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lation was an experiment that
worked well.
“This was a trial situation.*’
said Clyde Myen. Berks extension
agent. "We wanted to find out if it
would work.**
“We found out that it did
work,” said Shea.
Rcsearchen thought that heat
could have been a factor. But it
wasn’t.
What killed the flies was the
ammonia produced from the
manure.
“We think that’s what actually
is killing the fly larvae and
pupae.’’ said Dr. Charles Pitts.
Penn State fly expert. “It kills
practically everything in there.”
Pitts indicated that Penn State
research is under way to investi
gate different concentrations of
ammonia in the laboratory to see
just how much it takes to kill flies.
Shea was happy with the results
of the experiment. His concern
was that die manure he tried to sell
could pose a problem after it was
spread on the field. Shea is con
vinced that, with a little extra
labor, he could save on traditional
Fites swarm around a calf
hutch bucket. Fites continue
to bs a problem for produo*
ers. but Penn Stats has some
effective ways to control
them at this year’s expo.
chemical fly control costs and pro
duce an environmentally friendly
product.
‘ ‘Environmentally friendly”
can translate into better neighbor
relations, important for farm
survivability.
But Pitts cautioned that these
concerns are prevalent for any pro
ducer that handles any type of
manure.
“There’s more than poultry
manure that’s causing the prob-
SIMM, who manages 216,000 layers for Wenger’s Feed in Shartlesvllle, recently
participated in a Penn State-sponsored fly control study on his farm. In June this year,
after collecting 200 tons of layer manure from his houses, the manure (at a moisture
level of 60 percent) was moved to a distant part of his farm, dumped in a row at the
edge of a field and covered with 6-mil black plastic, measuring 100 feet by 25 feet, and
sealed over with dirt.
iJricaatar Fanning, Saturday, Novambar 4,1995-A25
lent,” he said. “It’s not just poul
try. I don’t think we can give it all
to the poultry’ people.**
Shea said that ideally, for him.
die best system would be some
type of accessible concrete manure
storage platform that could serve
as a treatment fly control center.
The finished product could then be
a valuable nutrient resource.
“This is just another tool,” said
Pitts. “All of this has lo come
within some sort of framework of a
management decision. (A produc
According to Clyde Mynre, Berks extension sgent, right,
the berrsls ere pieced neer caH hutches. A bait (using a vari
ety of material, Including spoiled milt, dead birds, feed, or
commercially available fly trap lure) la placed under a fun
nel screen. The files enter the screen and are trapped.
Hetrick, dairy fanner in Bemville;
Paul Moyer; and die Teen Chal
lenge Dairy Finns.
According to Clyde Myers,
Berks extension agent, the barrels
are placed near calf hutches. A bait
(using a variety of material,
including spoiled milk, dead birds,
feed, or commercially available fly
trap lore) is placed under a funnel
screen. The flies enter the screen
and ate trapped.
What works best is a milk and
yeast combination that has proven
successful, according to Myers.
New work involves S-gallon buck
ets, which have proven effective.
A bait can be colostrum milk in the
fermentation stage (the rweet/rour
stale).
cr) can’t just stop everything and
do what wb want him to do and
then lose money on top of it.”
Produced may want to consid
er, if they have a “hot” house (that
may have lots of fly larvae and
pupae), that before spreading, in
spring and fell, they would cover
the manure for two weeks fust to
handle die fly problem.
Another study, conducted on
Lancaster County fields, is exa
mining ways in which plowing
impacts survival of the eggs, lar
vae, and pupae in the field.
A big problem is field hatch of
flies. When die manure is spread
on the field, unless it is buried, fly
populations have the potential to
“explode.” The study has found
that moldboard plowing is the best
way to control flies, because the
fly material is buried.
Other tillage methods, such as
chiseling or discing, ate ineffec
tive and may actually help boost
field hatch because the material
isn’t sufficiendy buried.
"If you can bury them deep
enough, then the more difficult it is
Flies
for them to emerge after they
pupate,” said Renter.
Kessler aaid that studies this past
lummer, including extremely hot
day* in July and August, showed
dial the heat itself may have done
as much to reduce fly populations
without any kind of plowing.
Several hums in Berks County
are participating in a Penn State
sponsored study that is examining
the use of SS-gsOon barrels and
S-gallon plastic jugs to act as fly
traps. Those firms include Roy
Another Penn State study exa
mines ways in which “photoacti
vated” dyes are spread on the fly
larvae. When exposed to sunlight,
the dyes create a chemical reaction
which kills die flies. The challenge
is being ablejo sufficiently cover
the larvae with the dye material
“There’s still a lot of work to be
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