The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-07

five days to insure the destruction of
the house fly as well as the stable
fly. BoraX has an injurious effect on
crops when used in excessive amounts
it Is therefore necessary where
the manure is TO be applied to soil
for cropping that quantities not
greatly in excess of the above
amount be used on the manure.
In the grain growing section the
care OF the straw after threshing is
by far the most important step in
the control OF this pest. II has been
determined that fermenting oat straw
is far more favorable as a breeding
medium for the stable fly than is
wheat straw or other vegetable mat
ter. Where rice is grown hordes Of
flies are often bred out in the fer
menting straw and chaff from this
crop. Dat straw is also much more
highly priced for feeding live stock
than is wheat straw. The shortage
of food stuffs over much of the grain
belt for the last few years has caused
the farmers to depend largely upon
straw to supplement other food in
carrying their stock through the win
ter The value attached to Oat straw
for feed and the fact that this ma
terial furnished the most favorable
place for the breeding of the stable
fly emphasizes the need of taking bet
ter care of it.
1t is advised that as far as pos
sible all oat straw be baled and then
protected from the weather, In case
portions of stacks become wet by
rains they should be scattered over
the fields or burned as soon as pos
sible. When it is found impractica-
bic to handle straw in this way the
wet portions of the stacks may be
treated with boraX as described above.
Where it is important that straw be
kept for winter feeding. and baling
is impracticable, the stacks may be
improved to some extent by piling
up the straw and leaving the sides of
the stack practically vertical. 1t is
in the scattered portions of the straw
stacks around the base where the
fly breeds i'll greatest numbers, and
by disposing of this portion of the
stack and leaving the remainder well
rounded up, the chances for fly breed
ing are much lessened.
To Protect Live Stock from Flies.
The problem of protecting live stock
especially milk cows and work an
of only temporary value,
as with practically all of them the
flies begin biting them again within
fpw hnn,S altar untlipp
This necessitates considerable ex-
pense for the ingredients and the ap-
plication of the material, and with
many substances some i'll effects are
produced on the host by their con
tinued application A mixture of fish !
oil Il gallon), oil of tar q ounces) |
oil of pennyroyal q ounces), and
kerosene (la pinU applied lightly TO
The parts most attacked by the flies |
will tend to keep them off
Work animals may be largely pro
ected by placing blankets over their |
backs and trousers on their legs. |
Dairy stock and horses when in barns
may be protected by having the barns |
screened and brushing the flies off |
with burlap as the animals are driven |
N. The use OF hodge fly traps in a !
few of the windows will also aid in |
he destruction Of the flies which en-
ieavor TO escape from or enter the
Darn. This fly trap is of simple |,
When large numbers of
lies are within a barn the catching |
IF the flies may be facilitated by |
the windows which are not |
tilted with traps. The trap is de |
'cribed fully with illustrations in the
Departments Farmers Bulletin No, |
40. entitled "The Stable Fly" which |
will be furnished free to those de-
string more complete information re-
garding the pest.