The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-06-10

~ that ny" or swat that fly" crussdes
have been instituted in many places But 1t has
been found by experiment that we cannot hope
to kill suficent nes to reduce seriously their total
numoers This 10 because nies breed at very
great rate when the weather 10 warm. and the
total numbers which we kill 10 20 small, when
compared to the total numbers born that the 70.
suit OF the "swatting" campaigns has been disap
pointing.
All our efforts should be directed at preventing
mouse nies from breeding-for prevention is bet
ter than cure. The best way to do this Is to OBJ
serve strict cleanness-municpal cleanliness
ana home cleanliness. Then these insects will
desert the neighborhood. and the diseases they
convey VIII vanish. This was the policy pursued
on the suez and Panama canals to prevent ma
laris and yellow fever, which are conveyed from
one person to another by mosquitoes The method
was most successful
The house fly breeds in NTH Each female Nv
81 soon a. the weather Is warm enough, laws
ABOUT l6o eggs on collections Of manure. decom
posing garbage. street rubbish or house refuse
and the eggs hatch into tiny maggots After nye
Gays have passed. each magsot becomes a rolled.
up oean-shapsd chrysalis. and after another nvs
Gays each chrysalis gives birth to a two-winsed,
si1lessed. whiskered. bristly flying insect known
rs % tho house ny. Bluebottles breed
smilsrly. but they prefer to lay their egss on
rottinE carcasses decaying animal matter.
inc mouse ny and the lesser house ny convey
disease BY bathing their legs in germ.ladeu ma.
tsrial which they nnd during their feeding forsys
Ine germs stick to their legs and to the lips Of
!nef telescope proboscides. and then are carried
9e milk tug the tepcup 70 tho cut loaf. and
70 the culinary utensils. Sometimes the fies
swallow the germs. which multiply inside them,
and Afterwards the concentrated disease focus is
again deposited wherever the ny settles
We can be rid Of hies II we observe the ordi
nary common sense rules Of cleanliness and sanl
tation No ny lairs. or breeding places. must be
permitted near human habtations All uncle.n
PAGES must be made clean regularly once q week
oy the sanitary or municipal authorities, and then
the ny mageots will be unable to como 10 m.
turtty. and 70 the pest will be extsrminatsd. Re-
Gently war on dies has been taken up as,idu.
ously BY the press and the medical on,cers Of
health are exsrting themselves to start antisv
campaigns
Thus the municipal authorities have made .
start. and II remains for the individual house.
holders to help them. Each one Of Us can do our
snare OF ny prevention. We can prevent flies
In our own homes. On one morning. every week.
ws must inspect our own premises. Begin in the
Kitchen Observe every nook OF the sculIery the
pantry the cellar. even the dining room, and see
that every corner and Granny In scrupulou.lv
clean Next. we must examine the dustbIn IN
sec II II 10 completely cleaned out Let there he
no small collections OF tea leaves spilled out of
II. or rottinG peenGs scraps OF bread, or auy
other places where nies can breed Let tho
cheese be well covered. and the bread be In itx
pan. and all food within the larder In its proper
place. And let everything be clean and whole.
some.
II 10 most Important. also. to inform our neigh.
bors on every convenient occasion Of the disgust.
Ing and dangerous character OF house flies and
TO ask them 10 cooperate In preventing them
Then there will be an organized campaign against
these insects. The more talk about IL the
sooner will the ,thinR be done. The education
OF children In the matter In also most essential
Then new generation will grow up knowing
the dangers OF dies and how to prevent them
SchoOmasters and schoolmistreSses should be IN.
vted to teach their charges about flies and should
set the example by instructng them In the tcnets
Of school cleanliness This viii help us srcatiy
II We all keep our own homes sweet and clean,
our chdren's lives will be spared the horrors OF
summer sickness. typhoid viii be- lesscned doc.
tors bill will be- reduced. and the health OF the
community will be improved enormously. with
regard to house Mes and borne diseases the
remedy In simple. Let us apply II.
As result OF experiments. the specialists
Of the United States department of agriculture
have discovered that = small amount OF ordinary
boraa sprinkied daily on manure win effectively
prevent the breeding OF the typhoid or house ny.
Similarly. the same substance applied to garbage.
refuse open toilets. damp floors and crevices In
stables cellars or markets. will prevent fly eggs
from Matching Borsx will not kill the adult
ny nor prevent Il from laying eggs. but Its
thorough use will prevent any further breeding.
The investigation. which included experiments
with many substances. was undertaken to dis.
cover some means Of preventing the breeding
OF flies In horse manure without lesscning the
value OF this manure M fertilizer for use by the
farmer II WAS felt that II some means OF pre-.
venting the breeding OF nics near n human habi
tation could be- devised. the diseases spread by
thes. nlthy germ carriers could be greatly re-
duced while the swat the ny campaign" traps
and other devices for reducing the number Of
typhoid. carrying nics are OF value they OF
less Importance than the prevention OF the breed.
ing Il was realized. however. that no measure
for preventing tho breeding OF flies would come
into common use unless II was such that the
farmer could usc II on his manure pile without
destroying Its usefulness for growing plants. and
without introducing into the soil amy substance
that would interfere with his crops.
A. result Of experiments carried on Mt the Ar.
llng,on farm. In virginia. and New Orleans. Ia.