Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-07-26
THEHOUsE FLYAsA scAvENGER


One the spuum comsumpves room
has hen sseue by the flies which visited it. but the baceoogst
nev show deposited germs consumption
in the places they subsequently germs
wiped of Of their legs and bodies aud also found the hy ps
In the flies visit the ckroam of typhoid lever
nante darrhea and other diseases and the into other
homes This has been proved beyond every possibility of doubt
So far then from being useful es tail lessen v any
appab aCcumuaous of filth which they visit They
do true this filth far TAX
ing this places where it relatively harmless they take and its
dangerous germs places capable doing its
possible of harmto the family table the baby MILK
the baby's bottle and the baby's lips.
the fly useful to mankind this has been
shown while has been abundnt proved that filthy annoying
and dangeousins
The ordinary houseAy which interested
of the and the disease death which
egg by female fly. One e
male fly lays about 10 these Horse shown
the exhibit is its avoate place for them The quite small
ard look unlike short pieces of fine, white thread.
The the fly hatch within few hours and become larvae
My known These appear small white
weather thousands these larvae he found
in any manure pile that properly protected
exhibition number Of these larvae
After shedding their skin several times the larvae become pupoe
ttle brown which the larvae they
color and do
Finally, several days. the shed their skin and we have
adult flies These few dayay their and thus the process
goes throughout warm weather.
IL weather it q n eight the the househ
to develop into ul grown flies.
The flies the jars exhibition Matched the jar from
larvae which present the when it collected
the house fly deadly the human race the popular mscon
lIin that flies useful purpose mankind
Following catch ods which misguided individuals hit on
think that the fly deserves to be
ed because "he such a useful scavenger'
this opinion
he accepted dangerous and offensive filth from
places where
it i, avey harmless
good scaveng proceeds place
neither danger
mains
well the housey ufls its duties of scavenger
he has ability detecting
of filth and that he and his visit
without waiting official notification of their exstan Put
proceed filth place where
relatively harmless? The casual observation enough
% reply the first part OF the above question
heap of filth small proportions
diSap the vistaons by a Hardly In fact, a.
though go back and forth all day filth heaps
day the human that appecabe
this nth has been removed.
although filth has certainly reduced by
dangerous Objectionable than originally
carried portions which
hairy legs and body and tongue and small
tions which it has taken into its stomach.
Although small nevertheless
which capable giving dis
o various kinds to the human
What these minute of filth and these thousands
bacteria which flies off and in their boe Are they taken
where they relatively hamess?" On the they
capable doing the possible
example the spuum consumpte who confined his
likely harm outside of the house which he lives
distributed other houses by special agency But flies
this much their liking They hordes, and
leaving into other houses where they food the
family nipple babys bottle nothing Of
their wng the baby lips mouth while it
asleep