The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-27
PHsKI FLIKS.
rHEoKrEs ON WAYS To GET RID
OF THE NUIsANon.
some Facts That Will Be Of Interest
Eysrywhsrs and 70
Everybody,

a recent pamphlet of the agricul-
tnral department. at Washington i'm.
parts the interesting information that
the common house fly may be driven
out OF q c1ummlty by proper SANTA
tion in the stables, that flies breed al.
most exclusively In stables and that
chloride of lime viii exterm.nate
them there. Acting on this theory
an Asheyille scientist has gotten
started q we'll defined movement there
TO have every stable thoroughly treat
ed every three days under the super.
vision Of the health department.. The
information ID that the eggs require
Ten days IN which TO hatch, and that
stables eau ba cut off as breeding
places by being treated frequently.
This, 1t 10 pointed oub, will Ia time
wipa out typhoid foyer aud Cause fly
Screens and fly paper to 60 out OF com
mission. Bat Weather Section Dtrec
tor Bauer, who knows all about these
sort OF things, says that the time to
light flies IL In tho winter, when the
deauh OF q fly means at least q mil
lion less flies the ~folloWing summer.
'The spring fly crop does not origi-
nate from the eggs, said Mi. Bauer.
Inc flies themselves hibernate
through 5he winter, at any we'll sael
:eTod place, such az under strips Of
Misunderstanding, or similar Crevices,
where they can get together. l have
rouEd them This way, oaked together,
oearly D nuudrcd to tho square inch,
IN the ooad If winter aud brought
them TO life by warming u plank they
had adhered 10. Nov 1t Is calculated
mat b female fly will breed not less
5nhn q million every thirty days, and
this Is kept up from the frat warm
Gays IN tho spring until the cold
weather sets In in tho fall, wilSn those
able to eyoape doath go to sleep for
the winter, though the average life is
only thirty days in su umcr.
'Inere Is 40 doubt but that stables
are the chief breeding places for fl!es
ana thab II these places we're properly
created u often encugh the fly pop-
u'ation would be so greatly reduced as
20 almost do away with the necessity
TOR screens. Still 1t occurs to me that
a campaign against flies should begin
In the fall and last through the
'f1nter. LII Ia suggested that ths
CIVIC Leagues Of the seatc take hold of
the subJ3c6 and institute g vigorous
campaign against the flies through
the health departments.
House flies do not bite. Their
mouths arc not built for tearing Cff
clunks Of human flesh, and they have
Il deadly terror Of chloride Of lime.
Horses are their best friends, for STA
Dies are their chief breeding places.
Az soon as you and me and all the
@ 8 or US auop5 automobiles and Dob
DIN goes to his long sleep with The
dodo, the ichthyosaurus and the ether
extinct creatures, the house fly will
disappear aud screens and stickpxper
sill be no longer needed. These, In
brief, are the conclusions reaShed by
tie agricultural department. experts,
in WI ich class Mr., Bauer b longs and
ID. a very interesting pampNkst has
just been issued on the pub 18th
u view TO Informing thu on
the best known methods Ter.
minating TIE pest.
"A single stable in which a horse
Is kept" says tho psmpUlet, twill
supply house 1tts for an EXTENDED
nelgnoorhood. Peopie living IN agri.
cultural communities win probably
never be rid Of the pest, but in the
cities, WiGh batter methods of dispos-
ing or garbage and With the leSsening
OF Il numher OF horses consequent
upon the electric street oars, bioy cles
aud automobiles, the time may come,
aid before vary long, when window
scteena may be discarded. The prompt
gathering Of horse manure would
greatly abate the fly nuisance" Ac-
c3iding TO the estimates made by the
experts 200 t2 papparia ara frequent
IL found 10 the "a ARC inch of stable
mHnuro. Oae iemale fly viii lay 100
e&gs. whEnh will haych and como 10
complcto maturity Within ten days.