Files to our mind are a nuisance and
a detriment to all animals. It Is quite
possible that milk flow and flesh or
fat formation are not very seriously
retarded or lessened by fly annoyance,
but the animal tells us as plainly as a
dumb beast can say that flies make
life miserable In many Instances. We
know, too, that disease germs are
Bread by the attacks of flies. Anthrax
in the form of malignant carbuncle is
conveyed to man, and the same dis
ease as well r*|V- -Y fi mm
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•jjuuioaVed In the same way, while the
mosquito has been shown to carry the
germs of yellow fever and malaria.
Experiments to the contrary, says A.
S. Alexander, In the Farmers' Review,
we still believe that flies should be kept
out of stables and from the backs of
cattle, so far as possible. They con
gregate in millions about the barn
yard, the manure pile and the feed
and watering troughs. These attrac
tions to flies should be as far as possi
ble from the shade supplied In the
pastures. Shade trees at the distant
fence or corner of the fields should be
seen on every farm, and an attempt
should be made to keep the manure
hauled out and the conditions clean
anj sanitary in and about the stables.
The use of fly repellers is to be ad
vised. By their use cattle may be ef
fectively protected against the at
tacks of the ox warole fly and sheep
against the similar annoyance and ac
tual torture of the gad fly. We have
nothing to say against the value of
experiments—they should be made
more complete. Meanwhile the fly
should be considered a pest and treat
ed as such.
