New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-25

has a long advantage. II permits the pas
sage Of air but casts a refreshing shade.
For attic windows II is invaluable. II can
! be dyed TO match the color OF the walls
or else a uniform dark brown or gray.
I Nailed firmly over the edges only q wind
Of cyclone force viii damage H. After rain
II dries ont with no danger Of rust streaks
below.
With even little earth and the tlniest
Of country places. bury daily every manner
Of refuse calculated TO attract files. one
rs will soon be a hundred. given proper
feeding and resting ground Wherever pos
sible there ought TO he compost heap
covered with fresh earth or a thick layer
OF sods whenever anything Is added 10 It.
Flies are largely local. BY attention 10
your own immediate environment you can
diminish them sensibly. Never slop things
on turf or paths, nor leave decHying fruits.
rinds. etc, about No matter II they DO not
show. flies viii certainly find them
Mix and milky water Will draw them
quite a distance. So see TO IL that the sink
drain, lacking full sewerage, discharges
Itself in a place well covered and reason
ably remote Never leave milk vessel I'M
washed outside Indeed. It Is rather un-
wise to leave one uuwashed anywhere.
MIX csked by drying is I'll 10 handle and
mighty hard 20 wash away. II unavod-
ably such vessels are left, soak them In
boiling hot soda water before washing
them. Boiling hot soda water is by the
way a fine ny-preventive. Splashed album
dainty over any sort OF refuse II not mere
~ dlscourages the flies actual, but destroys.
in the egg or the maggot, many more flies
potential.
Copperas otherwise suphate OF iron or
green vitriol. is another good weapon
agalnt the multiplication OF flies. Make
strong solutions OF It., and pour down drain
pipes, especially sink pipes, and wet out
door caches OF refuse abundanuy with It
every day In conjunction with lime wash
# is one OF the best cheap disinfectants'
with the further advantage Of being harm
less The solution lightly sprayed upon
standing water surfaces Will Kill the green
scum that in midsummer Is so unpleasant
10 look at though vouchcd quite harmless.
So much for prevention. In the way OF
cures. their name IS legion. very old
fashioned fytrap. but effective is thus
made: Fill heavy tumbers three parts
with clean soapsuds lay over each square
Of stout cardboard, with hole cut In the
centre and the under surface about the
hole smeared thick with honey. molasses or
fruit syrup Set the tumblers about where
flies most do congregate. ! have seen them
catch themselves half-full betwiXt break
fast and noon. The flies crawling under to
get at the sweet. lose balance, or are
crowded off, and fall into the suds. Burn
the catches, draining Of the suds. OF
course. Otherwise the drowned flies have
4 trick Of coming TO life. These traps are
particularly valuable IN barns, outhouses'
Gairies and 50 on. as they are automatic In
action. can do no harm TO anything In event
az oversetting and are as cheap as they
are effective.
Brown sugar, black pepper and fresh
mill, boiled together 10 thickish syrup
and set shaIlowly I'm plates will Kill flies in
quantity. yet harm nothing else. The
drawback is the dying flies fall into
things Before poisoning them with the
mixture cover everything in the room and
~ possible leave 1t shut for six to twelve
hours.
Fly paddles for spattng the pests with
out marring whatever they rest On can DC
bought cheaply at any house furnishing
counter. They are more imam "oIth "Hh'
In cspabIe hands. But here, as in case Of
the tumblcd, stunned fics must be burned
or buried as soon as swept up. or they
will he gayly winging and singing within
the hour.
Fly paper is generally an abomination
There are. however, places and occasions
imperativeiy requiring it's use. Minimize
the drawbacks TO II by having lot OF
light thin boards, each big enough TO hold
o sheet. with cleats for raising them. Set
the boards filled with ny paper In the
needed spots instead OF putting the paper
upou table tops and such like. One tack
sufices to hold a sheet in place. When the
sheet has served It's purpose fold 1t several
times and burn IL. taking care the viseous
surface does not touch the board.
Where stock flies are very bad II is some
times dangerous 10 drive melted horse.
Nets avail somewhat. still there are vul-
nerabIe spots Go over your harness with
crude kerosene once or twice In the season.
keen n bottle OF pennyroyal essence handy
and before starting out rub a few drops OF
II I'm the hairs OF name and tail. BE care
ful not TO rub the oil on the roots OF the
hair-it is meant as hy preventive
they hate the smell of II and the Kicking
tail spreads the smell. Wash feet and
legs and rnde. re belly with tar sospsuds,