The state herald., 1915-06-11

many as we For this reason kill
that fly" or swat that fly" crusades
nave been instituted In many places But 1t has
been found by experiment that we cannot hope
to XIII sufficient ies to reduce seriously their total
numbers. This is because flies breed at very
great rate when the weather is warm. and the
totai numbers which can kill is so small, when
compared to the total numbers born that the re-
SUIT OF the "swatting" campaigns has been disap.
pointing
All our Efforts should be directed at preventing
mouse files from breeding-for prevention is bet
ter than cure. The best way to do this is to OBJ
serve strict cleanliness-mu cleanliness
and home cleanliness Then these insects will
desert the neighborhood, and the diseases they
convey Will vanish. This was the policy pursued
on the Suez and Panama canals to prevent ma
iaria and yellow fever which are conveyed from
one person to another by mosquitoes The method
was most successful
Inc house fly breeds in NTH Each female fly
as soon as the weather is warm enough lays
about $50 eggs on collections of manure decom.
posing garbage street rubbish or house refuse
and the eggs hatch into tiny maggots After Ave
Gays have passed. each maggot becomes a rolled
up oean-shaped chrysalis, and after another five
Gays each chrysalis gives birth to a two-winged
shlegged whiskered brstly flying insect known
70 us as the house fly. Buebottles breed
summary, but they prefer to lay their eggs on
rotting carcasses or decaying animal matter
me house fly and the lesser house fly convey
disease by bathing their legs in germ.laden ma.
terial which they find during their feeding forays
me germs stick TO their legs and to the lips Of
their telescope proboscldes and then are carried
TO the milk jug. the teacup to the cut loaf and
70 the culinary utensils. Sometimes the flies
swallow the germs. which multiply inside them
and afterwards the concentrated disease focus is
again deposited wherever the fly settles
we can be rid OF flies II we observe the ordi.
~
tation No hy lars. breeding places must be
permitted near human habitations All upclean
places must be made clean regularly once a week
by abe sanitary'or municipal a6fi,oritles and then
the hy maggots will be unable to come to mn.
turity. and so the pest will be exterminated Re.
Gently war on files has been taken up assidu.
ously by the press. and the medical officers of
health are exerting themselves to start antiay
campaigns
Thus the municipal authorities have made n
start, and II remains for the individual house.
holders TO help them. Each one OF us can do our
share OF fly prevention We can prevent ajes
In our own homes. On one morning. every week
we must Inspect our own premises. Begin In the
kitchen. Observe every nook OF the scuilery IN.
pantry the cellar. even the dining room and 40.
that every corner and Granny Is scrupulously
clean. Next. we must examine the dustbIn tn
see II II Is completely cleaned out. Let there he
no small collections OF tea leaves spilled out of
u. or roting peelIngs or scraps OF bread or any
other places where files can breed. Let the
cheese he well covered and the bread be In Its
pan. and all food within the larder In its proper
place And let everything be clean and whole
some
II is most Important. also. TO inform our neigh.
bors on every convenient occasion OF the disgust.
ing and dangerous character OF house flies aud
TO ask them to cooperate In preventing them
Then there will be organized campaign against
Iha naa tall aAat,t A.,
sooner will the thing be done. The education
OF children In the matter Is also most essential
Then n new generation will grow up knowing
the dangers OF flies and how to prevent them
Schoolmastcrs and schoolmistresses should be "a.
yltcd TO teach their charges about flies and should
| set the example by nstruciing them In the tenets
OF school cleanliness This VIII help us greatly
II we NIL keep our own homes sweet and clean.
our childfens lives will be spared the horrors OF
summer sickness, typhoid will be leasened. doc.
tors bill will be reduced. and the health OF the
community will be improved enormously. With
regard to house flies and ny.borne diseases the
remedy is simple. Let us apply II.
A result OF experiments. the specialists
OF the United States department Of agriculture
have discovered that n small amount OF ordinary
borar nprlnklcd daily on manure will effectively
prevent the breeding OF the typhoid house ny
| Similarly. the same substance applied 10 garbage
refuse. open toilets damp floors and crcyiccs In
| oI VIII prevent ny 'FFN
| from Matching Boras will not Kill the adult
NY nor prevent II from laying eggs, but It's
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 icsscning the
value OF this manure ms fertilizer for use by tho
| farmer. II was felt that II some means Of pre-
venting the breeding Of nica near n human habit
tation could be devised. the diseases spread By
these hthy germ carriers could be- greatly rc-
duced. while the swat the ny campaign" traps
and other devices for reducing the number Of
| typhoidcsrfyng noa are of value they are OF
less Importance than the prevention Of the breed.
ing II Was realized. however. that no measure
for preventing the breeding Of hica would come
into common uHa unless II was such that tho
farmer could use II on bis manure pile withou,
destroying lta usefulness for growing plants and
| without Introducing into the soil amy substance
| that would Interfere with his crops
Az result ~ experiments carried on nj tho A..
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