENT. 281 
square feet of house room one-half bushel of lime, place it in a box in the open air 
and sprinkle with water and secure complete pulverization ; in other words, slack the 
lime perfectly, let it get entirely cool, and then to this half bushel of pulverized 
lime add 10 pounds of sulphur and 1 ounce fluid carbolic acid, and stir the whole 
with a stick until well mixed. Then it can be safely handled with the hand. After 
sweeping out the henhouse, drive out all the birds, close all the doors and windows, 
and begin at the farther end and walk backward, scattering the mixture freely all 
over the floor and through the air onto the perches and into the nests everywhere 
thoroughly, and it is difficuit to conceive how dense the cloud of medicated dust that 
will hang suspended through the whole interior of the house. Gradually it settles 
everywhere, in every crack and crevice, and wherever it reaches a henlouse or other 
insect he retires from business permanently. It purifies as if by fire. I think there 
is nothing equal to it for thoroughness, cheapness, and expedition. If the chicks 
have roup, leave them in the house and let them stem the storm; it won’t kill nor 
hurt them, but the sneezing will be terrific, and every particle of mucus that has 
accumulated in the air passages and throat will be expelled. 
Stocking the poultry yard at the start by rearing eggs in an incu- 
bator and never introducing a fowl to bring parasites, should avoid 
many of the worst poultry parasites. 
FUMIGATION. 
Fumigation as a method of treatment has a limited value, but there 
are circumstances under which it may be of greatservice. It involves 
too much expenditure of labor and time to prove of general value. In 
winter time, when washes or dips are unsafe from danger of chilling 
the animals, it can be used to advantage. Asa general plan, however, 
the writer would recommend the use of other measures at times of the 
year when this objection will not hold. Either sulphur or tobacco may 
be used, but the latter seems in some respects preferable. Fumigation 
with sulphur is sometimes available in vacant buildings or rooms to 
clear them of bed-bugs, fleas, and other pests, and may be adopted for 
henneries that can be tightly closed. Sulphur should always be burned 
in an iron vessel to avoid danger from fire, and if previously moistened 
with alcohol much trouble will be avoided in causing it to burn. 
A simple plan of fumigation for cattle and horses is to cover the ani- 
mal with a blanket or air-tight canvas kept as free from the body as 
possible and to puff fumes of tobacco from a bee smoker under the edge. 
A permanent box stall may be made just large enough to aceommo- 
date the larger animals, with an opening for the head, the animal 
being held by a stanchion. The opening must be provided with a close 
canvas, arranged so that when the animal’s head is in place the edge 
of the canvas can be drawn down tight just behind the eyes, thus 
inclosing every part but the mouth, nose, and eyes. A tight door must 
be arranged to close behind the animal, and the fumes may be intro- 
duced by puffing from a bee smoker or by burning tobacco or sulphur 
in a tin or sheet-iron tube passed through at some point on the side, the 
outer end being closed and the heat applied by using a small oil stove, 
with due precautions to avoid communication of fire to the building. 
It has been found that by this plan cattle lice could be killed by an 
