Show KILLING HORN FLIES FLICS ilerd ol oc ment i at N various tat luna j the following follow follo ipg bulletin on this sub subject cc is by the purdue uil university rosity agri agricultural cuitti cultural ral c station at al this abi reason or of the year catt me suffering crin from the persi 6 t ort t 1 it a mor I 1 the lie horn ali 11 i this ily fly which i is smaller than the house house fly congregates congregate lt in colonies about ili lit ill the e bue base ot of the horns along up the buck back and tides kides at ten ion 1 tier der points point about the flanks anil and udder and on the belly this fl sucks suck blood from cattle and so irritates tiler them a as to no doubt to retard the laying on of flesh with beef cattle und and the production of milk by TOWS mat substances have been reco recon mended to keep away the flies flie the an j 4 I 1 I 1 is is si ex experiment e ai t ion re ati m mcnab c d i t two p parts a cottonseed t t c n s d oil or r hall fash oil and one part pine tar lar this station applied this mixture to head fit at a total cost CORI for material of kerosene cr emulsion aulsion lias also been aled used spraying it over the cattle with n knapsack knap gack sprayer the flies are killed by the enill awn if it touches them theemel the emulsion may inay be made by mixing at the rate of one pintor pint of soft soap or one fourth pound of buird soap dissolved in boli boil in ill vatter and one me pint ot of kerosene rl 13 15 pints of water thoroughly whipped hipped NN all and hurried hur tied together at the indiana Indi ini experiment station we ive hair hac tried different substances to an ay the nit s vone of effect effective il e over tu to a or three days dayi we have bare secured satisfactory results b i using a quart ol of fish oil in which was ui pd about two tablespoonful of at arrude carbolic acid fisli oil isi GO cents per gallon in lafayette these liquids liquid ii are lip applied plied on the body with 0 alt it paint brush about abort tour four inches N wid id fish oil is especially disagreeable I 1 flies s and is probably larcey used in the special preparations bold sold fit at high prices there is ib one objection to using g arly an form ot of tar far in that it malkes makes the hair sticky w bieh bahieh accumulates dirt and so bo gives it it a bad ald appearance stockmen Stoc kmen would v do well NN ell to break up the manure in the pasture whenever possible as the flies deposit their agi cuffs r in it from which the oung a ra developed if the manure I 1 is iza Raili ered tp ip or broken to pieces vt within rhin a t day orso and if remedies to keep off the flies ari are applied to tile the cattle till the insects 1111 w ill dr disappear isa paea on onla v in the season |