The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-22

OuS. over One-fOurth m1ll1On or
 eases occur annually in the United
 cent. prove fatal.
 Veder in referring to the conditions
 existing in the camps of the Spanish
 American war said: ''There is no
 doubt that air and sunshine kill in- lection, if given time, but their very access gives opportunity for the flies to do serious mischief as conVeyerS
 of fresh infection wherever they put their feet. In a few minutes they may load themselves with the dejec- tions from a typhoid or dysenteric patient, not as. yet sick enough to be in hospital or under observation, and carry the poison so taken up into the very midst fthe food and water for
 use at the next meal. There is no long and roundabout process involv
 ed. It is very plain and direct. Yet when the thousand of lives are at stake in this way the danger passes 'unnoticed, and the consciousness are disastrous and seem mysterious until attention is directed to the point, then it becomes simple enough in all con- science"
 Another very serious source of in lection in which flies play prom inent part is in the milk supply. As is well known, milk is a most excel lent medium for the development of UdCllll WHICH III IL WItH SA- ceeding rapidity. Experiments have shown that a single fly contaminated by typhoid germs, may spread contag- ion throughout an entire community.
 Epidemics of intestinal diseases among infants fed with cows milk ap- pear to be caused more often by flies than any other source. Milk comes to cities from rural districts where the principals of sanitation are not applied. This fact points to the necessity of handling milk, especially during hot weather, with great care and cleanliness. The use of clean milk in a community always lowers the infant death rate.
 Another preventative measure is to keep milk clean through it's entire course from COW to consumer. Also to keep it cool and always away from flies. All sewer openings on private or public property should have blind openings of such a nature that 1t would be impossible for flies to visit them. All refuse from dwellings should be disposed of in such man. ner that no flies could get at it. Man. ure heaps are the most luxurious media for the multiplication of flies. Manure should never be piled near a dairy or dwelling. Its best disposi- ton is to work it into the soil soon as possible during the summer months.
 The best way to abate the fly nuis- ance is to prevent the breeding of the insect. This is much more easily ac- than is usually assumed.
 Flies breed chiefly in stable manure and in excrement of all kinds, gar bage, etc.
 Manure should be stored in dark, dy-proof receptacles, and should be at weekly intervals during the 1y season. On the farm it may 1 be removed and spread once a week | pr stored at distance of at least one- quarter of a mile from a dwelling.
 A small amount of Sulphate of iron. | scattered. daily in the breeding places, l $ said to restrict the development of | he fly maggots.
 Windows and doors should be we'll | screened; milk, fruit and other food | should be carefully covered with net | ing. Flies may be caught on sticky | 1y-paper, cut in strips and suspended l rom the ceiling. A 5 to 8 per cent. | solution of formaldehyde, sweetened | with sugar or honey, and placed in shallow vessels on window .sills and ables serve as a good substitute for | .rsenical and cobalt fly poisons.
 The common house fly is a medium sized fly, grayish in color, with it's oody somewhat streaked with black sh gray. Its body, but more espec- ally it's legs and feet, are covered with minute hairs. It's mouth parts are ,ormed for tapping and not biting, 1 ret many people think of the house ly as being able to bite.
 At the approach of warm weather he flies come forth from their win CT quarters. When winter comes, hibernate to give rise to the next m m ar'S hrnn6 |