1905. 
TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
547 
net ON YOUNG CHICKS. 
What would you do if you had a lot of 
chicks badly infested with lice? 
The best remedy that I could use is 
Persian insect powder; use it pretty fre¬ 
quently in the evening whe - * they are in 
the coops or in brooders, then spread it 
over them or take one after the other if 
they arc full of lice and rub it well in 
the feathers. That is the best I can use. 
Pennsylvania. joiin a. roth. 
If I had a lot of young chicks badly 
infested with lice, the first thing I should 
do would be to vow never to let it happen 
again; then I’d grease their heads and 
throats, dust them with something like 
Lambert’s Death-to-Lice, spray their 
roosting quarters with liquid lice killer. 
But why have all this work and worry, 
when you can hatch with incubators and 
rear without the lousy hen? 
Ohio. MILAN DALE FARM. 
If the chicks were in a brooder I should 
cleanse the brooder thoroughly with hot 
soapsuds, and better still, spray it with 
kerosene emulsion, and let it dry before 
putting in chicks, and dust the small 
chicks with good insect powder. When 
chicks are larger, or as large as robins, 
I use Lee’s Lice Killer, which is a liquid 
preparation to be painted inside brooder, 
and if chicks are with a hen remove the 
hen and place her in a box painted with 
Lice Killer. j. a. bush. 
New York. 
“What would I do if I had a lot of 
young chicks badly covered with lice?” 
I would take the coops and clean them 
and spray with Russ liquid lice killer, and 
1 should also buy Russ dry lice killer and 
give them a good dose of the same. After 
I had the lice off them, and two doses 
would be sufficient, I would then spray 
out the coops once a week. When the 
birds got old enough to roost I would 
take crude petroleum and wipe over the 
roosts, and I do not think there would be 
any trouble. We do not have any trouble, 
as we keep after them, and do not give 
them a chance to breed. 
Connecticut. willow brook farm. 
We had a Hock of 20 chicks running 
with an old hen, and they became fairly 
alive with body lice. We caught and 
greased every one, old hen included, tak¬ 
ing pains to grease under each wing and 
on top of the wing, as the lice were very 
plentiful there among the quill feathers; 
also greased very liberally around the 
vent, as there were plenty lice in the 
feathers there also. The next day we 
couldn’t find a louse on the flock, and they 
brightened up and began to grow right 
away. We used common lard. To get 
rid of red mites in brooders we would 
clean thoroughly, scald with boiling water, 
and when dry paint with kerosene, taking 
pains to fill every crack. d. f. Arnold. 
New York. 
I do not know what I would do in a 
case like this, as I have never been so 
troubled yet. 1 his is one of the cases 
where an ounce of prevention is worth a 
pound of cure. Although lucre are many 
good lice killers on the market, they are 
hard to apply to little chicks. Chicks 
hatched in incubators and placed in brood¬ 
ers that are clean should not be troubled 
by lice or mites. We spray our colony 
house brooder with the same solution we 
use for San Jose scale—lime, sulphur and 
caustic soda. One good application of 
this, with eternal vigilance and some 
good lice killer, on the perches, nests, or 
under the hovers of he brooders will gen¬ 
erally protect us from these pests. 
N ew York. floyd q. white. 
I have no experience, as I never had any 
lice in either poultry or pigeon houses. 
I whitewash once a year with some crude 
carbolic acid in the whitewash, and I paint 
perches with Carbolineum. I house and 
keep my poultry different from nine- 
tenths of the poultry people; all fresh air 
houses, open fronts all seasons; free range 
all the time; no fancy foods, no mashes, 
not even in Winter, no egg producers 
or forcing food. I seldom lose a chick; f 
don’t know what disease is, and get the 
eggs. I have about 4,000 strong young 
chicks out now, from “Tons of fresh air,” 
incubators and brooders, and most all in 
open front colony houses now. I think 
I, know how to prevent lice and disease. 
I doubt if I would be able to cure the 
troubles. locust farm. 
