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The  Vermin  of  Poultry 
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tion  and  letting  it  dry  nut.  The  applica¬ 
tion  nf  a  fat  which  will  smear  well  on 
the  under  side  of  the  roost  will  greatly 
help  out.  The  main  point  is  to  see  that 
all  cracks  in  the  house,  and  especially 
the  roost  support  used  are  thoroughly 
drenched  with  a  mite  killing  material. 
Scai.y  Leu.— Another  mite  which 
causes  a  good  deal  of  trouble  is  the  one 
which  forms  “scabies”  or  scaly  leg.  A 
picture  of  a  bird  thus  afflicted  is  shown 
here  below.  I  hiring  each  year  we  proba¬ 
bly  have  at  least  lot)  questions  about  this 
trouble.  It  is  caused  by  a  peculiar  mite 
which  works  upon  the  leg  and  causes  the 
rough  hard  scales  to  occur.  The  remedy 
for  this  is  any  oil  preparation  with  pene¬ 
trating  power  enough  to  work  through 
and  reach  the  mite.  The  legs  of  the  hen 
should  be  soaked  freely  in  warm  soapy 
water.  Then  use  a  brush  to  loosen  the 
scales.  After  this  apply  either  sulphur 
ointment,  kerosene  and  lard  or  caraway 
oil.  Some  people  recommend  dipping  the 
hen’s  legs  in  kerosene  oil,  hut  there  is 
some  danger  about  this.  Prof.  Lamson 
says  that  in  his  work  he  has  found  noth¬ 
ing  better  than  caraway  oil  and  lard. 
This  means  one  part  of  the  oil  to  four 
parts  of  lard;  this  to  be  rubbed  on  freely 
after  the  scales  have  been  loosened  by 
soaking  and  brushing.  Sulphur  ointment 
is  another  remedy.  This  is  made  by  mix¬ 
ing  nine  parts  of  lard  to  one  part  of  pow¬ 
dered  sulphur  by  weight.  When  we  con¬ 
sider  the  suffering  of  our  feathered 
friends  caused  by  these  terrible  pests,  and 
Part  II. 
Head  Lice. — Dipping  poultry  in  an  in¬ 
secticide  is  sometimes  tried  but  is  not  ad¬ 
vised.  With  head  lice  a  little  different 
line  of  treatment  is  necessary.  Blue 
ointment  applied  to  the  head  is  effective. 
Lard  is  perhaps  the  best  remedy.  Sul¬ 
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chickens  this  is  not  advised.  Frequently 
a  beginner  will  use  too  much  sulphur 
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the  sulphur  soon  begins  to  pull  the  tender 
skin  of  the  chicken,  and  this  makes  sores 
which  seldom  heal,  and  sometimes  result 
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in  the  death  of  the  bird.  For  head  lice 
it  is  safer  to  use  lard  alone,  sweet  oil  or 
blue  ointment. 
Mites. — The  above  remarks  apply  to 
body  lice.  There  is  another  insect  which 
causes  great  annoyance  to  poultry.  (  er- 
tain  mites  not  only  work  on  the  body  of 
the  fowl,  but  also  on  the  1  gs,  to  cause 
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