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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 1 
KEROSENE FOR FLIES. 
RELIEF FOR THE COWS. 
When we asked our readers last year 
to tell what they thought of kerosene 
spray for driving flies from cattle, we 
had no idea how popular this subject is. 
It seems as though hundreds of our 
readers have been trying this method. 
As is now generally known, the plan is 
to blow the kerosene through an 
atomizer so that it settles over the cat¬ 
tle in a.fine spray. This is usually done 
when the cows come in at night for 
milking, when they are usually covered 
with flies. All sorts of comments were 
sent us. 
A. G. Garlock, Wayne County, N. Y., 
says he has tried the spray enough to 
know that, for him, its results are no 
good. He says, though, it is fine for lice. 
C. I. Thomas, of Indiana, has found 
that, by spraying at each milking, for 
five or six times, the flies soon cease to 
trouble. The flies would remain quiet 
for a short time after the spray struck 
them, then they would begin to work 
their wings, and soon fall dead. 
J. W. McKean, of Montgomery Co., N. 
Y., says that the spray kills flies on the 
spot. He used it at milking times, and 
made the cows very comfortable, but by 
the next milking, the cows would ue 
covered with flies a'gain. He gave this 
new lot a fresh dose, and that ended 
them. 
C. C. Coats, of Potter Co., Pa., tried 
the spray, and about all the good it did 
was to drive the flies off, and oaclc they 
came with about twice as many more. 
He says it did not do a bit of good on 
his cows. 
Clias. Hopper, of Illinois, used the 
spray for several years. It always 
works well for the purpose, but the ef¬ 
fect does not last, after the kerosene 
evaporates. When applied in the barn, 
it kills or drives out every fly, and as 
the flies come in with the cows, the 
latter will be free until they go out 
again. He uses a knapsack sprayer, and 
sprays lightly on back and legs. If too 
much is used, it will blister the skin, 
but the flies keep away from the blis¬ 
tered places. One drawback in using the 
above device is that the kerosene will 
destroy a rubber hose. In short, Mr. 
Hopper advises the kerosene .spray for 
use in the barn, while milking, but it is 
of little or no use for cattle running in 
the pasture. 
P. M. Patten, of New York State, says 
that he used the kerosene spray on a 
black cow, which was pastured in an 
orchard. It proved of only temporary 
relief, but that was a great help at milk¬ 
ing time. He used an atomizer which 
cost only 65c., and threw a spray so fine 
that, in a close room, the air would re¬ 
main filled with the fine mist for some 
time. Dairymen use them to throw a 
kerosene spray on their herds, while in¬ 
doors before milking. It drives off the 
flies, but soon evaporates so that the 
pests return. It does not seem to injure 
the cattle anyway, as only about one- 
tn.rd the length of the hair is saturated. 
Mr. P. wants some “up-to-date” to come 
forward and tell of something to use in 
the kerosene that would keep the flies 
away longer. Such a man, he says, will 
confer a great blessing upon the animal 
kingdom in general. 
Jerome R. Hathway, of New York 
State, bought a small tin cup with a 
tube running up the inside, connecting 
with another at right angles. The whole 
outfit cost him 15c. Blowing through 
the second tube, he could spray the 
kerosene upon the flies, and he killed a 
peck or more of them in the house in 
this way. The flies killed so that they 
stayed killed, too. He tried the same 
thing on the cows, as they came in to be 
milked. The flies have fun in the pas¬ 
ture “till the cows come home,” and 
then the kerosene spray makes life a 
burden for them. There is no switching 
of tails, and they stand as quietly as in 
Winter. Mr. H. thinks that the reason 
some people report failures is the fact 
that they don’t use enough kerosene— 
not enough to kill the flies. 
A BURNED-OUT CREAMERY. 
RISES FROM THE ASHES. 
An Example of Pluck and Enterprise. 
