Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-04-14
WARREN SHEAF'
JOHN P. MATTsoN,
Editor and Prop.
Published Every "Wednesday.
nterea in the Post Office at. War
r"n as Second Class Mail Matter. Il
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Some Cleaning-up Thoughts.
Street Commissioner G. O. Ander-
son has done a good job cleaning up
the streets and alleys Of the city. All
rubbish has been raked up and either
burned or hauled away This innova-
ton on the part Of the city is GER
tainly to be commended. If every
dweller in the city from now on
would refrain from throwing paper,
ashes or rubbish Of any kind upon
the streets, they could be kept tidy
with very little effort. After the
city has set such a good example, it
is up to the citizens to clean up their
premises without delay. Every front
and back yard should be carefully
raked and the rubbish burned or cart
ed away. All manure piles should
be removed without delay, as they
are the principal breeding places. fol
flies, especially if horse manure. Lei
every citizen take pride in making
Warren the neatest, cleanest anc
healthiest town in the state.
There are a few back yards in thu
city that present very untidy ap
pearance by being made storag,
places for old stoves, barrels, auto
trucks or old farm machinery and i'm
plements and some Of these are il
prominent locations and come unde
the eye of every visitor to the city
! It ought to be somebody's business t,
request, in a friendly way, the own
ers of such premises to remove thes.
eye-sores without delay There ar.
also many houses that can be great
~ improved in appearance by the ap
plication of a few dollars worth O.
paint, and the owners or occupants
should be urged to do so, if they have
not sufficient pride to do this of thei1
own accord.
The fly is the worst disease breed
er among all insects-typhoid, infan.
tile paralysis and many other dis.
eases destructive Of human life anc
causing human suffering can be trac.
ed to its door. The fly should be
"swatted" in every possible way, but
the most effectivce way surely is tc
attack it in it's breeding places. Ar
ordinary pile of stable manure will
bring forth enough flies to keep SOC
families fighting the pests from NOR.
ming to night all summer. "swatting
the fly" should not be the work only
Of women and children, as it IS q suf.
ficiently large and important problem
to enlist the serious attention of the
men.
Any manure that is not removed
should be rendered harmless as q
breeding place for flies by applica-
ton of chemicals. The United States
Department Of Agriculture has ex-
perimented and found that ordinary
borax, which is cheap and can be
bought in almost every store, is one
of the best and most easily applied
chemicals for killing the eggs of flies,
Three-fifths of pound sprinkled thru
ten cubic feet Of manure will kill SO
per cent of the eggs and maggots of
the fly and will not injure the. ma
.nure for fertilizing purposes.
The advice of DR.. L. o. Howard
the government entomologise, Isl to
apply .62 pound Of borax to every 8
bushels of manure just as it comes
from barn, sitting the borax in and
around the outer edges Of the pile
with common flour sitter, and then
sprinkle two or three gallons Of wa
ter over it. This does not prevent
the flies from laying their eggs in
the manure, but their industry comes
to naught, for when the borax comes
in contact with the eggs they fail to
hatch. Maybe one OF. two may hatch
into maggots, but these sooner or la
ter turn up their toes and die. Each
time there is an addition to the man
.ure or straw pile there should be a
repetition Of the treatment, since the
eggs hatch out in one day but remain
in the manure as maggots for sever
al days more.