Low-Cost Way To Control Flies, Lice

Low-Cost Way to Control Flies, Lice LIVESTOCK Health 10-4-33 You'll like the price tag on the new Doctor Scratch Disposal Duster, a new low-cost way to control cattle lice and flies. Dust (1% Coral) comes in disposable tubes which you throw away when empty. The tubes (4¢ in. in dia. and 44 in. long) sell for $19.95 each. One tube treats approximately 40 to 60 animals for two to three weeks, which figures out to only about 2 cents per head per day to keep dairy or beef cows free of flies and lice, says Roger Swihart, distributor. Individual tubes of dust have four valves which dispense dust when animals rub against the tube. All you need to "harness" a dust tube for pasture or feedlot use is a wooden post, plus $44 worth of brackets for mounting a single dust tube to the post, or $49 for two-tubes. Or, you can buy a metal, free standing, double-mount dispenser (holds two dust tubes) for $90. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Swihart Sales Co., Rt. 3, Box 73, Quinter, Kan. 67752 (ph 913 754-3513).

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