WHITEWASH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 61, 12 March 1915, Page 8

WHITEWASH.

HOW TO MAKE AND USE IT.

After fumigating and carting out the pollutid top earth, dirt, and old litter materia] from the floon,. give the i.-i----terior of the house a thorough whitewashing with good, freshly-made whitewash, applied if possible while still w»nn from slaking. A good whitewash for this purpose can be made by slakiiig quicklime with just a sufficient, amount of water to make a thick paste, adding a pint of melted lard or other grease and a cupful of common table salt to each half bushel of lime while slaking. This lime paste should be further reduced with -vratcr to a consistency of thick cream. ,-■■ >One fluid , ounee ! *of. creolin mpy be added to each thrce-gaHbh; bucketful of -whitewash when ; it. is ready-for 11.se. Apply with an olil broom pr enarse brusli, .slapping it on freely so- that it will work well into the cracks.

Many poultrymen . object to whitewash in the poultry-house because -it rubs o(T. A receipt for a wash that will not "rub" is as follows: Olio peck of lime slaked in boiling,,water*' and kept just covered by the water -while slaking. Strain through coarse cloth. . Add two quarts of fine salt dissolved in wirin water, one poxind of rico-meal hbiletl'in Wiitcr to a thin paste, one-quarter pound of whiting, and half a pound of pluc dissolved in warm water. Mix nil th.-r----oughly, and let stand covered for two. or three days: stir occnsiontilly. Heat the mixture before -using. ■■ , •

150 sure to wear old clothes and old shoes when .whitewashing, as the limn is sure to injure cloth and leather. It is a sjood plan to wear a pair of automobile goggles to protect the eyes, and Sratintreted gloves to keep the lime off the hands. Do not be afraid to put the wash oh freely.

Jf you object to whitewash, the house can be freshened up and rid of vermin by' fumigation with ' sulphur, or paint; ing with paint or any of the wood'preservatives; or spray the interior of the house with kerosene emulsion <or with hot soapy water containing, three ounces of creolin-to the gallon of water. Whatever "method yon , employ, be siire to air and dry out the house thoroughly before you permit the' fowls to to it. . \ever shut fowls up.closely at night in a house that has been fumigated'kith suTphur during, the day, \ the results will be ' .'. '

The roosts and drp'ppings boards should now receive attention,' and it is well to paint them with' a good'liquid lice killer, or else' use a honic-inade lice paint made of kerosene in which has been dissolved all it'will take of crude naptlialene flakes, .'painting this thoroughly nnd freely.'on to the roosts and dropboards. ,

All nesta should be taken out of the' building aifil whitewashed inside and out after they have been thoroughly cleaned. Or if you object to whitewash they should be-cleaned with yellow sohp and hot" water," and then shellaced" or treated -with" wood Xeavc' them out in the sunshine to dry before. they are returned to the building. After the whitewashing or cleansing is completed fill in the floor with good fresh fairly coarse . gravel from which the larger stones have been removed to replace the earth which has been removed. —"Reliable Poultry Journal."