The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
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of insect life probably contain moth
ing which is any more disturbmg
than swarm of thirsty pests, espec-
tally when one is trying to spend The
night in a house where they think
that nets or screens are unhealthy
because they shut out the air.
Malarial mosquitoes breed in tin
cans. broken pitchers, bottles, bar
rels, hoof prints, post-holes, hollow
in trees and stumps. turpentine
boxes, etc, but they usually prefer
grass bordered pools, slowly moving
or flowing bitches, the margins of
ponds, lakes and streams even If
they are stocked with fish. provided
I the marquis are shallow and are
more or less checked with vegetation
so that the minnows cannot reach
them The wild or sylvan type Sc
lect breeding places more remote
from human habitations, as in
marshes, swamps. etc.
The adult mosquito may be car
ried considerable distance by the
winds, but of its own volition does
not travel outside of radius of half
a mile from its breeding place. Most
species do not fly so far. This mems
that the destruction of the breeding
places within comparatively short
distance from habitation will rid
it of all mosquitoes except those
which are blown in from marshes of
greater or less distance or which
ere brought to us in vehicles of
transportation.
AS the life cycle of the mosquito
is both aquatic and aerial to destroy
it we will have to direct our effort
against it during the time it is in
the water as well as in the air.
Measures directed against its breed
ing places have been the most cf
fective. All natural breeding places
should be filled up or drained by a
system of bitches. Natural enemies
should be brought into service.
among this class fist. are the most
serviceable. Surface minnows should
be admitted to the pool, pond or lake
after all the edges of these bodies of
water had been freed of all floatage
of trash sticks and vegetation whic.
would prevent the minnows from
reaching the quiet shore line water
where the mosquitoes are breeding
Where the water is disturbed by
"ave action the larvae or wigslcrs
are soon destroyed
Oiling was the principal method
employed in the canal zone It acts
by suffOcating the larvae. light
quality of oil should be sprinl;iei
over the surface of the water from
an ordinary sprinkling pot. Along
| slow moving bitches the drip can
may be used. About the banks of
ponds or shallow lakes containing
vegetation, where fish cannot reach
the edges the oil can be applied with
a mop. Sufficient oil must be used
to cover the entire surface with o
film. which as the oil is very VIOLA
tile can be expected to disappear in
a few days. To be effective it mus.
remain unbroken and as strong
winds blow it to one side it will
have to be repeated once week and
as often between times as may be
necessary.
1T is to be remembered that nc
body of water is too small to become
a mosquito nursery and that they
will breed in anything which con.
tains as little as half pint of water
Through the advance of physiolo
gical chemistry and dietetics, the
process of digestion, absorption and
elimination we are reaching bet.
ter understanding of the food prob
lem and it is becoming more gen
orally known that one of our great
st weapons against the invasion II
acute disease is the using of only
pure and well cooked food Again
it has been ascertained that in many
chronic disorders the regulation OF
the diet has given better results than
all other remedial agents combined
While vital statisticians are re-
porting decrease in the death rate
from communicable disease, they are
the rate due to diseases of the in
ternal organs caused by excuses in
eating and drinking and high living
II appears most unfair that tables
which groan with good things should
tempt us into over eating and then
condemn us to the rack of headache
Indigestion, dyspepsia, auto into
intoXication. vertieo. eczema and
liver and kidney disorders Homes
that have heen dedicated to hanpi.
Iness are ncarine disruption because
of the abuse of the frying pan ard
the lard can Too many culinary
triumphS are digestive failures.
1t the other extreme the lack of