The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-18
4 FLY-K|LL|NG CAMP |Gh
Prizes For Champion Fly Swat
ters Offered BY Health
League
r, Prizes, S25 to 81 .OO-Only Deao
Dry Flies to Be Counted How Mer-
chants and Others Can Help.

chants and Others Can Help.
Tre following letter, and the informa-
+i,, printed below the letter, have been
fnrni,hcd by Rev. George w. Lay, chair
MAN If the Raleigh Health League.
Tru. league does not believe that Ely
sv,rting" is the right way to fight flies.
Tha league that the breeding
Of lies be stopped. But the immediate
tnin. to do, in order to reduce the mum
her Of dies, and also perhaps to show how
many ll:es there are in Raleigh, is to wage
SYSTEMATIC war on the little pests.
Chairman Lays Letter.
The Raleigh Health League, with the
enumeration and assistance of The News
ann observer and the Raleigh Evening
Times. is Offering $1H in prizes to any
Girl or boy, under eighteen years OF age,
III Raleigh township, Tor the largest mum
Der Of dry, dead flies, caught in the town
Ship ana brought i'll during ii three weeks
contest, to begin Monday, July nth. The
frs prize is go. the second SO, the third
$40. There are three prizes of So each,
five Of - each, and Twenty-Five of 81 each.
There are thirty six prizes III all.
Tie flies are to be caught anywhere III
Raleigh township. They must be brought
in in tossed boxes or ."'2,, and Captain
4 ". Davis. Health Inspector, and his
assistant, have kindly consented to meas
ure the h;cS and give the propcrt certiti-
Gates. They must be brought between
the hours Of five and six to the office of
the Health Inspector in their rooms over
the rity market, any day eAtcpt sunday:
Let al the boys and iris get busy, and
try 70 rid our city Of flies, and let every
body help as fast as possible. The co
operation OF all is asked.
How the Merchants May Help.
1t is hoped that the .nerc"h..s vail hell
as far rs possible by selling fly traps, iiy
]sVatters, formal.n and fly paper to those
who are engaged i'll this contest at as near
cost price as possible. and that they will
also help by calling attention III their
St0r" windows to material. that can be
used in this fight against the flies.
How HousehoIders May Help.
It is also hoped that householders Will
aid in the work by buying fly traps, and
other means OF catching and killing flies
from those who are in the contest, and by
giving them every opportunity to get
where. ties are in large quantnles so tina,
The light may go on successfully.
The prizes are for the greatest num-
Der OF sils, pints, quarts, gallons or bar
rels Of dead, dry flies, ana nothing else.
Amy flies brought in mixed with other
GEORGE w. LAY,
Chairman Raleigh Health League.
A Massachusetts Campaign.
The idea Of the fy-killing contest was
suggested by the very successful campaign
Just concluded i'll Worcester. Mass, by
the Worcester Telegram" Acknowledged
IHent Is hereby made to that paper for va
rious courteSieS.
In that contest 5000. 900 flies, equal to
Ten rum barrels, were caught. The largest
record in one day was 1000. 900 flies. The
greatest number caught by one boy was
secured by Earl q Bosquet, u years old,
VINO Won the first prize with u record of
1,-I3'Vbb flies caught in traps of his own
make. There We're 232 contestants. A
pint contains 5000 flies.
Where They Were Caught ind How.
The ordinary war against flies is con
quoted indoors where there are very
greatest numbers out of doors in the
neighborhood of stables, groceries,, fish
markets, swill barrels, and dumping places
dof waste The largest numbers were
caught with hy-traps. OF these most were
caught 10y t1y-traps set over the garbage
pallS, or on Il wlre-screen window where
n'es WISH to go in or out. If all garbage
II put IN the garbage pail, all the flies
VIII visit it. By making a cover for the
garbage pail with Il three-inch hole in the
to'er' and another in the bottom Of the
zap and leaving the cover slightly lifted
ABOUT Il quarter Of an inch. ali the flies
WI go INTO the pail, and when they wisi
IT, leave, Will go straight into the trap
1oors, take a piece of tin eighteen inches
dohs and half an inch wide and bend i
SO as to form a gutter. Bend this again
IN the middle 50 as to form an inverted Y
make Il half inch hole in the wire screeI
ana faSten this in so that the bend come.
JuSi above the hole, and fasten the til
"HC " lit screen. All mes Walklns
up the screen will walk through the hole
""i you must faSten 4 trap to the otha
sue OF the screen to receive them. Thi
can be arranged on both sides of the screer
50 rs to catch the flies both going an
coming. Perhaps single traps may b
palted with fruit. sugar, fish heads, etc
Some boys made fly swatters of wiz
mesh and sold them at fve-cent apiece
ana some made them for their own us
IND inches in size and got twentv-iv
lilies per swat. There are many WAYS O
catching flies. Brains. common sense an,
-aduStry Will count in the contest.
Advice to Contestants.
vet busy at once, as there are thirty
SIX prizes aud you can get the so one
II you work hard. Get your friends an,
hr'sibors to buy traps, SwatterS. and fl
paper from you. on all of which you ca
pfohahly get q commission. Then &c
tnefh to let You clean up the flies each DAY
nfy them and bring them in daily. Sc
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