iJiJES and Antidote.—■ According to the Ararat Advertiser, sand Hies, or midges, have so multiplied this season in the Wimmera district, more especially adjacent to the Grampians, that animal life can scarcely exist. Horses and cattle are driven all over the district, and very probably miles beyond it, and are actually running themselves into poverty. Grats-fed horses near the mountains can only be kept up to workable condition by the very slightly rubbing them over with a sponge, or- flannel, that has been dipped in kerosene, which is an infallible remedy, and when used- with caution (that is, about two tablespoonfuls over the coat of a horse)may be applied effectually without any > bad results. One dressing will protect them for fully a week; but should it be used iavisly, so as to penetrate the skiu, it will denude it of its coating, f
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 534, 16 December 1867, Page 2
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