Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-04-25
DON'T ''SWAT,"' =.
But CLEAN UP
The Bast Way to CIT Rid aihs
HOuseiIy
NO FILTH AND NO DISEASE.

Tackle These Pests In Their Breeding
Places. Says Government Expert. and
The Result WIN Be Mere Apparent.
Some Precautions.
Something like. l.00o;000O00 flies
were killed In the campsign Of 1911.
100000 In Washington aloha This
certainly Is prodigious slaughtsr, and
the figures are impressive until We
consider the number that escaped the
executioners. DIR. Howard OF tbs bu-
reau OF entomology has taken his PEN
ell In hand. In the luxuriant climate
OF the national capital twelve genera.
lions of dies are Matched in a single
summer. A single overwintering moth
or will start-say about April lb-with
an average brood OF 40. n all these
eggs should hatch and In their turn re-
produce In the like ratio the end Of the
Z ny season would see the progeny Of
|. that one mother fiy making up tidy
genealogical tree OF some L006. 81
249,311 100. O00. 900 100000 branches.
twigs and budlets, and. M each female
{ usually lays four patches Of eggs, their
unchecked development through twelve
generations would make a mass Of fiies
measuring 26S, IT'S, 1876 .S81 cubic miles.
or considerably more than the total
size Of the earth. Fortunately there
are many things destructive to eggs.
larvae and adult dies, 10 the number
OF the latter IL kept down 10 posi-
BILE figure. ~
Various communities arc paying for
dead fiies-so much for quart meas
ure OF them, 90 much for gill (1.800
to the gill. If one could conceive all
Of the dies In existence being caught
and paid for. and the hunters given a
living wage. every treasury on earth
would 20 insolvent- One must con-
Sclude. then. that the only way to get
rid OF dies il to get rid Of the 6lth
and the refuse which are their natural
environment and pabulum 1.
The fy il natural scavenger. and
lscavengers have reason for exist
sence. Let her bs killed BY all maanA
but before relying 90 this alone we
J shoriId follow her On - her breeding
place. which 10 seldom beyond 800 10
800 feet away, and then make that
place decent and sanitary. Que should
not rest content With ki1tlng the ~.
but should get rid Of the places where
she lays her eggs---ths insanltary clos
SITS. the manure heap. thu uncovered
garbage can. the putrcsceat dead dos
and horse on the public highway.
All refuse and decaying material
and all vegetable. and table waste
should be removed ana be burned or
covered with lime or ksfossee oil All
garbage cans must bs covered or
screened OF their coaseass sprinkied
with Kerosene OK lime. The sewage
system must be In good order. mp b
Date. not leaking. not expsssd.s Kero-
sene should be poured into drains.
Manure should b. put tntO light pits
or vaults, with an outer door from
which II can he shoveled away. A,
barrel OF chloride OF lime n % be con-
SANITY ut hand. from which each de-
posit OF manure should be sprinklcd-
Shallow dishes should be placed
about the house. one In each room. con-
taining each two teasp0onfuls Of for
naldehyde to pint two tumblefuls) Of
water or q teaspoonful Of bichromate
Of potassium In a quarter tumblerful
Of water and sweetensa with plenty
OF sugar. Pyrethrum powder burned
in room stupefes the aiss % that they
fall to the floor. whence they can be
gathered up and burned o. soid II the
market rates make 10 worth the while
All food and drink must be screened
or covered In some way. All windows
in dining room and kitchen doors must
We screened Groceries, fruit stores.
meat and Dish stores msst have their
wares screened. and, above ali things
else. dies must not get near the milk.
The American people are much Inn
pressed by slogans Swat the ny" ID
disgusting and suggestive Of cruelty In
the mind of the boy already 10 dis
posed. A better one II 40 atth. %
nies'' and no disease. = Medical Record
For Bread, Pies. Cakes and