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farm went into debt for every dollar of its cost and worked 

 out of debt by well-managed farm operations. I hope some 

 day we will have money enough so that we can award prizes 

 for the best managed dairy farms. 



In this contest, the following score card was used : — 



Points. 



1. Means adopted to prevent fly breeding, including the treat- 



ment and disposal of manure, refuse, etc., . . . .25 



2. Thoroughness of screening, shading, etc., . . . .15 



3. Best methods of trapping, spraying, etc., . . . .10 



4. General effectiveness of the whole scheme 50 



Total, 100 



This method of scoring, placing special emphasis upon the 

 prevention of fly breeding, was adopted because it was be- 

 lieved that such prevention is of primary importance. If no 

 flies are bred there are none to screen or trap, and much 

 annoyance and expense is avoided. 



Extract prom Report of Judge, Mr. E. H. Forbush. 



The first prize, of $100, is awarded to Miss Helen Holmes, Kings- 

 ton, Mass., on a score of 95 points. The methods of fly prevention 

 adopted by her are as follows : — 



Her stable is a modern one, with cement floors and gutters. It is 

 washed down with a hose in summer and swept out and sprinkled 

 with gTound plaster in winter. The cement troughs in which the 

 feeding is done are flushed out after each feeding. The walls and 

 ceilings are painted twice each year with cold water paint. The 

 manure is removed twice daily and placed in a pit. The horse 

 manure particularly is treated daily with acid phosphate and kainite 

 in equal i^arts, approximately two pounds per horse, to prevent fly 

 breeding. In the cow stable cheese-cloth screens are placed in the 

 windows on the north side. On the south side there are shutters left 

 open at the top to allow the flies to escape. Thei"e are gxeen cambric 

 shades in the horse stable, so arranged that they flap outward to 

 allow flies to escape. Miss Holmes says that her horses are never 

 disturbed by flies in the stable. " Humane Fly Killer " and fly poison 

 are sprinkled on floors and used in dishes in the windows. Fly 

 papers are put uj? in the milk room. Home-made fly traps of the 

 Hodge pattern are used in the barn. Cream cheese and molasses 

 have proved to be the best baits in the traps. Cows are sprayed 

 before being turned out to pasture and when they come into the barn 



