The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-25
OFFICIALS OF TWO
y STATES FIGHT
PESTS
Minnesota and North Da-
kota Health Boards Make
War on Flies.
COOPERATION IS
ASKED MI NEEDED
Recruits Being Daily Added
to Wage Greatest Battle
Of Northwest.
COOPERATION IS
ASKED AND NEEDED
WHAT THE. HOUSE Fly

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= contained germs. to your food. 1t +"
= breeds in horse manure in al =
. most any filth. in garbage and =
= similar material. =
= 2.-It frequents open sewer. =
= drains and o%uthouses. localities =
y which frequently contain mill "
" ions Of disease germs. It carries "
= these disease germs. typhoid. .
. dyssentery. consumption and =
. cholera, to our food. 1t couses =
= typhoid epidemics. It caused "
. the death of 5000 American SOL :
. diers in the Spanish "
. Sit multiplies rapidly; the Z"
. descendants Of n pair may .
. OF millions.
. 4.-The female nv lays 40 o. =
. more eggs: they hatch in about :
. eight hours: maggots are full "
= grown in six days: the pupal =
= stage follows in. from three to =
. five DAYS; and the adult fy EN-. =
5.-Fourteen days elapse be. /"
: tween emergence OF female and =
. egg laying. "
In the biggest wal against h house
fly ever waged in the northwest. thou
sands Of recruits are being enlisted
by the state boards of. health Of North
Dakota and Minnesota.
A Few Suggestions.
Here are a few suggestions offered:
Patronize only the stores where
goods are screened against the pests.
Place the most dependence upon
Anilk for bait in preference to egg
or molasses.
Remember that where there is 40
filth there are no hies.
And remmeber also that to kill
one fly II June-is a bigger step in
the campaign than to kill 100 flies
in July-or one fly in April more
than thousands in August.
individuals may cooperate In the
general campaign. the state experts
say. in these way
Building stables as far as possible
from dwellings.
Keeping stable manure covered and
IN dark and removing 1t promptly.
Keeping all premises clean. as free
as possible from filth Of all kinds,
slop water, garbage and refuse heaps.
ties of n neighbor who may allow
such n%uisances upon his own prem
ises.
Where there are no " connec-
lions. by installing cesspool and
house toilet in preference to open
vaults. and carefully tending earth
closets.
Using formalin, sticky fly paper
and screen and treating the excreta
ance of chloride of lime and placing
1t where flies cannot penetrate.
Refusing to buy meat. groceries or
fruit from any stores where flies are
tolerated.
Keeping fies away from the baby
and its bottle.
Organization Urged.
Organizations Of districts or neigh
borhoods for anti-ly crusades is sug-
Begin as oon al possible. form dis
trict associations and appoint an in
spector in each.
Clean up at once all refuse heaps.
filth Of all kinds. garbage heaps. old
cans. bottles, trash Of all sorts. open
vaults and earth closets. abolishing
where possible.
Using screens freely on all doors
and windows.
Arranging for prompt garbage dis
posal. and seeing that swill barrels
and garbage cans are tightly closed.
Using the outdoor fly exterminator
either on the garbage pail or near 1t
and whatever flies c~ongregate. Bread
and milk makes one Of the best bats.
Many leading hardware men carry ex-
cellent traps.
Spraying is Advised.
Spraying manure heaps back Of
stables with the following poisonous
solution. which can also be used on
any other filth upon which flies feed:
eight ounces ~arsenite Of soda. dis
solved in twelve gallons Of water to
which one pint of cheap molasses has
been added. This is an internal pois-
on, and 1t would be unwise to use It
where chickens have access to 1t.
A safe and effective poison is made
by adding three t~easpoonfuls of for
malin to a pint Of half milk and half
water. Particularly useful where flies
do not have access to other sources
of moisture. Should be kept out Of
the reach Of children. and might be
placed in q fruit Jar inverted in a
shallow dish. and SO. arranged as to
feed the LIQUID into the dish as fast
as needed. Or 1t might be poured into
open dish and placed neal the
Sink o. wherever flies gather.