A Sad Loss. —On the night of May 13, 
Lakeside Elgin creamery burned to the 
ground. What could be done with 2z,- 
000 pounds of milk daily when for five 
years, so many have depended on the 
creamery for an outlet for milk, where 
some have as high as 70 cows, some 30, 
some 20, and so on down to four and 
five. As luck would have it, a cheese 
factory was started last Spring on a 
branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, io 
miles northeast of Jackson, that took 
about one-fiftn of the milk. One man 
with 30 cows bought a Baby separator 
and made his own butter, while another 
patron, a woman having the charge of 
the milk of 18 cows, bought a big barrel 
churn and all the milk vessels she could 
muster—old shot-gun cans, pails and re¬ 
ceptacles of all descriptions—and churn¬ 
ed the cream all alone; there was pluck 
for you! Some were partly discouraged, 
and fed the milk to the calves and hogs, 
but this was not to be the case for a 
very long period, for before the smoke 
had ceased to ascend, a meeting of the 
trustees was called, ana plans for a new 
and larger creamery were laid. 
Lively Times. —The creamery burned 
Saturday night; on Monday morning a 
large force of men were put to work to 
clean up the rubbish, while a force of 
masons were secured to examine and re¬ 
pair the wall. By the time the wall was 
in readiness to receive the timbers, they 
were ready. In just five days from the 
time the creamery burned, the new one 
was inclosed. The main building, as it 
now stands, is 38x40 feet, with a wing in 
the rear 20x28 feet for engine, boiler, 75- 
barrel water-tank, and coal. The build¬ 
ing is in every way a better building 
than the original one, and cost consid¬ 
erably less, although the company can’t 
say yet, on account of some little jobs 
to be finished, such as painting platform, 
building, etc. Everything was a total 
wreck, except the boiler; that being full 
of water saved it, thanks to the careful 
help who ran it. 
Just three weeks from the day the old 
building burned, a new one stood in its 
place doing business as though nothing 
had happened. That was the longest 
three weeks that some of the patrons 
ever saw, especially the women. Three 
thousand pounds of butter were destroy¬ 
ed by the fire. All of the townspeople 
are interested in the creamery. Why? 
Because it benefits so many indirectly. 
Since it started, there have been built 
in this place three nice business blocks, 
all rented as soon as finished, by good 
business men. It brings a good deal of 
money to town that otherwise would be 
wasted. Why? In various ways; first, 
we have no more poor butter. The good 
buttermakers, those who do not choose 
to patronize the creamery, get a better 
price for their butter, while the poor 
buttermakers, who do choose to patron¬ 
ize the creamery, get a better price for 
theirs. Pay-day comes the fifteenth of 
every month. In 1898, there were paid 
to the patrons, $27,000. Some of the 
haulers last Summer drew over $90 on 
some pay-days. As I have said before, 
there is money in the cow business, if 
rightly handled. j. c. h. 
Grass Lake, Mich. 
The papers tell of a solid train of eggs 
which was shipped from central Kansas to 
Springfield, Mass. There were 10 refrig¬ 
erator cars, which averaged 450 cases of 
eggs each. This was certainly lively work 
for a Kansas hen, but what are the New 
England hens doing when they allow such 
a dose of eggs to be sent into their own 
territory? 
For the weary, heartsick, nervous, unstrung 
mother, there Is no restorative equal to Hr. D. Jayne’s 
Tonic Vermifuge. It is a strength-giver. 
It is almost criminal o risk the consequences of a 
Cold when in nine cases out of ten, you can break it 
up with Jayne’s Expectorant. 
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Adv. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
White Wyandottks Exclusively.— 
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GUERNSEYS. 
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butter each in 1898. Some 
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ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
For Milk and Butter. 
R. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
WILLSWOOD FARM. 
New York State 
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Order all ages and both sexes swine. Bull Calves. 
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Sheep —Oxfords,Shropshires,South- 
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menu to Sprav a held 
hirtv to fifty cow 
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use It is desirable 
• pray the rows once a 
Jay.and if fiiesare very 
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Kilfiy is also weed on 
KILFLY. 
More Milk, More Money, More Comfort 
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Applied with Childs’ Electric Sprayer. 
Protects cows from the torture of flies, thereby increasing the 
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Put up in one gallon cans. 
Once Tried, Always Used. 
ELECTRIC SPRAYER 
Convenient and Practical in Every Particular. 
Patented January 26,1898. || 
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