The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-06-17


gots besides those fthe house fly
may develop in excrement.
Having tasted during their pupal
stage, which has continued over one
half of their lives. flies resume feed
ing when they become adults. Inas-
much as the transformation to adult
takes place in the midst of filth the
first meal of the fly is frequently as
foul as it's earlier feelings.
The adult fly is essentially house
insect When it has deposited its
eggs. or even before, ii seeks to en-
ter some house where it finds plenty
of food as well as warmth and shell
ter.
Flies are indiscriminate feeders.
They may be found feasting in pan
try or on table. as we'll as revealing
in the foulest matter. The mouth
part of the fly consist of a pump-like
arrangement connected with the sto-
mach. BY means of this they are
able to suck up liquids but possessing
no jaws they can never take up solid
food, Hence, when flies feed in the
sugar bowl, it is not solid sugar they
are eating but sugar dissolved by the
fluid from their salivary glands. Flies
deposit the fluid on much more food
than they actually eat!
The six feet of a fly are each pad
ded with pair of brush-like cush-
ions. These cushions are damp and
the hairs forming them make them
dirt. Coming from its bed of filth
the ewly-transformed house fly is
necessarily contaminated. and its
hairy body and brush-like feet are
laden with dirt and germs. When
ever fly walks IT spreads these
germs. rendering unclean everything
it touches. Whenever a fly flies its
buzzing wings scatter more germs.
During the Spanish-American war
lypuOlu lever was piCNdiCil III thC
concentration camps. Lime was
thrown over the infected focal matter
in the pits where flies were swarm
ing. The flies on the mess table at
the next meal had whitened legs and
backs. showing conclusively whence
they came.
1t is we'll known that the eXcreta
of typhoid patients contain virulent
germs for some time before and after
the illness. Should these germs be
carried to the food of another person
he is apt to be stricken with fever.
Flies breeding or feeding in places
containing virulent, but perhaps un-
suspected, germs are able to feet a
supply of food-in the market, pam
try or on the table.
A fly drinks from the gutter the
sputum of a consumptive. Its legs
and hairy body become contaminated
with germs of disease, and its buzz
zing wings scatter them in the air.
Pneumonia, colds, grippe. cholera
and various intestinal disorders may
be, and are, spread in this manner to
healthy people, through the agency
of the house flies.
1t has been proven that flies feed
ing on typhoid fever germs may
transmit virulent germs in their own
excreta. Hence the familiar Ely
specks "-too familiar often on dishes
and food stuffs-may be another
grave source of danger.
1t is objectionable carelessness, it
is almost criminal negligence to per-
nit this pernicious pest in our
homes.
How to Combat Flies.
It's suppression is matter of diff
Guilty.
Screened windows and doors, and
the use of sticky fly paper avail
much, but the most certain method OF
reducing the numbers Of house flies
is TO attend 10 their DTeeuiuS piocSo.
Manure heaps should be so COW
cred that flies are deprived OF a
breeding place. Stable droppings
should be Immediately cared for.
They ought to be sprinkled with one
ounce of white arsenic in gallon OF
water, or with a little kerosene. or
chloride of lime. or still better they
could be placed in a ny-proof box.
Outhouses should be made ay-proof
and the pest can be kept down In
numbers. An isolated farmer trou-
bled with the pest has but himself
to blame. A community needs con-
certed attention from all its men,
bers, and a material reduction OF
house flies can be assuredly prom
ised
Important Things to Remember.
House flies breed in fresh horse