Flies! Freedom! Whaaat???

["dixie midnight" <dixiemidnight@hotmail.com>]

Hi, y'all!

It is with great interest that I follow the posts on flies.

Yes, I am a fly junkie.  We have tried EVERYTHING known to man and beast for 
flies, to absolutely no avail.  Central Florida flies have no apparent known 
suseptibility to ANYthing.  Maybe explosives.  In large quantities.  But I 
don't NEED a new barn this year, so that's out.

We are trying something else this year.  Got the idea from a local cowman, 
our neighbor, who we saw putting out these salt/sulfur blocks all over his 
pastures.  "HEY!", I hollered, "Whatcha doin' with those big ol' yaller 
blocks?"  "Best durn things for flies", was the reply.  "Cows lick the 
blocks, sulfur gets in their systems, PooF, no flies."  "OoooKAY", was my 
thought.  "Sure.  What next?"

However...upon yakking with the local nutritionist at the local feed mill, 
it turns out the ol' guy was RIGHT!   So I spent $4.00 apiece for a few of 
those big ol' yaller blocks, and stuck 'em in the stalls. Two horses 
immediately started licking on 'em, two didn't.  Put some sweet feed in the 
tops for a week or so, and now everybody is happily licking their 
salt/sulfur blocks.

Y'know what?  They don't have flies.  It's hot, muggy, there's flies 
everywhere but in the stalls or on the horses.  The flies don't even 
congregate around the poop out in the paddocks. (Yes they ARE bathroom 
trained)  I think I got it this year.  There is one teeny-tiny drawback, 
though.  Horse flatulence is a tad raw, and the horses themselves have the 
slightest smell of ummm...old eggs when they get really sweaty.  I can live 
with that.

Oh...their sweat doesn't get on my tack because I ride a No-Sweat vent pad.  
Ok, ok, ok...I HAD to.  It IS fly related, isn't it?



Karl
Dixie Midnight
No-Sweat vent pads
http://www.dixiemidnight.nv.switchboard.com
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