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Show Cyanamid lists new fly killer American Cyanamid Company Com-pany today announced the introduction in-troduction of a new fly-killer which the firm believes to be the most effective developed in the jast 20 years. The new insecticide, Cygon dimethoate 4E is currently available for use by farmers, including dairymen, professional profes-sional spray applicators and public health officials. Although Cygon is not now produced in a form suitable for indoor home use, research is .continuing at cyanamid's Agricultural Center and the company hopes to be able to make the product available for general huosehold use within with-in a year or so. The new insecticide over- comes one of the major problems prob-lems of fly control the immunity im-munity which the flies have developed in recent years to widely-used products like DDT. Cygon is highly effective against houseflies immune to other insecticides. |