[AT] Fly nets

Easley, Greg EasleyG at health.missouri.edu
Wed Nov 26 06:48:17 PST 2008


You know the old saying about leading a horse to water.  LOL

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Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:48 AM
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There is no doubt I would try it if I had a horse barn. Tom says it's
too 
expensive and constantly complains about the horse owners and riding 
students using so much fly spray.

Charlie
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I plan to start releasing again next April.  Farrier told me the guy who

introduced him
to the fly predators claimed that after the third year of being on a
regular 
release program
he was able to cut back to one release every 60 days during fly season
with 
no reduction
in control.  At that point you'd only be looking at $80/yr.  That might
buy 
three gallons of
watered-down fly spray at the farm-n-home.

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Sent: Tue 11/25/2008 7:09 AM
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Greg,  I've got a friend that owns a small horse boarding facility
(about 20
or so horses).  I've tried and tried to get him to try those critters.
He
says they cost too much.  I've been tempted to buy some myself and put
them
out without telling him.  It's not the price that is stopping him.  He's
just stubborn and believes in old school methods.  I'm friends with him
and
spend a fair amount of time at his barn but I'm not a "horse person".
If
one of his horse buddies told him it worked he'd try it tomorrow.

Charlie
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Our farrier told me about this:

http://www.arbico-organics.com/fly-control-program.html
<http://www.arbico-organics.com/fly-control-program.html>

I started it in July and noticed a reduction in the number of flies
around
the barn within a week
of the first release.  By the time cold weather got here there were
virtually no flies around the barn.
Standard 'just a satisfied customer' disclaimer applies...

Greg
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416
<http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416>

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From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Indiana Robinson
Sent: Mon 11/24/2008 8:08 AM
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Here is a face net that has become popular:
http://www.equestrianclearance.com/cms_media/images/290x1000_fitbox-equi
librium_net_relief.jpg
This style is more common now:
http://www.bigblackhorse.com/images/BBH/Horse%20Tack/FN130.jpg
I think the all leather ones with solid back panels as Herb described
have faded in use due to the high cost. They are also pretty heavy. I
think most now are nylon strings.
-
We use fly traps and fly paper strips in the barn. We also keep a
zapper running in warm weather.
I keep a large pump bottle of fly spray for horses handy but the
horses don't like it. All I have to do is hold the bottle up and
suddenly I am standing there in the barn alone...   :-)
-
My TO-20 Ferguson is not afraid of the fly spray bottle...


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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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