The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-26

merely aS an annoying Hul1onNS
there was little chance OIL enllstlng
concerted effort for itg suppression.
Now that II u convicted OF being the
bearer on all manner or germs OF dis
ease. It'll determination has become
the most urgent next step toward
clearly living. How TO do this liz the
problem.
The main feature n=our solution Oh
the invention OF fly screen with
this problem in the past has BEEN
which w shut ourselves I'm prison,
while We yield To the enemy uadis-
puted possession OF the out-of-doorS.
Then We have devised other dis
agreeable accessories, like tangle-
foot paper and Hy spatters with
which tn kill those that slip IN
~ our prisons. 70 cap the climax OF
stupidity we have supplied food at
our kitchen doors and unlimited
breeding places in our stable cellars.
Why not put. the flies II jail and
let ourselves out?
III recent years our success ~ deal
ing with mosquitoes BY attention 70
their breeding places has suggested
a similar solution or the dy problem.
Mosquitoes breed il stagnant water,
and 1t is generally easy TO DRAIN dH,
stock with fishes or oil the pools of
a neighborhood and relieve II com
pletely OF the mosquito nuisance. The
fy breeds chiefly in stable manure
but will breed also in almost any &C.
caying filth, animal Of vegetable, and
only ten days are required for eggs
to hatch and mature.
we cannot too strongly advocate
intelligent cleanliness, but even II III
stable and barnyard accumulations
we're plowed into the fields weekly,
there would still remain, in the cities,
the cutters, sewers, dumps and az
sorts Of accidental accommodations any
where; and ia the country, the miles
of roadsides and acres Of barnyards
and pastures. All this means that
the breeding places are a. Impossible
field Of attack in case Of the filth dy.
Ia fact the plan has been before the
country now for several years and
doubt whether single city, town Or
even home has tried to follow II con
sistently for az entire season.
Let Mir. and Mrs. Fly Trap Them
selves.
home, and since one household can
breed enough flies to cover at least
half mile square, positively every
family must cooperate. This means
that we must, first of all, have plan
which shall appeal .toeveryone as fair
and effective, and by its own merits
enlist universal support. The public
is an enormous mass of common
sense, and nothing short of real COM
mon sense can move Ii. pair OF
flies beginning i'm April may be the
progenitors of billions by August. IL
it not common sense to catch the pair
i'm April? ? That depends on whether
we can or not, which brings us to
methods My plan consists OF four
lines OF attack all directed toward
catching the fly out OF doors before
Ii deposits It's eggs " ~ H,l
IL is treason to give food and COM
fort to- an enemy. liz there were no
free feeding, there would be no
breeding. However, the Twilight"
garbage can, now insisted upon by
boards OF health, ID designed TO drive
the furnishing creatures into our
houses for food. Invite them into the
cans, but catch every one that enters.
Everything most attractive To flies
can be placed In this receptacle and
by attaching the trap 1T becomes a
veritable vacuum cleaner for flies
You may "shoo" the same fly hun
dred times. Like the particle OF dust
that infests house under the regime
OF the feather duster, you do not have
TO catch ii but once. Easier yet, give
IL the chance, and let the fly catch It.
self. Effective trapping at the most
attractive feeding place on the prem
ises-it may be the garbage can or
swill barrel or room or shed in ho-
tells, restaurants or markets, In which
all waste matters are collected, would
render window and door screens IN
necessary as a protection against
Musca domestica,-the common fly.
The principle upon which the trap
is made ID illustrated Ia the pictures.
IL is that a fly seeks Its food entirely
by smell and will crawl ID to 1t
through any dark crack. After feed
ing, 1t will fly up or crawl toward the
light.
Second: Before storms evenings,
or when savory cooking Is going on,
cabbage IL being boiled or fruit IS be-
ing canned-flies are attracted to the
kitchen. IL we have a screen cover
ing the entire window on the outside,
the simple device shown In the next
figure will catch the flies as fast as
they come. Two narrow strips OF
thin wood or tin, fastened to the out
side OF the screens, guide the flies to
the small opening into the wire cage
in the center. These will not 60 back
TO the stable to lay their eggs.
Catch Them; Going and Coming!
The third line OF attack is directed
against the breeding places. No
Clearly plan OF home sanitation al
lows accumulations about stables and
out houses. The labor OF handling
the material is doubled and its value
to the land, often more than halved
by antiQuated methods or "Fotting."
Still, In cities, where stable cellars
are necessary, the so-called Ely
tight" construction 50 often insisted
upon by authorities is calculated to
keep up the supply Of flies forever.
Millions Of eggs may De laid il the
material before it IS put into the eel
lar, the warm material is the best
possible fly incubator, the flies a.
they hatch will swarm out like live
steam out or boiler, whenever the
place is opened, as, It must be daily.
Suppose instead we have at least
one window On the sunny side and
have it screened with durable wire
net The flies as they hatch, will
swarm to this window, and by the
usual guide-strips we may lead them
to an opening near the top-into 2