A curious method of protecting hortjea against the bqt fly is being employed by several residents near QopjNpw {joqjli Walp«. Tj]e dpvjcp i{j said to prove yefy effeplivp. |j, consists in tying a strip of red ribhpfl or other similarly coloured material round the animals' necks, with tho puds left dangling for several inches, T'he sijccess of one pcrsop y/ltpse previously was driven mat} by tho attacks of tho lly, but which ia thi.'i season unscathed, has caused the esapijjle to be fojlowpd hy his neighbours, and tha results, says tho Paily Telegraph, are reported to bo moat uueccsd'ul.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 29 January 1910, Page 2
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99Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 29 January 1910, Page 2
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