Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — Protection from Flies. [ARTICLE]

Protection from Flies.

A contemporary records the discovery df a French pharmacental chemist who has discovered a way to protect horses from attacks of flies, according to a London medical paper. His invention consists of rubbing the horses, especially the parts most subject to attack, with a little concentrated oil of laurel. There is not the slightest danger in its use, and the cost is said to be very small. Another repellant suggested by the same person is a solution of 60 grammes (1 lb. and 5 ozs avordupois) of assafoetida in two glasses of water, apd one of vinegar,

If hones be well washed with this not a fly will settle on them, as the assafoetida drives the flies away. This drug has no deleterious qualities as an external application, and may be used unhesitatingly.