Pleasant Grove Review | 1948-06-25 | Page 6 | DDT Emulsion Controls Flies in Poultry House

DDT Emulsion Controls Flies in Poultry House Spraying a 1 per cent DDT emulsion emul-sion on poultry manure two days before the manure was removed from the dropping boards, which were cleaned once a week, gave 100 per cent fly control at the Hawaii agricultural experiment station. sta-tion. The emulsion was applied at the rate of one pint per 30 square feet of area. The addition of lime twice a week to the manure before use of the DDT treatment reduced odor and moisture mois-ture and reduced the number of flies, but apparently decreased DDT efficiency in the opinion of poultry specialists.