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Show Flies Great Annoyance to Cows During Summer Flies are so great an annoyance to dairy cows during the summer that milk production often Is materially decreased. However, a good fly spray applied correctly will not only quiet i the cows but will also sober the temper tem-per of the milker. A good spray for this purpose can be made from the following Ingredients: Ingredi-ents: 4 quarts coal tar dip: 4 quarts fish oil ; 8 quarts coal oil ; 8 quarts whale oil ; 1 quarts oil of tar. Dissolve three pounds of laundry soap In water, add the Ingredients of the spray and bring the whole up to a 80-gallon quantity with lukewarm water. This spray will keep file off the cows and prevent the hair coats from becoming harsh. The cows should be sprayed twice a day, In the morning after milking and in the afternoon when In the barn for silage or other green feed. "With a portable two-wheeled half-barrel cart having a spray pump and nozzle, two men can spray 40 cows In five minutes. min-utes. Thirty gallons of this mixture will spray 40 cows twice a day for ten days at a cost of 1 cent per cow per day. |