Show Fly Nets R Repellents p Are Urged for Horses Every effort should be directed toward toward toward to to- ward preventing horses from being 1 bitten itten by insects bisects since it Is believed believed be be- that blood sucking Insects are arc responsible for tor the transmission ol of sleeping sickness in horses says A. A W. W Uren of the Missouri college ol of agriculture The Incidence of ot this disease at army posts in iii i 1 states where the disease disease dis dis- dis ease was quite prevalent was only tenth one as much In the horse population population population lation on en the farms adjacent to the pO post t. t T Thic h lo low incidence is thought to be due to the thc fact tact th that t the army horses were were kept In screened sta stables bles It is recommended therefore that horses be kept in stables as much as possible during an epidemic ic particularly if the stables are screened It Is also recommended that fly nets be used when horses are worked and that the horses be bo sprayed often otten with fly repellents An effective and rather Inexpensive i fly spray can be made by extracting 1 pound of pyrethrum flowers in 1 I gallon of kerosene for tor 48 hours then I decant or siphon off the clear liquid If two parts of the extract are then thoroughly mixed with one part oi of water containing 3 to 5 per cent ol of I soft soap the mixture is then ready for use I |