The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-05-06

kill flies out of doors while in the
east. and was going 10 get the dirty
devils before they reached the house.
found. however. that the flies came
faster than could kill them. ! then
wrote to the state college to find out
what they knew | reasoned that as
they had helped us get rid of the bed
bug, the ant, the San Jose scale and
the codling moth, they might show us
another trick. They did not know
how to kill the fly, but they gave the
information that helped me to get
rid of the pest. / have pursued the
course of action diligently and for
the past two seasons we have had no
use for fly chasers We have not dis
carded screens. but so successful
have we been in our methods that
have felt it duty to call attention
to the matter each fall and spring,
and this makes the fourth semi-an-
nual fly talk.
Since some of the leading maya
zines and the governor of New York
have taken up the matter, | feel that
we should all fall in line. Make the
fight--it really is for our lives, for it
is simply alarming to learn how
many people die from the poison car
ried by this pest lose my appe-
tite if | go where | see the fly. If
take a walk to the back yard of
hotel or restaurant and see mass OF
flies know they get into the kitchen
and | am suspicious at once. No,
sir, no flies on my victuals, either in
kitchen or dining room.
Now for the remedy. 1t is simple,
easy. effectual. There are three
places only where flies breed. Find
these places and prevent the breed
| ing
First. in horse manure. A very
large per cent. of these dirty, deadly
pests come from this one source. Do
not use coal oil as someone suggest
ed. All you need to do is to clean
out the horse barn daily and scatter
the manure thinly over the barnyard.
! The Sunnyside sun and pure atmos-
the scattering has been neglected
and the manure left in wheelbarrow
| lots. At once the larva were discov
cred, but ii is not too late then.
Scatter the manure well-the chick
ems will help you-and it's goodbye.
| fly. before you get your wings.
The second place for breeding this
pest is the privy vault Just to think
that many of the flies in your kitchen
or dining room have been born and
reared in your privy vault. Talk
about malaria, stagnant water, and
it's nothing aside from this. The
remedy is. to simply keep your
vaults air-tight. dark as dungeons,
and use plenty Of air-slacked lime.
The third breeding place is the
/ back yard, where you throw your
scraps This is the hardest place to
overcome. There must be receptacles
for these scraps and they must be
carried away daily to the scavenger
or the crematory. The hogs and
chickens are the farm house scaven-
gers. They will consume every bit
of the scraps.
There should be an ordinance, if
our nealth ordinances are not suff-
cient. to cover this case. Sunnysde
should be as vigilant as the southern
cities are in the yellow fever and as
our coast cities are in Kidding them
selves of the rate. The fly must go.
Conditions are most favorable in the
Yakima valley to have minimum of
flies. Let us be at il, eyerlastingly
at it. Keep your eyes on the three
breeding places
Here's to your health"
H. NJ LIGHTLY.