Red Terror of the Poultry House.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 May 1914, Page 2

Red Terror of the Poultry House.

Every up-to-date poultryman knows that clean, dry, well-ventilated houses which get plenty of sunshine are never badly infested. The first step in eradicating or controlling the pest is thoroughly to clean the houses/ Remove the droppings and all the old nesting material. Clean, and, when possible. scrub or wash, all the perches, nests, floors,, and walls with a nixture composed of three parts kerosene (coal oil) and one part crude carbolic acid. Work the mixture into all cracks, crevices, and joints of the building. It is necessary to make two or three applications at * intervals of a few days to destroy the \ mites which hatch after the first application. The liquid may be put on with a hand spray pump or with a brush. Cleanliness, fresh air, , and sunlight are cheap and effective preventives. Another spray, less expensive but used with equal success, is kerosene emulsion. This is made up of kerosene (coal oil), 2 gallons ; rain-water, 1 gallon; soap, £lb. Dissolve the soap in water by slicing and boiling; take from fire, and while hot pour in kerosene and churn vigorously for five minutes. For use, dilute with nine parts of water so that the above 3 gallons of stock smulsion will make 30 gallons of the spray mixture.