6 Department Circular 16, L . S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



grease on the chick, as it may prove fatal. These head Hce are very 

 injurious and chicks should be examined often for them and be treated 

 at once whenever the lice are found. 



DUST BATH. 



It is always advisable to provide a good dust bath in which the 

 fowls and chickens can dust themselves whenever they wish, as in 

 doing so they help to keep the lice under control and in some instances 

 almost free themselves from them. 



Boy club member spraying his brood coop to kill the poultry mites. 



HOW TO GET RID OF MITES. 



Knowing that poultry mites hide away in cracks and crevices 

 during the day, the first thing that should be done to get rid of them 

 is to give the poultry houses, roosts, nests, etc., a good cleaning. 

 After the cleaning, spray thoroughly with kerosene, crude oil. or some 

 heavy coal-tar preparation, making sure that the spray reaches all 

 the cracks and crevices, and every other place where the mites may 

 be hiding. The heavy coal-tar preparations are most effective and 

 last longest. They can be purchased at most drug stores with ful) 

 directions for mixing and use. It is necessary to spray thoroughly 

 and often, especially during warm weather, if the mites are to be 

 kept from annoying the fowls. 



