WHITEW ASH FOR HENHOUSES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1027, 30 March 1894, Page 3

WHITEW ASH FOR HENHOUSES.

The Carolina Farmer has the following judicious remarks on the use of white-wash for «poultry-houses ; — .With- j out a free use of whitewash no poultry j breeder, can 'expect to ke.cp his fowls j healthy for any length of time, and to a neglect of this can be, attributed i many' of the disappointments and much i of the loss experienced by amateurs, who do not realise, until they have paid dearly for the experience, that cleanliness is one of the first pi'inciples of success in poultry-keeping,- ami that lime, in different forms, is an invaluable agent in promoting cleanliness in poultry-houses and among fowls. Where it can be done without too much expense, we would advise persons in building their poultry houses to use planed boards — at 'least planed on the inside — in preference to rough ones, for it is far easier to keep the fowlhouse clean when smooth boards are nenrjl, while tlie lice and other vermin cannot so' readi!}' find a lodging-place As a preventive is much cheaper and better than a cure, we would advise those who build a poultry-house to give it a thorough whitewashing, both inside and out, before the fowls are let inside. To make the whitewash still more distasteful to the vermin which have such a taste for poultry, mix a small quantity of carbolic acrd with the wash, stir it well till it dissolves, and then apply. It is not injurious to the fowls, but it is to vermin, and at the same time is a deodoriser and disinfectant.