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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 774440" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>We've had them real bad this year, too. Two kinds, one that looks like a house fly on steroids and another black variety that is even bigger. They don't breed in manure like most flies. They need a marshy or swampy area and we have a lot of that around due to all the moisture this year. We have a rub out but the chemical didn't seem to repel the horseflies. Somebody told my husband to spray the cattle with a mixture of vanilla and water. He did it, but he got artificial vanilla instead of pure vanilla extract because of the cost. I can't tell any difference but it has been so freakin hot I haven't spent much time outside counting flies either. I was afraid the sweet smelling vanilla would actually attract more flies but that didn't seem to be the case. Anybody else heard of this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 774440, member: 9169"] We've had them real bad this year, too. Two kinds, one that looks like a house fly on steroids and another black variety that is even bigger. They don't breed in manure like most flies. They need a marshy or swampy area and we have a lot of that around due to all the moisture this year. We have a rub out but the chemical didn't seem to repel the horseflies. Somebody told my husband to spray the cattle with a mixture of vanilla and water. He did it, but he got artificial vanilla instead of pure vanilla extract because of the cost. I can't tell any difference but it has been so freakin hot I haven't spent much time outside counting flies either. I was afraid the sweet smelling vanilla would actually attract more flies but that didn't seem to be the case. Anybody else heard of this? [/QUOTE]
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