The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-18

ade, which did such effective service In
the advance guard.
Every municipality in the country is
asked to enact such a sanitary ordinance
as viii enable the f~y-fghters to force the
non-participant to become at least a pas
sive supporter of the movement. II is not
Iouch use for John Smith to fight all
summer long against the fly, II his neigh
Dor. Sam Jones. allows it to use his prem
Uses as Its raliyiiig ground. And there
VIII be some Sam Jones remaining in
spite OF all the enthusiasm. A city orsi-
nance viii take care OF these few hope
iessly indifferent citizens, and the .Aaler!-
tan civic association, with Its h~eadqnar-
tiers IN Washington. Is ready to send a
model ordinance to anyone who wishes TO
urge lis adoption upon his municipality.
one OF the leaders OF the "swattiug the
sy crusade thinks the best time TO be-
gin the fighting against those which sur
ave the campaign against the fly egg and
inc ny maggot, is when they first take to
wing, according TO observations made In
England last year it has been found that
after a female fly gets her wings she
taxes a vacation, varying from 10 to IA
Gays, Before she begins her fight against
race suicide he thinks that II the fly
traps were moved from the house to the
stabie and other breeding places. the fe-
male files might be caught before they
SSAsAHS$S 1ESaa N1SaIE0EfS-
It has been discovered that III. fx v,r
breed only where fermentation is taking
place While horse manure constitutes
one Of their ~tavorte hatcher!es. they mass
by horse manure from grass-tad animals.
They also dislike cattle maar,re- R,st
sometimes they breed In surprising places
An epidemic Of dysentery last summer
swept through s New England Insane asy-
Everything pointed 10 the fact that
II was ay-oorne, since It began rra6uaIIv
instead OF suddenly, SIS IL would have
done II It had been the result OF hsd <nn5
IanIEnerab}e flies were found around the
place, bat & careful investigation shoxze5
the stables were perfectly clean ana /
that all possible precautions had No.,
taken 70 prevent ths multiplication Of
aies. The authorities were nonpIusad
someone thought TO examine 3
OF spent barley which had been
from q brewery an5 spread over /
he grounds IS a fertilizer. Millions Of
baby flies were found II Il
oths- puzzIing conditions sometimes
arise. The town Of Norfolk, Conn, has
,esn wagt2g 8 WAY against fies. and in
zp!ts .. SIS hardest wc-k they aS net
'esra 10 decrease n number. Every san!-
E-y pracaGtlon WIS taken, and the people
puzzled Then someone thought
hgS perhaps the Siss they were fighting
sera not house 11ss So they caught q
,o1 Of them and sent them 70 the Aaaerf-
an CIVIC association Il Washington.
hey we're Turned over 10 the bureau et
.ItoEaoiuEy fur exaz1t1ztion-and surs
Ga-tok had been using house-ny
10 combat another kind OF IL.
Tie people o. The country viii probably
e assured Of 3yless summer boarding
touses during The coming summer. The
.xas-saan Civic association IS thinking Of
repairing q white Isl" IN which all sum-
ser resorts and boarding places which
Ell produce satisfactory evidence tAa.
hey measure Up 10 the association stand
sd q freedom from flies viii be incor-
There VIII be 40 corresponding
LIST, but al the summer boarder
do when planning his vacation is to
rite 10 the civic association at Washing
and he viii be furnished the list OF
places.
Wherever the fly crusade has been car
ed 20 q proper degree Of completeness
never has failed to accomplish the pre-.
50 siITi. 4 lew years agu ali stables
the uptown business district of Wash.
igEon we're ordered to keep their manure y
covered containers. The decrease in the
arnber OF files the next summer was re- ]
arkable Last year the bureau Of en- (
undertook to patrol the places
mere flies might breed in the yicinity of /,
le department of agriculture. The re- !
Ill was a freedom from the insects that l
as surprising even to the most enthu. S
astic crusaders. /,