New Jersey_ 
COLT WITH INJURED LEG. 
I have a yearling colt that was snagged 
about three weeks ago below the knee of front 
leg. It has become a kind of lump with a 
little matter coming from one place; the leg 
is swollen above and below the injury. 
Should the leg be bandaged? a. w. 
Dunbar, Pa. 
Do not bandage the leg; see that he has 
exercise and wash the leg with cold soapy 
water, with a little sugar of lead in the 
mixture. m. d. williams, d. v. s. 
MANGE ON CALF. 
I have a calf which I think has the mange. 
Will other stock take it in same stable after 
calf is cured? If so what is a good disin¬ 
fectant, and how used? f. w. h. 
Euola, I’a. 
Try to remove the trouble at once, as it 
is liable to get on the other cattle, and is 
quite persistent in cold weather. If you will 
keep your calf out of the stable and in the 
sunlight, and wash him in tobacco water or 
any good sheep dip once in two weeks, I think 
that will be all that is necessary, but you 
must do a good job or you would better get 
rid of your calf. 
M. 1). WILLIAMS, D. V. S. 
A MYSTERIOUS HEN DISEASE. 
I have some Buff Leghorn hens; their 
craw becomes large, and upon examination I 
find nothing in it but water. If I hold 
them up by the legs water will run out of 
the mouth. In course of time their combs 
turn black; they become very weak, drop¬ 
pings thin and whitish; they then die. I 
have fed charcoal, carbolic acid in water, 
and tannic acid in feed. s. c. r. 
Maryland. 
A friend had something of the kind in his 
(lock and lost about a dozen valuable birds 
from the trouble. I examined one of them 
after death, and found almost the whole ali¬ 
mentary tract very much inflamed and en¬ 
gorged with blood. The lower opening of the 
crop seemed entirely closed, but by using con¬ 
siderable force a lead pencil was crowded 
through it. I expected to find parasites, but 
was unable to find a single one. The lower 
part of the small intestine somewhat re¬ 
sembled the patches that are found in post 
mortem in cases of typhoid fever of human 
beings, but the mucous membranes were more 
thickened. '1 here was no pus to be found 
anywhere. I took the temperature of an¬ 
other hen that was apparently suffering from 
the same trouble, and found it to be 108.4. 
We gave them 10 drops of aconite OX in a 
quart of drinking .water, after having 
emptied out all of the water in the crops. 
Four more of the worst ones died; the others 
that were ailing were given free range after 
two days, and were fed upon bread and milk 
for several days. All recovered and there 
were' no more cases. I was then inclined 
to attribute the good results to the aconite, 
but some time after that, while I was away 
from home, my people on the farm shut up 
my entire flock and, after about a week they 
noticed some greatly enlarged crops and some 
purple combs. As near as I can learn they 
were similar to those described by inquirer. 
They did not know what to do for them, but 
attributed the trouble to the confinement, 
and turned them out. I think four died; 
all of the others recovered, and there has 
never been any more of it. e. m. s. 
NEW MILK LAW. 
Regarding license of workers in milk sta¬ 
tions, I think is a good law, which ought to 
furnish more intelligent help, and nvake 
each one feel that he has a personal responsi¬ 
bility. If producers whose milk goes to the 
station do not like the price they receive, 
I see no help for it until they put them¬ 
selves in shape to take care of their milk 
and place it where it will pay best. Our 
milk goes to Elmira at a more satisfactory 
price than the station pays. h. m. f. 
Elmira, X. Y. 
INDIANA SHEEP.—Sheep still command 
a good price in the Indianapolis market. 
Usually there is a falling off in price after 
clipping time, but this year is an exception, 
as they showed a slight increase. Wool 
sold here close about 30 cents, the highest 
in 15 years. Putnam County, which adjoins 
this county, has a Wool Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion ; they sell the clip each year at auction. 
'■The clip of the members this year amounted 
to 2,500 fleeces; they sold for 33 1-3 cents 
per pound, the highest price in nearly 20 
years. B . 
Clay Co., Ind. 
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