The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08

ing more serious than bothersome nui-
sance. A score of years ago the current
how old d-is-Ann querie was. 'Wnerc 90
the files go in winter? The quesIlon -
possible To find ny In March. vet there
are billions In September Here. is the
Increase Rapidly.
The cold of the winter kills of the
great mass OF :he flies. There are mos
ANONYMOUSLY. They all seem TO have dis
aDpearea There Is, however an occa-
sional individual that tucks himseit away
in snug corner OF the sarrea aa,uess sna9
ceeds In keeping alive. There Is an oc-
casional manure pile that is kept "arH,
by fermentation and here the emorSoiiiG
flies live. When the first warm DAYS
come the ny awakcns and hnds itseit
isolated Robinson Crusoe IN world A.
most unpopulated with It's Fellows. its
| instinct Ia to go forth and multiply, Tor
upon this capacity depends the existence
| OF All Its kind. The fly lays l2O eggs III
| manure pile, In ten days these esSs
are mature and there are ~ mes of tg~eS ,bnss
produces 120 offsprings twenty days IRON
the first beginning That makes l4ioo
| flies with the same productive power
| These breed .72s 600 in another ten DAYS
| and zoo, 900 900 at the end OF n month
The multiplication goes on Tor hve
| months and at the end OF that tlne
| the family mas grown llltTtulpbS' 49,
| no difference whore the fles go IN WIN
| ter so long as one stays at home 10 start
things again the next year. =,
Flies breed almost no place except IN
| manure piles from stables where hol SeS
are kept The manure from COW stables
are not infected with their young. But
| wherever there Is horse manure there Is
the ideal condition for tho rearing OF
great numbers Of flies, Conversely, wher-
ever there arc great numbers OF files
there is certainly a manure pile In the
vicinity. manure pile In an avera g
degree OF Infection Will. upon scientific
examination. show the young OF Zoo mes
| TO the pound. At this rate the refuse oi
an ordinary stable Will produce vast num-
bers in the cycle OF a few weeks
Revel in Filth.
But the danger of the fly does not come
from the manure pile. To be sure it'
as promenader over the food or race
| of the fastideous. Yet the filth OF tn,
manure pile is not objectionable In com
parison with the other places that th'
Decaying dead creatures have fasci
nation for II and the refuse OF all th'
households roundabout arc its means o
subsistence. There is nothing uncleai
in - neighborhood that is not visited BY
the flies. Then, unless due precaution i
taken, there Is nothing so sacred tina
they will not bring that filth 10 II.
Some scientists in Connecticut recent
" captured Ala common flies in tral
for the purpose OF experimentation; The!
wanted TO know how many bacteria wer
on each fly. They put the cap,iyes In
sterllized bottle and poured sterlized wa
ter upon them. From this process the
: figured that all the bacteria found coul
safely he placed To the credit Of tn
hies. They shook the bottle. thus wash
ing the hies. Then the water was an
alyzed. II was found that each fy ha
) contributed an average of million an
/ quarter germs II Is almost neon
celvaole that so small n creature coul
carry so many germs yet similar eN
, pertinent showed 1y in an uncommon
1 unsanitary community 10 be carrying 4,
900. 600 bacteria. OF course all thes
germs are not Objectionable but they wi
. be if opportunity presents.
Garry Typhoid Germs.
The germs that produce typhoid an
: those that produce dystcntery which
Y so fatal to children In the summer nlontf
| are the diseases most generally carrie
y | by files. In the Spanish American We
I, | one man In every six had typhoid fcve
II was definitely shown that this few,
! did not come from a con ontamnated WI