Show fly nets repellents Repel lents are urged for horses every effort should be directed toward preventing horses from being bitten by insects since it is believed that blood sucking insects are ar e responsible for the transmission of sleeping sickness in horses says A W uren of the missouri college of agriculture the incidence of this disease at army posts in states where the disease was quite prevalent was only one tenth as much in the horse population on the farms adjacent to the post this low incidence is thought to be due to the fact that the army hoses were kept in screened stables it is recommended therefore that horses be kept in stables as much as possible during an epidemic particularly if the stables are screened it is also recommended that fly nets be used when horses are worked and that the horses be sprayed often with fly repellents repel lents an effective and rather inexpensive fly spray can be made by extracting I 1 pound of pyrethrum flowers in I 1 gallon of kerosene for 48 hours then decant or siphon oft off the clear liquid if two parts of the extract are then thoroughly mixed with one part of water containing 3 to 5 per cent oi of soft soap the mixture is then read ready y for use |