The Southern herald., 1913-06-06
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pie than all the lions. tigers. snakes, and even
wars.
22. Have flies always been such an enemy ia
mankind?
Yes but a great many have died About four
out of five children in Cleveland live to be five
years old. Many of these deaths are due to flies
carrying disease germs to their food
"a. How is it possible to protect ourselves
more from flies than we already have?
When we thought flies were merely annoying,
we could afford to hide ourselves behind screens
now that they have been proved to be our deadly
enemy, we must come out and fight them in the
open.
20 How can this be done?
In three ways
(a) By killing all the winter flies that have
Deen hiding in buildings as fast as they come
out
(b) By cleaning up all manure and filth in
which flies may breed
(c) BY keeping traps set in covers Of garbage
cans and on porches where the flies are thickest
to catch them before they can enter our homes.
70. What particular good would come from
killing winter flies?
Killing the flies that live over winter means
killing the mother flies before they can lay eggs
in the spring.
27. If we did clean up all the manure and filth
from the neighborhood would not flies swarm in
from other parts?
A fly seldom travels over 500 yards from its
breeding place
28. With what are the traps baited?
II used IN the cover of a garbage can the
garbage Is the bait If used otherwise, bread and
milk is an attractive bait
29 VIII all the flies go into the tran?
Yes, If there is no other food about.
go Has any one ever succeeded in keenlno
MS house free from flies without screenso
Yes, number of people have used the method
above indicated, and have done away with screen
windows and doors
81. VIII the city of Cleveland ever be free
from flies? '0 "ee
res Just as soon as every one does his mart in
MS own house and yard Cleveland will he citv
OF lyless stores, markets and homes.
one OF the most interesting experiments r,odo
last summer was highly successful effort 70
veach ~ chiiuren the truth about the necessity of
extermnating the typhoid fly
Among those furthering this snaciao nIou :,
education was Mr. Hatch who offerod t,,os.Vt p'I VI
OF prizes In each of number of cities ,nclrdin1
New YORK Milwaukee, Kalamazoo Salem Moss
"icnlta' Kansas City, Kan; Memphis and g.
LOUIS 10 children in the seventh and oiabu
sIaues OF pubic schools he offered a nr,zo -
SnV ~ anu 10 pupils in the fifth and six grades ba
onered first prize of IS and second nri1o 10 ~,
s9 IN the aggregate he spent in this wav soroa
SIOV' many thousands competing. One result IGHe ,s
.lr. .n,, an army OF children have acquainted tber
Tbta ~ WIN Ine hy and what it does to man
secoDdII, ~ tpurse' tS was the main object sought
mo ~ ene idct that New Yorker was offer.
ing ms own money in this campaipn ans Ouer- u
ceeueu IN arousing the spirit manifested sue SUI,
niuIeh all over the country caused local rlOms
papers, nealth bodies, educational instit,.'o~
tL nu o'ner individuals in many places n % ,aa
rne na'ter on their own responsibijtv o. ThI rhto
year IT. II is not necessary for Mr.. HatcS ~ ms
The aa 20 0ner prizes to the country in penorni
n one srS Ct ot public opinion and public sDir,t
themselves onerlng prizes
as a., result of all the agitation tb,. roo
ny crusade throughout the lsns smoS year sees
UsO'y vorps never seen before in the ASsr~ % was