Show r COWS DONT MIND FLIES IN SUMMER using repellents Repel lents only keeps animal anima 1 quiet contrary to the general belief annoyance of cows by flie files Is over esti mated experiment station trials covering several summers have shown this conclusion was re reached ached when I 1 it t was found that milk and fat production was not increased when the cows were sprayed with fly repellents repel lents the only advantage in using the re pel lents says U N J perry NW akew jersey state specialist in dairying Is that cows ar are e less restless during wilting milking time furthermore unless properly used these mixtures do more harm than good by their regular use the skin of the animal Is covered discovered with a sticky gummy substance that is more objectionable tlona tio ble than the flies files when a repellent Is used the cows should be washed often enough to prevent such an accumulation where a dal dairyman ryman wishes however to use something to keep flies away the following will be found a cheap mixture and one that is fairly satisfactory one pound of rancid lard and half pint of kerosene this Is mixed into a creamy mass find and rubbed on the backs and necks of the caws cowa with a cloth or the bare hands another satisfactory formula Is one pound of common laundry soap four gallons of water one gallon of crude petroleum four ounces ot of powdered cut the soap into shavings and dissolve in hot water dissolve the th allne in the crude oil and mix the two solutions thoroughly |