The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-19

ANYTHING out side of an exact science
o~s thot 10 that thew have never been disputed
Tbere Is unanimty of sentiment surrounding INC
onslaught on the house fly which ougnt ei'hel
IN receive our highest Endorsement or arouse Jul
darkest suspicion, just as the spirit 10 "p' "
incline US. % mo
The house ay proper, Musca domestica, OF 'he
o-der If the Dptera, is grayish fly with mouth
formed for sucking up liquid substances.
II has proboscis something like the truhh u
an claimant in miniature, and its feet are terhh-
sted each by pair Of claws, between "nen o.
| more or less membranous arona or pi"h.u
which climb polished surfaces and also puslr
Ing or cushion 1t does not bite, for tnat iun..on
ia reserved for stable fly which resembles ~ s1
closely as to deceive anybody DuI I'LL on
i ooiet Neither does 1t die upon the Wlnoo" pane
O,,r,o,raed nv the fungous efhorescence so IA
roi1iar IN the disguised housewife. Ihat 10 'ne
habit Of the cluster fly, which is somewhat larseI
than The house fly, with dark-colorea' smoo'n
, abdomen. and sluggish disposition. ~
Several other species bear superncial nhe
ness to the true house fly and are more Vi ."Se
mistaken for it. All are so inconsiderate IN nun
her in comparison to the common pes. hoNe 81,
that they may safely be disregarded III .ne us
:, cussion. x.,,. Av "a
.sa noanrre II will, it Is true, thrive to some
avten+ IN other sorts of decaying animal ana Vese
" thlo matter but its partially for the staoie rel
,so ia On great that the vast proportion Oh lts ol
ewing NAV he considered as originating IN 'n"'
~ substance. r. which
he The Av laws its eggs upon the manure "hicn
TX "a ito fayorite larval food, and generauon a'
ny he bred in from ten to fourteen days. accoruins
e' the climate There may be dozen sehei go .ns
in summer An individual ny w1ii average 49,,
oggo and when the prevalence OF morse manu-, :,
lex tton into consideration its widespread appil
tt aa+ion IN farm lands in the way OF 1eruiizer
ra &c nresence in piles in near city staoies' ~
the uce unon lawns and suburban gardens, .ne poeo
orr hilities in the propagation OF the ny Will pe
a., coon tn be mast computation. 1t Is even caic'
lated that single fly, laying l2o eggs' win p.'
i'm duee a progeny amounting to sexulilohs AZ w
the season. This probably does not take ih'o 'oi
en' sderation accidents which operate erea'iS -
duce the supply 18th vie
.. oo,orlatinp the number in which nouse-r
,orvoa occur In manure, but no general aVelat
tele oon no struck Twelve hundred house Mes 10 u
Cali Mound of manure is the result OF one oosel
nen Another showed 200 puparia in less tnah one o'
ock inch Yet perhaps no larvae can De louhu
'ubt the greater part Of manure plies
de gecause Of his habits the house fly Is wa
ing arsenal of bacilli. The OLD nouon ,la'
nos valuable az a scavenger s untrue he
Ant marcel of his tissue. but ne does not XIII 'e 80
ms ; ne absorbes 1t has been proved that the pac.e
AMI arc not only taken into the fly and pass tnrou
fas its body without any loss Of their active prop
ties but also that in all probability 'hey "u
ply during their sojourn there
ha, These germs are deposited upon foodstuns'
rnest eating utensils pass into the human economy
,tion snite of ordinary care and II they are Oh o
= ar, olant TYNE and the system which takes them
| 60
If thu Is not strong enough 70 resi'. nv. =, :,
tress. disease and death are apt to follow IN u
wake In addition the fly also dissemlns
ha, germs by carrying them upon his BODY the q
,ake, ions of his feet and his wings.
os ~. Through the researches of W. M Eaton ant
:, ~ Mason It has been found that "the NUMBER
hopper bacteria Oh sne ~. ~snar., average ca,
strnck. A few million more or less VIII maA'
). =, diference in the general result.
so,na Because of its prevalence and lts lamlilai
uoins cation with man, Musca domestica mas excep
Al opportunities to distribute diseasebreeding
:, .na terra where they will do the most narm.
aua sa,n genus Of mosquito disseminates malaria,
mos' tha MOSQUITO thrives only in localities espec
Oh az favorable to his propagation. There Is gooo