Show 4 COWS DONT MIND FLIES IN SUMMER using repellents Repel lents only keeps animal quiet contrary to the general belief annoyance sto yance of cows by flies Is over estl esti rallied nin teil ex experiment Teri ment station trials covering several summers have shown this conclusion was reached when it was found that milk and fat production was not indrea increased ed when t the lie cows mere cre sprayed with fly repellents repel lents the only advantage advant ag aae ge in using the re rel Tiel lents says B U J perry new jersey state specialist in dairying Is that cos cow a are less restless during milking time furthermore unless properly used these mixtures do more harm harin than good by their regular use ue the skin sidn of the animal Is covered with a sticky gummy substance eliat Is more object tio than tile lie lies flies when a repellent Is used the cows should he be washed often enough to prevent such an accumulation where a dairyman w wishes however to use something Boni ething to keep flies away the following will mill be found a cheap mixture and one that Is fairly satisfactory one pound of rancid lard and halt half pint of kerosene this Is mixed into a creamy mass and rubbed on the backs bachs and coclis of tile the cows with a cloth or the bare hands another satisfactory formula Is one pound of common laundry soup soap r four gallons of water one gallon of trude crude petroleum four ounces of pow cut cat the soap into shavings and dissolve in hot water dissolve the naab thaline th allne in the crude oil asid and mix the two solutions thoroughly bly |