The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

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AID pens. Write 10 the Stato -
of Health. Richmond. Va. ars
them TO tell YOU how to Kill or H.
North Carolinians should W..
Dr.. Rankin at Raleigh, and -
State Entomologist Smiths ar,.-s.
last Sundays News and Observe
Editor.1
Just drop a postal and you Wi.
printed instructions that will tai
now TO be ria OF Mr.. Fly. The ..,.
low these Instructions omu
gently, persistently, amen. If .,
haven't already done so. hnfF
houses into which a fly came.
Here IS one of the most prolific
of flies and typhoid fever and hook.
worm. If every home ana ...g
school and every church in N.~-fra,
a ~commonsenSe. sanitary outh.....
typhoid fever would be p~racu..--t
wiped out of the State. And this ,-..r
mean a money-S4Ving TO the peogI. -
Virginia each year Of at least 81 .a.
600! We don't attempt to plaes .a,
value on the tears, and sufferiu- ana
heart agonles from sickness. W. ara
being practical" And We lsr.u.
that a man who will try to save a t.t
dollars and run the risk Of typhoid
fever for his family Is a "praet,.srr
ass. Last year the activity of ne
State Board of Health in arou,tr.
puplic sentiment and ~Stoppln many
typhoid breeding places reduced tha
number of typhoid cases in VireirIa
$500. This means a saving OF ST.
900 O0O in money to the people uf the
State.
Keep your cellar clean: and Your
kitchen and your yard; and the drains.
Let no refuse accumulate. Stop throw
ing out dirty water and Stops, and
Feelings, and bits Of meat and yeget4-
b1oC ND o~yfIirr ,lo+ az
Stop it absolutely. Stop it now. Use
garbage cans, or tubs, or barrels. and
keep them covered SO tight tina q fly
cannot get in. Empty them regularly
in a regular place and sprinkle lime
freely over the contents. Sprinkle
lime around the stable and the pens.
Sprinkle it all about the place. Nor r
it. Don't try to save lime. Try to
ave lives. Lime is 80 cents a barrel.
How much is a doctors bill?
Use sticky fly paper. Not one paper
of it, but quantities Of it. Spread il
around SO that it will catch tens Of
thousands Of flies every week. BY
| getting a big box of it, YOU can ger the
costs less than two visits from the
doctor. Use p~yrethrum. Use fly
traps. Screen the windows, and keep
them screened. Screen the doors. Use
poison fly paper, that % can cut up
into bits and put in water. The flies
dish out Of the reach Of baby. Never
mind about the cat. If you can not
kill flies without endangering the life
Of the cat, let the cat die. He has nine
lives, while you and your wife and
children have only one life apiece.
Is 1t worth while? If you are too
lazy or too Indifferent to kill the flies,
mr. ~ rnnonUo rho hrao1ino prrnIln4C
Just offer to pay the children 50
much to keep the fly crop down, and
SO much more to kill them off entirely
and you will start a campaign tnat
will make Mr. Fly a thing Of the past.
besides educating the children in a
very important matter. And if you
belong to the tribe of Walk-offs, and
don't believe in them fool notions
about germs, nOhow,' the work Viii
keep the children busy. and keep them
out of mischief, and give them q little
pocket change.
Now, don-t throw these suggestions
aside. If your wife or child has ty-
phoid fever, don't lay it on Providence.
God Almighty is not responsible for
the filth and nastiness that brings ty-
phoid V through flies. Piety that
holds the Lord responsible for ty-
phroid fever needs a s~crubbing brush
and soap. And if the trouble is with
your neighbor and you are suffering
from the flies that come from his
place, there is plenty Of law to remedy
the matter. The State Board of
Health has the law, the ability. and
the inclination to abate the nuisance
No mar has the right to endanser the
ives of other people.
But don't wait for the Board Of
Health to send around and Shoe al
the flies off your place. That is not
the way to get rid Of them. Make war
on the disease ~spreaders. Get nest -
Goodness, where cleanliness is. And
do it noWi
It's fly time-get busy.
Since the girls have organized the
Girl Scouts Of America" patterned af-