OIL FOR FLY STRIKE
A North Canterbury farmer this season had very considerable success in controlling fly strike in his sheep by using ordinary fuel oil. He applied the oil with a fine satchel type spray, and found that he could treat sheep very rapidly. Very little of the oil was needed. Some of the sheep showed slight staining of the wool along the back where the oil was applied, but it was not sufficient to cause marked discolouration, and probably would not damage the wool in the eyes of a buyer. On most of the sheep treated it was not possible to see any colouring, but the smell, which is apparently strongly disliked by flies, persisted long enough to keep them off. Strike was occurring daily on this property, but stopped immediately the | oil was applied. The farmer was a i little doubtful whether this might not be just some trick of the weather until he brought in an untreated sheep which was being followed by a num-
ber of flies. The sheep had not been struck, and after spraying, the flies left it entirely alone.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26123, 27 May 1950, Page 5
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