Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-05
OF INTEREST TO kANsANs.
The Horn Fly Pest How to Combas It
Statistics ON County Oniccrs-Board Of
Health Regulations.


statistics on County OGcers- Board OF
Health Regulations.
THE HORN FLY.
As the horn fly Is becoming quite
prevalent in some sect ions OF the state
the following information from Prof.
Snow as to what 1t Is and how to get
rid of it will be of interest to stockmen:
The horn fly is small, black, two
winged gnat, about one-siXth OF an
inch long, which derives its name from
its habit of clustering around the bases
of the horns of cattle. When gathered
on the horns the flies are merely rest
ing and doing no damage to the horns
When feeding the flies are found over
the back and TANKS and on the legs OF
cattle, where they are industriously en-
gagged in sucking blood.
The following notes on remedial
measures are quoted from Insect Life;
Preventive Applications. - Almost
any greasy substance will keep the
flies away for several days. A number
of experiments were tried in the field
with the result that train oil alone,
and train oil with little sulphur or
carbolic acid added, will keep the flies
away for from five to six days, while
with a small proportion of carbolic
acid it will haze healing effect upon
the sores which may have formed.
Train oil should not cost more than 90
to IS cents per gallon, and n gallon
will annoint number of animals.
Common axle grease, costing 10 cents
per box, will answer nearly as well,
and this substance has been extensive
ly and successfully used by DIR. William
Johnson. a large stock dealer at War
renton, Va. Tallow has also been used
to a good advantage. The practice OF
smearing the horns with pine or coal
tar simply repels them from these
pests. Train oil or fish oil seems to be
more lasting in it's effects than any
other of the substances used.
A spray of kerosene emulsion direct
ed upon COW would kill the flies quite
as surely, and would be cheaper, but
We do not advise an attempt to reduce
the number of these pests by actually
killing the flies.
How to Destroy the Early Stages
Throwing n spadefull of lime upon a
cowdung will destroy the Larvae which
are living in it, and as in every pasture
there are some one or two spots where
the cattle preferably congregate during
IS he tha Htrnr which
contains most of the larvae will, conse-
quently, be more or less together, and
easy to treat at once. 1.-THE evil should
increase. therefore, it will pay stock
raiser to start load of lime through
his field occasionally. particularly in
May or June. as every Larvae killed
then represents the death of very many
flies during August. We feel certain
that this course will be found in many
cases practical and of great avail, and
will often be of great advantage to tho
pasture besides.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The secretary of state has prepared
o tabulated statement concerning
county officers in Kansas which shows
that there are in the state 1,365 county
officers, including three COUNTY com.
missiomers from each county. There
are 90 republican county clerks, Is
populists, 10 democrats and prohibi-
ton, the average salary being Sl,40S.
OF county treasurers there are: Repub-
licans, Gil; populists. IS; democrats, ID;
prohibiti0nists, i average salary, 81
S93. Register of neutrality-suspicious.,
Is: populists, -: democrats. @; average
salary, 81. Clerks district court
Republicans, 81; populists, sc: demo-
Gratis, s; average salary, ST. Probate
neutrality-suspicious., 80; popuiists. &C.;
democrats, o: average salary, $685.
County ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Sd: populists, %: democrats, 9; average
salary, 1924. County attorneys-Re-
publicans, IS: populists, IS; demo
Gratis. %: average salary, SsI2.
neutrality-suspicious., 66: pOPulists,
80; democrats. 0: average SALARY,
s2,24a. County surveyor-Rernblie-
ans. 81; populists. 2s; democrats.
10: salary not computed. Coroner
Republicans, 90; populists, SS; demo
,crats, s; prohibitionists, :; salary NOT
computed. Outside of surveyors, cor
.oners and county commissioners the
republicans hirve Al county officers
drawing salaries amounting to s772, SIT
populists, I'D, with an aggregate sal
airy of $500. Col; democrats, IS, aggre
gate salaries, $111. $50; prohibitionists
2, aggregate salaries, $4,000. The tota.
salary paid the $40 county officers Il
q, 25S, sos, or an average of 81, 492.
BOARD OF HEALTH REGULATIONS.
The state board of health has de
eided upon some rules and regulation;
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