“KILL THOSE FLIES” 

At the last meeting of the Stratford-on Avon Rural District Council, the inspector (Mr. Brook) said that drainage was required for some cowsheds in the occupation of Mr. W E Coles, at Kineton. A complaint was also received as to an accumulation of cow manure. This was a difficult matter to deal with, as the distance from the nearest dwelling-house was such as would affect a considerable number of places in the district if an order was made. He was glad to notice there were twenty-five head of fowls, as they destroyed the flies on the manure. The Chairman – “But it costs such a lot to keep poultry now.” The matter was left to the inspector to deal with.

Banbury Guardian, May 1915