REMEDY FOR FLIES ON CATTLE.
Take coal tar two parts and coal oil and grease one part each and mix with a small amount of carbolic acid. Apply with a cloth by moistening the hair and horns of the animal with the liquid. In the application include the feet and legs, and it will drive every fly away, and one application will last 10 days or more in dry weather. Apply as often as necessary and vour cows will be entirely secure from flies of all kinds. Any kind of old lard or grease can be used. Coal tar is the base of this remedy, and when too thick to spread well, use more coal oil; when too thin to adhere well, use more coal tar. Carbolic acid in crystals is cheap by the pound, and eeery farmer should always keep it on hand, as it, in its many uses, is indispensable. This remedy is equally effective as a lice exterminator on poultry, and is simply used by painting the sides of the hennery and roosts and dropping boards with the liquid. For young chickens saturate a cloth and place in the bottom of a box, and place the mother and young chickens in the box for an hour or so. This recipe, says H. F. Work, in the Drainage Journal, is equal to any preparation in the market.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 5
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229REMEDY FOR FLIES ON CATTLE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 5
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