The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-05
derstood Ia the cities than in lie country.

derstood 10 the cities than In the country.
There Il reason why every person, regardless of
bis location. should uot be Interested enough In his
own health aud the health OF others to wage his own
proporLonate share Of warfare against the house fly.
Every farmer can reduce his ocal house fy ufegta-
tion TO minimum II he will only exercise little Skill
and regularity In conducting ertan chore Jobs which
are always awaiting attention and care.
The necessity OF h cars and regularity IN controll
Ing the typhoid fly Is shown by It's life history aud
methods OF control, which are as follows;
Files pass the winter In the adult form IN this ati.
tude In early spring they emerge from their hber'
mating places and begin 20 reproduce by ovipositng ~
decayng vegetable matter horse manure or other ex
crementatous material. Under favorable weather con.
dtons these eggs Will, within six or eight hours, hatch
into larvae or worms, commonly known as maggots,
These larvae require moist food material and under
favorable conditions will be full grown In about
one week The full grown larvae is not fly, but is
only transitory stage. II transforms to the pnpa,
which Is brownish round oDlong oval'shaped BODY,
similar In shape to small capsule. From the pupai
CAPSULE the adult fly energes within about three days
after formation 1t at FIRST has no wings but these
soon grow out and become rigid that within about
ten days from the time the egg was laid the fly Is able
ITO tly
Each female fly ovposit about l2O eggs One
pound OF horse manure will support deyeopmental
growth to twelve hundred larvae An ordinary wagon
load ol nanure can be the Incubator aud brooder of
about 2i0o0O0 files about every ten days throughout
the summer
Since we have at least twelve broods OF flies IN
oklahoma, We shonld have no trouble IN answering
he Ten asked questions "Where do all these files
come iromg' Think or II, 2Ss000OO flies per year.
per Of stlbe manure under favorable conditions
Beari1g the facts In consideration we sh0nld per
hapa think OF the automobile than NE DO. and We
should not seriously scatle chaffera or preparing
suit able subees for The hospital before We examine
The back door records 1T "Bps, and Patient Old Dob
bin"
The methods Of controlling the house ny should be
aggressive instead defensive Practically all methods
used oi controlling this pest In The past have beea
very simple almost worthless defensive ones The
iy screen Is the best example o or The hest de
fensive remedies. II Is high time that we should IN
augurae aggression, and control the pest through
elimination instead Of Haunting nag OF truce 10 tho
shape Of 0Dnwood hush ai rom be hind Screened
door. Every owner of used stables Is almost wholly
respon bic for the presence of es Ia his Immediate
neightorhoOd. and upon him should evolve the duty
OF controlling the pest He can do this II he will fol
low the general directions for control which are as
follows:
Methods Of coptrol.--Ail parties owning stable stock
such as horses and cows should construct bins Into
which the accumulation OF manure can be placed The
bin should be ted TO have tight roof
substantial walls and screen door. inerstlces should
be made Ia the upper side of the walls by spacing the
boards two or three inches apart. The latter and
door should be covered with screen, which Is FOR the
purpose of retaining flies which may develop inside
and for the escape OF the small parasites which are OF
grelt Importance in destroying the developing forms
where they may be developing In an overlooked breed
Ing place Many eggs and larvae of the typhoid fly are
likely 10 be thrown into the bin with the manure. II
The parasites allowed egress and ingress their
deyelop ment and Multiplication viii increase until the
general supply of flies decreases All kitchen garbage
viii cannot otherwise be disposed OF In sufficient
manner TO prevent its use as breeding place Tor the
typhoid and other files, should be placed in the bin
with the manure. At convenient times the bin con
tent: may be removed for fertillzlng purposes.
II hmly scattered In the open lled, this will soon
dry to such an extent that flies cannot breed In It,
Meantime us commercial value will not have depreci
ated and the control of worst household insect pest
will be effected t4.t
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