The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-21
CAN MAKE THIS
STATE FLYLESS
People Who Have Been Keeping Tab,
Say it Can be Done-Good
Advertisement.

People who have been keeping tab
on the ffy-swattig and fly-trapping
campaigns and the general clean-ups
are of the opinion that Iowa can be
made flyless state within ten years.
That surely would be big thing for
Iowa. Consider the value for in
stance of an advertisement that the
Iowa butter came from flyless state.
/ The Homestead gives some good adj
vice on the fly question:
There's a big, blush fly which
makes buzzing, musical noise as it
flies. It's rather a handsome fellow,
with it's lustrous packet, and before
the fly was outlawed it was great
sport for children to catch several OF
these humming insects, put them in n
bottle and listen to them sing. This
made an inexpensive yet highly graft
flying, music box in the old days.
For purposes of health flies is
flies" and should be killed at sight.
Any fly is a potential murderer, q
prisoner who shows mercy neither to
man, woman or child. But for pur-
poses of science flies are separated
into tribes, according to their appear
ance and habits. The big jolly blue
fly, which sings in a deep, melodious
bass, is known as the blue-bottle or
blow fly. 1t has a strong liking for
the exposed surfaces of fresh meat
and fruits.
A near relative Of the blue-bottle fly
and looking much like it, is the green
bottle fly. Tie latter is slightly
smaller than the blue-bottle fly and
is clothed in suit of metallic green
This is especially dangerous. It has
voracious appetite, both for filth and
human food. 1t has been accused OF
doing much to spread infantile paraly.
sis. Fortunately, its number usually
is limited and it seldom is satisfied to
remain within doors.
Just before a rain flies are said to
bite harder than customary. But ii
isn't all the flies which become busy
| when black clouds approach and the
atmosphere becomes close and sticky
It's the stocky little gray biting
stable fly" which comes in from the
barn to make life on the front porch
miserable. This fly also vies with the
chigger in making one sorry one has
worn ones silk stockings to the days
picnic in the woods. Common house
flies cannot bite.
The stable fly is less often found
| in filth than other varieties, but be
cause it is blood-sucking fly oppor'
| tunity for the direct incubation OF
persons and animals with the organ
isms of disease is easy. This fly has
been incriminated in the spread OF
anthrax. 1t torments horses and cat
tie and is widely distributed. Closely
allied to 1t is the African tsetse fly
which spreads the fatal sleeping sick
ness found in certain regions of the
African continent.
/ Many a nap has been interrupted
because of the measly lesser house
fly" which persists in circling about
| the head of the sleeper in an appar-
emily aim1ess, ierky flight. Let this
insect get beneath some suspended
object, such as chandelier. and 1t
will buzz and buzz, seeming without
any definite purpose. 1t is an early
visitor and it's breeding habits are
the same as those of the common
house fly. However, since it feeds
less diligently and seldom alignts, II
1 Is not quite as Objectionable.