[AT] DDT

[charlie hill]

Yep,  when I was in high school, one summer the county didn't mow the 
football field at all
until the day before practice started.  On the first day of practice the 
field was pilled high
with grass/hay in clumps from the bush hog they used to mow it, still about 
6" high.  The
mosquitoes were terrible.  One of my friends went home and told his dad 
about it.  They were
farmers and a crop duster operated out of a small strip near their farm. 
The next day my
friend came to school and said "daddy's going to take care of the mosquitoes 
this afternoon".
He told all of us on the team and the coach but not the principle.  About 
the time the school
busses got gone the principle heard an airplane buzzing the school and came 
out to investigate.
What he found was the whole football team and the coach watching the crop 
duster with Jim's dad
riding shotgun, spraying DDT (I think but maybe it was something else) on 
the field.  Over the bleachers
and under the power lines, over the goal post but under the other power 
line.  The principal spun on his
heels and headed back inside.  He apparently decided he was better off not 
to know!  As soon as the
crop duster made his final pass and waved his wings at us, we started 
practice with the insecticide still
wet on the grass BUT the mosquitoes were gone!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ronald Cook
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 6:21 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] DDT

I lived painted white with that stuff every summer from about age 8
until collage age.  Figure about 10 years.  It must have hurt my earning
potential.  I sure don't have any money to speak of at age 72.

They could get rid of those ZIKA virus carrying mosquitos in a day or
two by spraying it once.  Done for the year.  Makes too much sense and
not enough money for whomever is calling the shots.

Ron Cook, Salix, IA

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