The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-14
FLIEs on CATTLE.

ened shed.
During the months Of july. August and
part or September flies torment horses.
] cattle. sheep and swine 20 an extent that
Is in a sense almost intolerablc ln the
hottest portions Of those months; and
I further south the flies are even more
troublesome. and for longer period. TO
such an extent are their annoyances car
ried that the animals cannot do well.
Those making meat. make il slowly, and
those giving milk give less OF fl. In
some instances the flies congregate TO
such an extent that the animals are be-
times almost frantic. Raw sores are
made behind the ears and on various
other parts, as inside the legs. Some
seasons they are worse other seasons
they are not so bad. but during any
season they are bad for part Of the
year. Now what is 20 be done vita those
hiesg Aye, that is the question In
live stock keeping il Is one Of the un-
answered questions
1t ought to be answered Who Will
answer it? Everybody is saying IN fly
time. when caring for farm animals. "Oh.
what win 1 do to protect these poor
animals from aias2" Can they be protect
ed2 One would suppose the above ques-
tion not unanswerable. and yet thus far
it has not been answered. One would
suppose a man to be more OF match
for lies and yet IN this matter, hereto
fore, flies have been more than a match
for men. Virtually the fly problem is
yet unanswered. There is enough IN the
problem to lmnortaiize the experiment
station chemist or entomologist Why
don't an these station workers seek for
immortality IN thus devising some REM
edy that viii protect live stock ana that
will rain death on flies?
Various remedies have been suggested.
Some have tried soaking the hair once
q week with old fish OIL applied with
brush. The application Is tedious, the
oil Ia such quantities costs considerable,
ana the offensive smell Is annoying TO
the animals ana persons working about
them as well as to the flies For a time.
however this offensive remedy viii pro-
tect the animals from flies. others have
tried spraying with kerosene and water.
applied with a sprayer that makes a
fine spray. little carbolic acid is added
to the mixture This will do the work
for a time. but Il has TO be applied about
every day 10 be effective and that takes
time. more time than many farmers can
spare in the harvest season. This remedy
therefore is not all that is wanted
Other remedies have been tried. many
Of which have some efficacy. but they
are either too costly or Involve too much
labor Until something more simple and
effective Is introduced. animals viii not
be protected from flies by external appl-
cations. What is wanted is a remedy
that is simple. inexpensive. easily ap-
piled and that will be effective for some
time after 1t has been applied. Until
some such appl .ation Is forthcoming
live stock viii ave TO be protected by
some other methods.
Up to the present time the most effect
i've way OF projecting stock from files is
10 allow them access during the day to a
shed, darkened and yet ventilated. This
at least will answer for cattle and sheep
Horses that are Indoors can be pretty
well protected by using on them light
blankets. but this would be expensive in
the case OF cattle. AT such time base
ment harms are peculiarly helpful, as. in
addition 10 their being easily darkened
they are usually cooler than wooden
structures overground.
when the animals are thus protected
during the day they will have to be fed
in part indoors and this involves labor
but there can be no question 10 the bene-
fits accruing. For cows that are in the
dairy such treatment VIII be greatly con-
ducive TO milk-giving. or course. under
existing conditions, Il Is not possible to
care for all the animals about a farm
but many Of them may be thus cared for
Meanwhile. may the good work Of expert
mentation 20 on, until some external APP
plication. cheap and effective. will be
found, and that will at the same time be
easily prepared and applied.-Prof.
Thomas Shaw 10 Northwest Agriculturist.