THE POULTRY YARD.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 705, 4 September 1885, Page 11

THE POULTRY YARD.

LOSS TO THE FOULTRYKEEPER. Lice and filth kill more fowls and are the cause of greater loss to the poultry keeper than all other causes combined. People whose fowls are nob infested with the large, black or grey lice, wonder as they daily see them growing poor and looking rough, why they are so unlucky with fowls. If they will closely examine the nest and perches, they will find the cause, and be surprised to see the'" myriads of little mites swarming in every place, literally eating the poor fowls alive. No amount of food or corn can cause thrift so long as these pests are allowed to prey upon them. If people care nothing for eggs or profit, humanity should prompt them to get rid either of the fowls or the lice, and there is no excuse for the prevalence of the pe9ts when one quart of kerosene, costing no more than five cents anywhere, will kill every one of them. To apply it, take one pound of hard soap and two quarts of water, or one quart each of soap and water ; put either into an iron kettle and heat gradually till it crunas to a boil, stirring until the soap is all dissolved ; take from the fire, and add the kerosene, stirring well, and it will soon disappear ; add enough water to tho mixture to make a strong soap-suds, and with this spray wash the entire inside of the poultry house, and especially the perches and nest boxes, cleaning them out first, and afterwards supplying new nest material.—Bural New Yorker.