The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-06-18

preNeUtS tneir nSVCHlUR, mbkBOtS
gather At the outer edges OF the pile.
Consequently most Of the borax
should be applied there.
Experiments show that no Injurious
action on most crops will follow the
application Of manure so treated, but
It's cumulative effects have not been
determined and its action on all crops
has not been studied. 1t Is recon.
mended. therefore, that not more
than fifteen tons per acre Of such
treated manure should be applied to a
field.
Until the wished.for object OF de.
struction OF flies Is accomplished, IL Is
necessary to take precaution against
spread Of disease by flies. Tie two
chief measures required for this are
~ To pislSrECT THE DISCHARGES, es
pecially those Of patients suffering
from intestinal diseases and t2l TO
kErr THE HOUSE WELL SCREENED.
In other words. the fly must he pre-
vented from feeding on discharges
which may contain disease germs and
secondly flies which may have so fed
must be prevented from reaching PEG
pie who are we'll. Next to keeping
the premises cleaned up, the most i'm.
portant thing both for people In the
town and In the country Is to keep
the house well screened. This costs
only a small amount and the saving
In doctors bills In q single summer
will often pay many times over the
small expense involved. In addition
to this the comfort OF being rid OF
the fly is worth many times the trou.
BILE and expense involved. The chief
necessity IL In so lifting the screens
that no openings will he left for the
flies TO enter. In case some do yet In
they should be killed at once with q
fly "swatter." IL Is especially impor.
tant TO Kill all flies that appear early
IN the season. One NY killed In April
means millions less In August,
The editor Of this bulletin visited
one day last year In the State Of Mis-.
souri, a home In which one Of the
members Of the family was very sick
with typhoid fever. No nrecaution
whatever had been taken TO exclude
the files and they were swarminn
about the patient by hundreds. One
person Was kept continually busy fan.
ming them away, and II for moment
the vigilance MAS relaxed, the flies
settled down on the patient In q
swarm. No prophet Was needed tc
predict that other members OF the
family would be almost certain to b,
attacked by the same disease. The
expenditure Of few dollars foI
screens would not only have contrib
uted . great deal to the comfort o,
the patient but would have great,
/ aided In preventing the spread OF th'
disease. The message, which aboy,
all others, this bulletin ought I,
bring to country homes Is "scHEEs
YOUR HOUSES"
The follow Ing extracts from q pub
LEGATION OF the Indiana State Board d
Health, give the history Of the hous'
fly by dates and make IL easy 10 n
member approximately how the diileI
ent changes take place:
Journal Of n Female House Fly.
I. Thursday, November 2, 1911
Went into winter quarters.
2. April 20, 1912. Barely live,
through the long, hard winter
Came out Of winter quarters an,
laid my first batch OF eggs-i2'
In number-in a manure heap.
g. April 81, 1912. My .irst 40 egg
have Matched.
4. April -, 1912. Larvae have un
dergone first mott.
.. April %, 1912. Larvae have un
dergone second mott.
u. April ~, 1912. Larvae trans
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