http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/12/29/snow-cold-and-corn-shellers/ The thoughts and journal of a Christian farm family. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/12/29/snow-cold-and-corn-shellers/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Northern Farmer Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:13:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=121#comment-471 Keith, I used to use Ivomec but got tired of contributing to Merck Pharmacuticals retirement fund. The last few years I haven't used anything and to tell you the truth I don't see any difference. Everybody is still doing the same. For flies in summer I sometimes use the oldfashion simple rub oilers with some fuel oil and that's about it. I think last summer sometime I even posted about how I was observing which cows were more prone to have a lot of flies. And what it boiled down to is that the poorer cows had them, but most in the herd were not all too bad. So all in all, I figure to just let everything take it's own course and weed out the cattle that are more prone to parasites. I hate to artificially maintain a herd and at the same time give big money to corporate ag. The oldtimers never used any of that stuff and their animals lasted much longer than todays drugged up critters. Keith,
I used to use Ivomec but got tired of contributing to Merck Pharmacuticals retirement fund. The last few years I haven’t used anything and to tell you the truth I don’t see any difference. Everybody is still doing the same. For flies in summer I sometimes use the oldfashion simple rub oilers with some fuel oil and that’s about it. I think last summer sometime I even posted about how I was observing which cows were more prone to have a lot of flies. And what it boiled down to is that the poorer cows had them, but most in the herd were not all too bad. So all in all, I figure to just let everything take it’s own course and weed out the cattle that are more prone to parasites. I hate to artificially maintain a herd and at the same time give big money to corporate ag. The oldtimers never used any of that stuff and their animals lasted much longer than todays drugged up critters.

]]> http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/12/29/snow-cold-and-corn-shellers/comment-page-1/#comment-470 The Bradshaws Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=121#comment-470 I was wondering if you treat you cattle with anything. Any wormers, etc.? What about face flies? I'm hoping to avoid as much of these chemical treatments as possible and was curious how far you have been able to take it. To hear the locals around here talk, anything short of an annual full assault with the latest shots and pour-ons is inviting disaster. <I>Keith</I> I was wondering if you treat you cattle with anything. Any wormers, etc.? What about face flies? I’m hoping to avoid as much of these chemical treatments as possible and was curious how far you have been able to take it. To hear the locals around here talk, anything short of an annual full assault with the latest shots and pour-ons is inviting disaster.
Keith

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