BOTS TROUBLING HORSES.
■•.Farm .horses -are■..'■ being-: greatly' troubled
' just .now' by. bot flies.'\ ;A;very 'simple ,',. pre-; . .■ Tentive of;tlie nuisance 'is; kerosene; >: Insects ■ abhor kerosene, anda little rubbed under, the - t .jaws: of the\ horses.-arid 'down their ilegs will effectually'.drive" away the bots.Kerosene is- . ■.: cheapj and. a goes, a. long'way. for this '•; purpose:;:';' Itas'.well' to,-;adopt, means of this ; ;. kind, toTquiet the'horses, lor some animals . are, dangerous: to;'.'work', with-when' bots "are 1 hear/'. It'is not" considered that bots in the; ; stomach do the- horses' much .harm, but they' : 'c'an-.;very' well;be dispensed with, and wh'aV '■ ever -prevents,'them depositing eggs on the'. '•■ horse's legs will check that:.troubleal6q;-;;' : ' :■ ". A,Southern':'writer, .advises the "removal."of . '•■ little/greyi specks" .on .the •• horses-'.-legs- iandy.jaw-^by.-singeing;.;or v.byi wa'shing ; with-'caustic-potash,''"which "causes; '. them-to .'drop ,'bff..- Sackingixcd -under : the; ■'i protection of, that ;.part.: If treat-i';. " 'menti:is desired-for .internal sots,'.a pint of '! raw'.linseed'.bil,is-prescribed;-;; •; .'V.,7 ' v::
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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140BOTS TROUBLING HORSES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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