The Raymer enterprise., 1915-06-10

nave been instituted In many places But IL has
been found by experiment that We cannot hope
10 XIII sunicent fes to reduce seriously their total
hhmoefs This Is because flies breed al very
great rate when the weather is warm. and the
total numbers which can kill is small when
compared to the total numbers born that the
suit OF The "swatting campaigns has been disap,
pointing
All Our efforts should be directed at preventing
house flies from breeding-for prevention is bet
Ter than cure The best way to do this is to OBJ
nerve strict cleanliness cleanliness
and home cleanliness Then these insects will
aeser1 the neghborhOod 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
The house fly breeds in filth Each female fy
ss soon as the weather is warm enough lays
aoout loo eggs on collections OF manure, decom.
posing garbage, street rubbish or house refuse
ana the eggs hatch into tiny maggots After five
days have passed each maggot becomes rolled.
up, bean shaped chrysalis and after another five
Gays each chrysas gives birth to twowinged
sniegged, whiskered bristly flying insect known
10 US as the house hy Bluebotles breed
similarly, but they prefer to lay their eggs on
me house fly and the lesser house fly convex
disease by bathing their legs In germ.laden ma.
teriai which they find during their feeding forays.
The germs stick to their legs and to the llps OF
their teleseope proboscdes. and then are carried
10 the mix Jug. the teacup, to the cut loaf and
10 the culinary utensils Sometimes the flies
swallow the germs. which multiply inside them
ana afterwards the concentrated disease focus is
again deposited wherever the fly settles
we can be rid OF flies II we observe the ordi
nary common sense rules OF cleanliness aud sani
tatlon No NY lairs or breeding places must be
permitted near human habitatons All unciean
places must be made clean regularly once week
ny the sanitary or municipal authorities and then
the ny maggots will be unable to come Ia mn
turitt, and SO the pest will be exterminated Re
Gently war on flies has been taken up assiru.
onsif by the press, and the medical officers OF
health are exerting themselves to start anttty
campaigns
Ihus 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 fly prevention. We can prevent flies
!" our own MONIES On one morning. every week
We must lhsteet our own premises. Begin in the
hlteheh. observe every nook of the scullery the
pantry. the cellar, even the dining room and s..
thht every corner and Granny is scrupulopsly
'eah, Next, we must examine the dustbiu TO
see II IL is completely cleaned out Let there n.
no small collections Of tea leaves spilled out of
IT, or rotting peelings or scraps OF bread or any
other places where flies can breed Let tha
cheese be well covered and the bread be in It's
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
these insects. The more we talk about IL the
sooner will the thing be done The education
OF children In the matter is also most essential
Then a new generation will grow up knowing
the dangers of flies and how to prevent them
Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses should be ID
yited TO teach their charges about flies, and should
set the example by instructng them in the tenets
of school cleanliness This win help us greatly
II we all keep our own homes sweet and clean
our chdren's lives will be spared the horrors OF
summer sickness. typhoid will be lessened. doc
tors bill will be reduced, and the health of the
community viii be improved enormously With
regard to house flies and hyborne diseases the
remedy is simple Let us apply It,
As result Of experiments. the specialists
of the United States department OF agriculture
nave discovered that a small amount or ordinary
borax sprinkled daily on manure will effectively
prevent the breeding Of the typhoid or house fly.
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 Borax will not kill the adult
fly nor prevent it from laying eggs but its
thorough use will prevent any further breeding.
The investigation. which included experiments
with many substances, undertaken TO dis,
cover some means of preventing the breeding
OF flies in horse manure without lessening the
value OF this manure fertilizer for use by the
farmer 1t was felt that II some means of pre-
venting the breeding of flies near human habi.
tation could be devised. the diseases spread BY
these filthy germ carriers could be greatly re-
dnced While the swat the fly campaign" traps
and other devices for reducing the number OF
typhoid carrying flies are OF value they are Of
less Importance than the prevention OF the breed
ing. 1t was realized. however. that measure
for preventing the breeding Of flies would come
into common use unless II was such that the
farmer could use It his manure pile without
destroying its usefulness for growing plants. and
without introducing into the soil any substance
that would interfere with his crops,
As result OF experiments carried on at the Ar
Iington farm In Virginia and New Orleans. La.